Dell PowerVault DL2000 - Manual (Page 39)

CAUTION: Verify the operating system C: drive partition is assigned to the correct disk. If the C: partition is
incorrect, remove the C: drive letter from the incorrect drive and assign it to the operating system partition on disk
0. Verify and correct if necessary all other disk partitions before proceeding.
10. After the IDR recovery process completes, remove the IDR recovery media from the appliance and reboot the
system.
NOTE: If the recovered appliance contained a DSF at the time the failure occurred, do not launch Backup Exec. For
more information, see the topic “Recovery Solution Map”.
11. Launch the Backup Exec console and from the Devices view right-click the name of the appliance and select
Refresh. Allow Backup Exec a minimum of 5 minutes to discover the available and offline virtual disks. Do not
perform any other actions in Backup Exec at this time.
Recovering The Appliance System Disk Using SDR
If a disaster renders the system unusable, use SDR to recover the system to its last saved good state. The state of the
recovered system is based on the date and time the following items were last created:
• Full backup of the appliance
• *.DR file
CAUTION: Repair or replace any failed hardware prior to recovering the system using SDR.
CAUTION: If you are replacing the system, the hardware configuration of the replacement PowerVault DL2 xxx must
match the failed one. The replacement system must have the same storage controllers, type and number of internal
hard disks, network controllers, and so on.
To recover the appliance system disk using SDR, follow the steps below:
1. Ensure that the disk storage containing the full backups of the appliance is attached to the system.
2. Locate the most current *.DR file for the appliance.
See the topic “Preparing The System To Use SDR” for the latest *.DR file location. The *.DR file name is based on
the network hostname of the appliance to be recovered.
3. Copy the *.DR file to removable media such as a USB key or ensure that the file can be accessed from the same
network as the system to be recovered.
4. Locate the Backup Exec 2012 media kit.
5. Insert the 64-bit SDR DVD (labeled x64 Simplified Disaster Recovery) into the DVD drive of the PowerVault DL2 xxx to
be recovered.
NOTE: If you replace a PERC adapter on a failed appliance or if the replacement PowerVault DL2 xxx system
contains one or more new PERC adapters, see the topic “Importing Foreign Virtual Disks During IDR Or SDR
Recovery” before you continue
6. Boot the appliance.
7. During the initial boot up sequence, press <F11> to enter BIOS Boot Manager and select the CD/DVD drive (listed
as SATA optical drive) as the boot device.
8. The appliance boots up into the SDR Recovery wizard, which takes you through the steps necessary to recover the
appliance.
9. Click on Recover this Computer.
10. When prompted to select the location of the backup data, select The data is located on devices locally attached to
this computer.
11. When prompted to select the recovery file, browse to the *.DR file on the removable media or network location in
step 3.
12. When prompted, specify the backup set that is to be used for the disaster recovery.
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