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5. Press the Add button and then select the rnr.adm file. The rnr.adm
file can be obtained from the Administrative tools package located at:
6. Press the close button on the Add/Remove Template dialog box.
7. Click the Administrative Templates tab under the Computer Configuration. A new tab named
ThinkVantage is present. Under the ThinkVantage tab there will be a Rescue and Recovery tab. All the
available setting can be configured now for this machine.
8. Go to ThinkVantage>Rescue and Recovery>User Interface>Menus and double click on the Advanced
Menu tab.
9. Select Enabled on the Settings tab of the Advanced Menu Properties dialog box.
10. Select Hide from the dropdown box labeled Advanced Menu.
11. Click OK on the Advanced Menu Properties dialog box.
12. From the Windows Start menu, run regedit.
13. Navigate to and right click on the following registry key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\Rescue and
Recovery.
14. Click Export.
15. Type the file name in the File Name field on the Export Registry File dialog box.
16. Navigate to your intended path in the Save As field on the Export Registry File dialog box.
17. Press the Save button.
Now, you can create an installation package that will install Rescue and Recovery silently and have the
package import this new registry key so that all machines will have the advanced menu hidden. This can be
used for any of the settings in the ADM file.
Corporate Active Directory Rollout
For a corporate Active Directory rollout, complete the following steps:
1. Install either through Active Directory or LANDesk.
a. Take backups and get reports through Active Directory and LANDesk of who and when they were
taken.
b. Give certain groups abilities to take backups, delete backups, schedule options, and password
restrictions, then change groups and see if settings persists.
c. Through Active Directory, enable Antidote Delivery Manager. Place packages to be run and make
sure reporting is captured.
Scenario 7 - Performing a Bare Metal Restore from an Admin Backup
This section describes how to perform a Bare Metal Restore from an admin backup created by using a
command-line such as below:
rrcmd basebackup location=U level=100 name="admin backup on USB HDD"
Note: You can change the value of the name parameter to create backups to other locations. For modifying
the RRCMD parameters, see “RRCMD command-line interface” on page 87.
Select either of the following methods to perform the Bare Metal Restore:
• Method A: restore the system by using the following command-line:
rrcmd restore location=U level=100
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