Storix Software SBAdmin Linux System Recovery Guide - Manual (Page 67)

Starting the Installation
If all checks out, you are given one final warning:
Press “y” to continue the installation or “n” to return to the Main Menu .
If you choose to continue the install, the system will begin by reading additional information from the backup
media, then creating the devices and filesystems that are defined. Devices are created in the correct order so
that meta-disks created on logical volumes, for instance, are created after those logical volumes they depend
on, etc. After the devices are created, all filesystems are created and mounted.
If the backup was encrypted when it was created, you will be asked to enter the encryption key to decrypt the
data during the installation. If the correct key is not entered, you will not be able to continue the installation.
Refer to
Installing from an Encrypted Backup for more information.
As the data is restored from the backup, a progress indicator will appear showing the status of the restore
including the estimated amount of data and time to completion. When all data for included on the backup is
restored, the system will perform some cleanup and post-installation processing and attempt to make the
system bootable.
Configuration Files
During the installation, a copy of any former configuration files that were modified by the installation will be
saved into the STXPATH/temp/storix_install directory (where STXPATH is the Storix data directory of the
target system). This will include system files modified during the installation process, such as the /etc/fstab,
/etc/raidtab and /etc/lilo.conf files (if used). You should examine these files and compare to the modified files
to verify the changes.
Making the System Bootable
When all data is restored and the installation processing is complete, the final, and very important step, is to
make sure the system will now reboot successfully.
The Boot Loader
SBAdmin uses one of the following as the boot loader to configure the system for boot-up, depending on
the system type:
1. For Intel-based systems, SBAdmin uses either:
GRUB – If the system previously had GRUB configured, a copy of the original GRUB configuration files
grub.conf, menu.lst, and device.map will be copied into the STXPATH/temp/storix_install directory
(where STXPATH is the Storix data directory). The grub.conf file will be modified to add the new boot
configuration as the default system to boot from.
GRUB2 – If the system previously had GRUB2 configured, a copy of the original GRUB configuration
files /etc/default/grub, /etc/grub.d/01_* will be copied into the STXPATH/temp/storix_install
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