Creating a recovery disk image cd set – Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.2 Aug.01 2007 User Manual

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K2 Storage System Instruction Manual

July 3, 2007

Chapter 9 Managing K2 software

The Acronis True Image program loads.

The Acronis True Image main window appears.

5. In the Acronis True Image main window, click

Backup

.

The Create Backup Wizard opens.

6. On the Welcome page, click

Next

.

The Select Backup Type page opens.

7. Select

The entire disk contents or individual partition

and then click

Next

.

The Partitions Selection page opens.

8. Select the

System (C:)

and the

Database (D:)

partitions and then click

Next

.

The Backup Archive Location page opens.

9. In the tree view select the

Backup (E:)

partition and then enter the name of the image

file you are creating. Create the file name using the K2 Media Server hostname and
the date. Name the file with the .tib extension. For example, if the hostname is
K2Server1, in the File name field you would have
E:\K2Server1_20051027.tib

. Click

Next

.

The Backup Creation Options page opens.

10. Do not change any settings on this page. Click

Next

.

The Archive Comment page opens.

11. If desired, enter image comments, such as the date, time, and software versions

contained in the image you are creating. Click

Next

.

The “…ready to proceed…” page opens.

12. Verify that you are creating images from the C: and D: partitions and writing to the

E: partition. Click

Proceed

.

The Operation Progress page opens and displays progress.

13. When a “Backup archive creation has been successfully completed” message

appears, click

OK

.

14. Click

Operations | Exit

to exit the Acronis True Image program.

The K2 Media Server device restarts automatically.

15. Remove the Recovery CD while the K2 Media Server device is shutting down.

16. Upon restart, log on to Windows.

17. Open Windows Explorer and find the image file on the E: partition.

Creating a recovery disk image CD set

Do the following at the local K2 Media Server to create a disk image of the entire
system drive, which includes the C:, D:, and E: partitions, and store the image file on
a set of CDs:

1. Make sure that media access is stopped and that the K2 Media Server on which you

are working is out of service.

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