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Rapid Appliance Self Recovery, Creating the RASR USB key, Executing RASR, Create RASR USB Drive now

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The appliance settings are applied. Rapid Appliance Self Recovery Rapid Appliance Self Recovery (RASR) is a bare metal restore process where the operating system drives are rebuilt to the default factory image. Creating the RASR USB key To create a RASR USB key: 1. Navigate to the Appliance tab. 2. Using the left pane navigation, select Appliance → Backup. Create RASR USB Drive window is displayed. NOTE: Insert a 16 GB or larger USB key before attempting to create the RASR key. 3. After inserting a 16 GB or larger USB key, click on Create RASR USB Drive now. A Prerequisite Check message is displayed. After the prerequisites are checked, Create the RASR USB Drive window displays the minimum size required to create the USB drive and List of Possible target paths. 4. Select the target and click Create. A warning dialog box is displayed. 5. Click Yes. The RASR USB Drive key is created. 6. NOTE: Make sure to use the Windows Eject Drive function to prepare the USB key for removal. Otherwise, the content in the USB key may be damaged and the USB key doesn't work as expected. Remove the RASR USB key created for each DL Appliance, label, and store for future use. Executing RASR NOTE: Dell recommends you to create a RASR USB key after you have set up the appliance. To create RASR USB key, see Creating the RASR USB Key section. NOTE: Ensure that you have the latest RUU available and reachable on your appliance. . NOTE: To perform system recovery using RASR, see Recovering a Dell™ DL Backup and Recovery Appliance using Rapid Appliance Self Recovery (RASR) document at Dell.com/support/home. To perform a factory reset: 1. Insert the RASR USB key created. 2. Restart the appliance and select Boot Manager (F11). 3. In the Boot Manager Main Menu, select One-shot BIOS Boot Menu. 4. In the Boot Manager Boot Menu, select the attached USB drive. 5. Select your keyboard layout. 6. Click Troubleshoot → Rapid Appliance Self Recovery. 7. Select the target operating system (OS). RASR is launched and welcome screen is displayed. 23

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The appliance settings are applied.
Rapid Appliance Self Recovery
Rapid Appliance Self Recovery (RASR) is a bare metal restore process where the operating system drives
are rebuilt to the default factory image.
Creating the RASR USB key
To create a RASR USB key:
1.
Navigate to the
Appliance
tab.
2.
Using the left pane navigation, select
Appliance
→
Backup
.
Create RASR USB Drive
window is displayed.
NOTE:
Insert a 16 GB or larger USB key before attempting to create the RASR key.
3.
After inserting a 16 GB or larger USB key, click on
Create RASR USB Drive now
.
A
Prerequisite Check
message is displayed.
After the prerequisites are checked,
Create the RASR USB Drive
window displays the minimum size
required to create the USB drive and
List of Possible target paths
.
4.
Select the target and click
Create
.
A warning dialog box is displayed.
5.
Click
Yes
.
The RASR USB Drive key is created.
6.
NOTE:
Make sure to use the Windows Eject Drive function to prepare the USB key for removal.
Otherwise, the content in the USB key may be damaged and the USB key doesn’t work as
expected.
Remove the RASR USB key created for each DL Appliance, label, and store for future use.
Executing RASR
NOTE:
Dell recommends you to create a RASR USB key after you have set up the appliance. To
create RASR USB key, see
Creating the RASR USB Key
section.
NOTE:
Ensure that you have the latest RUU available and reachable on your appliance.
.
NOTE:
To perform system recovery using RASR, see
Recovering a Dell™ DL Backup and Recovery
Appliance using Rapid Appliance Self Recovery (RASR)
document at
Dell.com/support/home
.
To perform a factory reset:
1.
Insert the RASR USB key created.
2.
Restart the appliance and select
Boot Manager (F11)
.
3.
In the
Boot Manager Main Menu
, select
One-shot BIOS Boot Menu
.
4.
In the
Boot Manager Boot Menu
, select the attached USB drive.
5.
Select your keyboard layout.
6.
Click
Troubleshoot
→
Rapid Appliance Self Recovery
.
7.
Select the target operating system (OS).
RASR is launched and
welcome
screen is displayed.
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