Lenovo ThinkPad R61i - 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 4.21 with existing
versions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Rescue and Recovery installation . . . . . . 10
Compatibility with Vista BitLocker . . . . . 15
Chapter 3. Configurations . . . . . . 17
XML and ADM file configurations . . . . . . . 17
Recovery methods . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Single file restore . . . . . . . . . . . 17
File rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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 . . . . 24
Sysprep Backup/Restore . . . . . . . . . 27
Password persistence . . . . . . . . . . 27
Battery power settings for backups . . . . . 28
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Log files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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 Type 12 service partition 80
Scenario 4 - Installing with WIM files and Windows
Vista.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Scenario 5 - Standalone install for CD or script files 81
Scenario 6 - Working with Active Directory and
ADM files .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Corporate Active Directory Rollout . . . . . 82
Scenario 7 - Performing a Bare Metal Restore from
an Admin Backup .
. . . . . . . . . . . 82
Scenario 8 - Manually creating the Service Partition
of S drive .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Appendix A. Administrative tools . . . 85
Command line support . . . . . . . . . . 85
RRCMD command-line interface . . . . . . 85
CLEANDRV.EXE . . . . . . . . . . . 87
CONVDATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
CREATSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
InvAgent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
MapDrv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Rescue and Recovery Boot manager control
(BMGR32) .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
BMGR CLEAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
SP.PQI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Active Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Active Update Parameter File . . . . . . . 95
Active Directory Support . . . . . . . . . . 95
Administrative (ADM) template files . . . . . 95
Group Policy settings . . . . . . . . . . 97
Appendix B. Antidote Delivery
Manager
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Installing the Antidote network component . . . 119
Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
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