Restoring system-state data after reinstallation, Restoring system-state data after, Reinstallation – Dell PowerVault 715N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) User Manual
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15. Press y again to confirm the selection.
Depending upon your configuration, this process could take several hours to complete. When the reinstallation
completes, the NAS system shuts down.
NOTE:
During the reinstallation, do not attempt to connect to your NAS system.
16. After the NAS system shuts down, reconfigure the system.
See "
Configuring the NAS System for the First Time
" in "Initial Configuration."
Restoring System-State Data After Reinstallation
To restore your system-state data, you must have previously backed up your system using the backup and recovery
tools. See "
" in "Backing Up the System."
NOTE:
If you are not restoring system-state data after reinstalling the operating system, perform the procedure in
"
" in "Backing Up the System."
To restore system-state data, perform the following steps:
1. Log in to the NAS Manager.
See "
2. Click Maintenance.
3. Click Backup.
4. In the Log on to Windows window, enter the same user name and password that you used to log in to the NAS
Manager and click OK.
The Welcome to Windows 2000 Backup and Recovery Tools window displays.
5. Click Restore Wizard.
6. In the Restore Wizard window, click Next.
7. Click Import File.
8. In the Backup File Name window, click OK if the file and location are correct. Otherwise, click Browse and
navigate to the correct backup file location.
NOTE:
NOTE: If the .bkf file is in another system you must copy the file to the NAS system or map a share
to the file before restoring.
9. In the What to Restore window, click (+) to expand the File tree, and then click to expand Media created
yyyy/mm/dd, where yyyy/mm/dd is the year/month/date that you made the system-state backup.
10. Click the (+) next to System State.
11. In the Backup File Name window, click OK if the file and location are correct. Otherwise, click Browse and
navigate to the correct backup file location.
12. Click System State so that it is checked, and then click Next.
13. Click Advanced.
14. In the Where to Restore window, select Original location from the drop-down menu as the location to restore
the files, and then click Next.
15. In the How to Restore window, click Always replace the files on disk, and then click Next.
16. In the Advanced Restore Options window, leave all check boxes unchecked and click Next.