Lenovo ThinkPad R50p - Manual (Page 5)

Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Overview . . . . . . . . . 1
Predesktop Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Windows environment . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Rejuvenating and migrating . . . . . . . . . 2
Hints and Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Antidote Delivery Manager . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 2. Installation . . . . . . . . . 5
Installation considerations . . . . . . . . . . 5
Overinstall considerations . . . . . . . . . 5
Installing Rescue and Recovery . . . . . . . . 6
Installation requirements . . . . . . . . . 6
Installation components . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installation log files . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing Rescue and Recovery 4.2 with existing
versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rescue and Recovery installation . . . . . . 10
Compatibility with Vista Bitlocker . . . . . . 14
Chapter 3. Configurations . . . . . . 17
XML and ADM file configurations . . . . . . . 17
Recovery methods . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Single file restore . . . . . . . . . . . 17
File rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Operating system and applications . . . . . 18
Rejuvenation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Full restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Custom recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Express Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Factory content/Image Ultra Builder . . . . . 23
Backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Scheduling backups and associated tasks . . . 23
Mapping a network drive for backups . . . . 23
Sysprep Backup/Restore . . . . . . . . . 27
Password persistence . . . . . . . . . . 27
Battery power settings for backups . . . . . 27
Completing a backup . . . . . . . . . . 28
Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) . . . . . 28
Rescue and Recovery in the Windows environment 28
Using Rescue and Recovery in the Windows
environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Working with the Predesktop Area . . . . . . 31
Vista considerations . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using RRUTIL.EXE . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Customizing the preboot environment . . . . 38
Configuring the Opera browser . . . . . . . 43
Changing the video resolution . . . . . . . 49
Startup applications . . . . . . . . . . 49
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Password access . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Log files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 4. Rejuvenation and migration 53
Creating a command file . . . . . . . . . . 53
File commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
File-migration commands . . . . . . . . . . 57
Examples of file-migration commands . . . . . 61
Selecting files during the capture phase . . . . 61
Migrating additional application settings . . . . 62
Creating an application file . . . . . . . . 67
Example of an application.xml file for Adobe
Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Chapter 5. Best Practices . . . . . . . 75
Scenario 1 - New rollouts . . . . . . . . . . 75
Preparing the hard disk drive . . . . . . . 75
Installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Updating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Enabling the Rescue and Recovery desktop . . . 77
Scenario 2 - Installing on OEM systems . . . . . 78
Best practices for hard drive setup: Option 1 . . 79
Best practices for hard drive setup: Option 2 . . 79
Scenario 3 - Installing on a laptop . . . . . . . 80
Scenario 4 - Installing on a desktop . . . . . . 82
Scenario 5 - Installing on Type 12 service partition 84
Scenario 6 - Installing with WIM files and Windows
Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Scenario 7 - Standalone install for CD or script files 85
Scenario 8 - Working with Active Directory and
ADM files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Corporate Active Directory Rollout . . . . . 86
Appendix A. Administrative tools . . . 87
Command line support . . . . . . . . . . 87
Mailman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
AWizard.exe . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
SETPASSWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
RELOADSCHED . . . . . . . . . . . 87
RRCMD command-line interface . . . . . . 87
CLEANDRV.EXE . . . . . . . . . . . 89
CONVDATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
CREATSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
eGatherer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
MapDrv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Rescue and Recovery Boot manager control
(BMGR32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
BMGR CLEAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
SP.PQI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Active Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Active Update Parameter File . . . . . . . 98
Active Directory Support . . . . . . . . . . 98
Administrative (ADM) template files . . . . . 98
Group Policy settings . . . . . . . . . . 99
Appendix B. Antidote Delivery
Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Installing the Antidote network component . . . 121
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