Restoring system-state data – Dell PowerVault 725N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) User Manual

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4.

 

In the Log on to Windows window, enter the administrator user name and password and click OK.

 

 

The Welcome to the Windows 2000 Backup and Recovery Tools window displays.

 

5.

 

Click Backup Wizard.

6.

 

In the Backup Wizard window, click Next.

7.

 

In the What to Back Up window, click Back up selected files, drives, or network data, and click Next.

8.

 

In the Items to Back Up window, click the System State check box in the My Appliance tree.

9.

 

Click the check box for the following folders, if they exist:

l

 

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data

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C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data

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C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Application Data

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C:\Documents and Settings\SYSTEM\Application Data

10.

 

In the Where to Store the Backup window, click Browse.

11.

 

In the Open window, select the location to store your system-state backup file, enter the file name, and then click Open.

 

For fault tolerance, select a location that is not on the NAS system.

12.

 

Click Next and then click Finish.

 

The backup begins and progress displays in the Backup Progress window.

13.

 

When the backup is complete, click Close.

 

Restoring System-State Data

 

To restore your system-state data, you must have previously backed up your system using the backup and recovery tools. See "

Backing Up System-State

Data

" in this section of the guide.

 

 

To restore system-state data, perform the following steps:

1.

 

Log in to the NAS Manager as an administrator.

 

See "

Logging in to the NAS Manager

" in the "NAS Manager" section of this guide.

2.

 

Click Maintenance.

3.

 

Click Backup.

4.

 

In the Log on to Windows window, enter the user name and password and click OK.

 

 

The Welcome to Windows 2000 Backup and Recovery Tools window is displayed.

5.

 

Click Restore Wizard.

6.

 

In the Restore Wizard window, click Next.

7.

 

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.

NOTE:

The default administrator user name is administrator and the default password is powervault.

NOTE:

If the Windows 2000 Backup and Recovery Tools window does not display, click Maintenance, and then click Terminal Services. On the

Advanced Administration Menu, click Administrative Tools and then click Windows 2000 Backup/Recovery.

NOTE:

If you are restoring system-state data after reinstalling the operating system, perform the procedure in "

Restoring System-State Data After

Reinstallation

" in the "Recovering and Restoring the System" section of this guide.

NOTE:

The default administrative user name is administrator and the default password is powervault.

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