Deployment scenario 6, Sysprep backup/restore, Computrace and rescue and recovery – Lenovo THINKPAD Z60M User Manual

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Deployment

of

Client

Security

Solution

and

ThinkVantage

Fingerprint

Software

is

now

complete.

Deployment

scenario

6

This

section

describes

installing

Rescue

and

Recovery

into

a

type

12

service

partition.

You

must

have

the

following

in

order

to

install

Rescue

and

Recovery

into

a

type

12

service

partition:

v

The

SP.PQI

file.

This

file

includes

base

bootable

files

to

create

a

service

partition.

v

PowerQuest

PQDeploy

v

Latest

installer

for

Rescue

and

Recovery

There

are

several

options

related

to

installing

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

environment

in

a

service

partition.

Note:

The

type

12

partition

must

reside

in

the

last

used

entry

in

the

partition

table

on

the

same

drive

that

contains

Windows.

You

can

use

the

information

on

BMGR32

to

determine

where

the

type

12

partition

resides

on

the

hard

disk

drive.

For

more

information,

see

“Rescue

and

Recovery

Boot

manager

control

(BMGR32)”

on

page

132.

To

perform

the

installation,

complete

the

following

procedure:

1.

Leave

at

least

700

MB

of

unallocated

free

space

at

the

end

of

the

drive.

2.

Using

PowerQuest

PQDeploy,

restore

the

SP.pqi

file

to

the

unallocated

free-space.

If

you

need

additional

assistance

with

PowerQuest

PQDeploy,

please

reference

documentation

from

PowerQuest.

3.

Delete

the

primary

partitions

created

in

step

1

(except

the

C

drive),

and

then

reboot.

Note:

System

volume

information

may

be

on

the

newly

created

service

partition.

The

system

volume

information

needs

to

be

deleted

through

Windows

System

Restore.

4.

Install

Rescue

and

Recovery

and

reboot,

when

prompted.

Sysprep

Backup/Restore

Password

Persistence

will

not

work

with

Sysprep

Backup/Restore.

Power

off

and

reboot

the

system

after

completing

a

Sysprep

Backup.

Only

a

full

restore

can

be

performed

with

base

backups

that

were

taken

using

Sysprep.

Rejuvenate

or

OS

&

Apps

restore

will

not

work

with

a

Sysprep

base

backup.

Computrace

and

Rescue

and

Recovery

On

systems

that

have

the

non

BIOS

version

of

Computrace

installed,

then

Rescue

and

Recovery

cannot

be

uninstalled.

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.

102

Rescue

and

Recovery

Deployment

Guide

Version

4.1

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