Dell PowerVault 725N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 132)

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 " Backing Up System-State
Data " in the "Backing Up the System" section of this guide.
To restore system-state data, perform the following steps:
1. Log in to the NAS Manager.
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 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 is displayed.
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.
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 check any other application data files that you backed up, 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.
17. Click Finish.
18. When the Enter Backup File Name window displays, click OK.
19. Click Start Restore.
20. When a message warns that the system restore will overwrite the current system state, click OK.
21. Click OK in the Confirm Restore window.
22. Restart the NAS system after the restore process completes.
Restoring Initial System Setup
NOTE: If you are not restoring system-state data after reinstalling the operating system, perform the procedure in " Restoring System-State Data " in
the "Backing Up the System" section of this guide.
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.
NOTE: If your backup file is in a different location, click Browse and navigate to the file.
NOTE: Windows must replace all locked files on the system; therefore, the process of restarting the system might take approximately 15 minutes
to complete.