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If a user ever has to recover a disk using the recovery CD or remotely boot from a backup on
the storage system, the user will be prompted for a password to do so. The user has to provide
this password when protecting the disk. However, if the user forgets it, you can reset the
password from this page. For information about recovering a disk using the recovery CD, refer
to Section 4.3.4. For information about booting remotely, refer to Section 4.3.5)
For booting remotely, you can also specify the MAC address to use if you want to remotely boot
a computer using a different computer’s backup) and the backup to boot from. In addition, when
a user removes protection for a disk, the existing backups are not deleted. The user can re-use
the allocated space for new backups, or you can delete those backups manually using the
Manager.
When the user first performs a backup, the user must enter a password which is used to
perform a recovery of the backup. If the user forgets the password, it can be changed on the
page. When a user removes protection for a disk, the existing backups are not deleted. The
user can re-use the allocated space for new backups, or the backups can be deleted manually
using the Backups page.
To change the recovery CD password:
1. In the Computer name list, select the name of the computer whose recovery CD password is
to be changed.
2. In the Recovery CD password text box, type the password to use. (This password must be
12-16 characters long.)
3. Click “Change Password”.
4. When the confirmation message appears, click “OK”.
The user must provide this password when recovering a disk from this storage system using the
recovery CD.
Configuring remote boot:
Normally, when you enable remote boot for a client computer, no additional action is necessary
on the storage system. However, if you want to remotely boot one computer from another
computer’s backup, you must change the MAC address. For example, if Computer1 has been
infected by a virus, and all of its backups are also infected, you might want to boot Computer1
from one of Computer2’s backups and recover that disk to Computer1. To do this, you must
change the MAC address associated with Computer2.
Note: If you try to recover one computer from another computer’s backup, both
computers must have identical hardware. Otherwise, the recovered files will not
operate properly.
You can also specify which backup to remotely boot from. By default, you always boot from the
latest backup. (You can boot from an earlier backup, but no matter which backup you boot from,
you can recover only the latest backup.)
To configure remote boot:
1. In the navigation bar, click “Backups”.
2. In the Computer name list in the Remote boot group box, select the name of the computer
whose backup you want to remotely boot from.