The rescue and recovery windows environment, Antidote delivery manager, System migration assistant – Lenovo THINKPAD Z60M User Manual

Page 9: Hints and tips, Rescue, Recovery, Windows, Environment, Antidote, Delivery

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The

Rescue

and

Recovery

Windows

environment

The

Rescue

and

Recovery

Windows

environment

enables

users

to

rescue

lost

data,

applications,

and

operating

systems

with

the

touch

of

a

button.

This

capability

reduces

time-consuming

help

desk

calls,

which

result

in

support

cost

savings.

You

can

schedule

backups

of

all

users’

computers,

thereby

limiting

risk

and

downtime.

Rescue

and

Recovery

offers

your

clients

an

extra

layer

of

support

by

pre-configuring

automatic

external

backup

to

a

server

or

external

storage.

Backups

are

encrypted

by

default

with

the

256

AES

key.

Antidote

Delivery

Manager

Antidote

Delivery

Manager

is

an

antivirus,

anti-worm

infrastructure

included

in

ThinkVantage

Rescue

and

Recovery.

The

objects

are

easy

to

implement,

and

allow

an

administrator

to

initiate

network

blocking

and

recovery

within

minutes

of

a

reported

problem.

Antidote

Delivery

Manager

can

be

launched

by

one

administrator

and

it

functions

on

systems

that

are

both

network

and

non-network

attached.

Antidote

Delivery

Manager

compliments

existing

antivirus

tools

rather

than

replacing

them,

so

maintaining

virus

scanning

tools

and

obtaining

patches

are

still

required.

Antidote

Delivery

Manager

provides

the

infrastructure

to

halt

destruction

and

apply

the

patches.

System

Migration

Assistant

System

Migration

Assistant

is

a

software

tool

that

system

administrators

can

use

to

migrate

a

user’s

work

environment

from

one

system

to

another.

A

user’s

work

environment

includes

the

following

items:

v

Operating-system

preferences,

such

as

desktop

and

network

connectivity

settings.

v

Files

and

folders.

v

Customized

application

settings,

such

as

bookmarks

in

a

Web

browser

or

editing

preferences

in

Microsoft

®

Word.

v

User

accounts.

System

administrators

can

use

System

Migration

Assistant

to

either

set

up

a

standard

work

environment

for

a

company

or

to

upgrade

an

individual

user’s

computer.

Individual

users

can

use

System

Migration

Assistant

either

to

backup

a

computer

or

to

migrate

settings

and

files

from

one

computer

system

to

another;

for

example,

from

a

desktop

computer

to

a

mobile

computer

(laptop).

Hints

and

Tips

For

hints

and

tips

on

using

Rescue

and

Recovery

4.1,

please

see

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

v4.1

Considerations

document

located

at:

www.lenovo.com/support

Chapter

1.

Overview

3

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