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Chapter 6 Database and Recovery Planning
• The D: drive is for the data files. This allows you to restore the Windows operating
system on the C: drive, yet keep the files on the D: drive intact. You can also restore
the D: drive.
• The E: drive is for storing a system image of the other partitions. From the E: drive
you can restore images to the C: and D: drives.
When you receive a MediaFrame server from the factory, the machine has a generic
image on the E: drive. This image is not specific to the individual machine. It is
generic for all machines of that type.
You receive a recovery CD with your MediaFrame server. This recovery CD does not
contain a disk image. Rather, the recovery CD is bootable and contains the Acronis
True Image software necessary to create and restore a disk image.
After your MediaFrame server is installed, configured, and running in your system
environment, you should create new recovery disk images for the machine to capture
settings changed from default. These “first birthday” images are the baseline recovery
image for the machine in its life in your facility. You should likewise create new
recovery disk images after completing any process that changes system software or
data, such as a software upgrade. In this way you retain the ability to restore to a recent
“last known good” state.
For the highest degree of safety, you should create a set of disk image recovery CDs,
in addition to storing disk images on the E: partition. Since system drives are RAID
protected, in most failure cases the disk images on the E: partition will still be
accessible. But in the unlikely even of a catastrophic failure whereby you lose the
entire RAID protected system drive, you can use your disk image recovery CDs to
restore the system.
NOTE: Recovery disk images do not back up the media files themselves. You must
implement other mechanisms, such as a redundant storage system or mirrored
storage systems, to back up media files.