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Running the Restore Manager (RM), Resetting the Boot LUN Setting in PERC H700 BIOS After Running RM

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Running the Restore Manager (RM) To run the Dell Restore Manager (RM) utility, boot the DR Series system using the RM USB key created in Creating the RM USB key). 1. Insert the RM USB key into an available USB port on the system. You can also use the virtual media option of iDRAC to remotely load the RM USB key. For more information, see Configuring and Using Virtual Media in the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) User Guide at support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smdrac3/. 2. Boot the DR Series system using the RM USB key. 3. During the time when the Power-On Self-Test (POST) screen displays, press F11 to load the Boot Manager. 4. Within the Boot Manager, navigate to the system hard drive (C:), select the USB key as the boot device, and press . 5. After a few minutes, Restore Manager loads and displays its main screen. 6. Select the desired Restore mode (either Recover Appliance or Factory Reset). 7. Enter the confirmation string, and press to proceed. CAUTION: The Factory Reset mode deletes all DR Series data. The Factory Reset mode should only be used when the container data is no longer needed. NOTE: After Restore Manager completes, only the administrator account will remain enabled. To re-enable the root or service accounts, see the DR Series system CLI user --enable --user command in the Dell DR Series System Command Line Reference Guide. NOTE: If you had previously joined the DR Series system to any Active Directory Services (ADS) domain before running Restore Manager, after it completes you will need to manually rejoin the desired ADS domain. For information about joining an ADS domain, see Configuring Active Directory Settings. Resetting the Boot LUN Setting in PERC H700 BIOS After Running RM In the event that both of the 2.5-inch 300 GB 10K RPM 6 GB/s SAS internal drives (OS) in RAID1 are replaced, you must run the Dell Restore Manager (RM) utility to recover the DR Series system OS drives. Following the RM recovery process, the boot logical unit number (LUN) has to be reset to VD0 RAID1. The DR Series system unsuccessfully attempts to boot from RAID6 instead of RAID1. To resolve this issue, reset the Dell PERC H700 BIOS to revise the proper boot order setting to configure the proper boot LUN to be RAID1. To reset the proper LUN boot order, complete the following steps: 1. Start Restore Manager. 2. Select Option 1 → Recover My Appliance. The OS Virtual Disk is created: Warning Code 2002 dialog is displayed. 3. Click Proceed. The Operating System installation was successful dialog is displayed. 4. Click Reboot, and during reboot, press Ctrl+R to enter the PERC BIOS. The PERC BIOS Configuration Utility page is displayed. 5. Select Controller 0: PERC H700 in the list. 6. Press Ctrl+N twice to select the Ctrl Mgmt (Controller Management) tab. 7. Select Ctrl Mgmt, click Select bootable VD, and select VD 0 as the VD0 RAID1. 8. Click Apply, and reboot the DR Series system. The RM Recover My Appliance mode process will then complete. 106

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Running the Restore Manager (RM)
To run the Dell
Restore Manager
(RM) utility, boot the DR Series system using the RM USB key created in
Creating the
RM USB key
).
1.
Insert the RM USB key into an available USB port on the system.
You can also use the virtual media option of iDRAC to remotely load the RM USB key. For more information, see
Configuring and Using Virtual Media in the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) User Guide
at
support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smdrac3/
.
2.
Boot the DR Series system using the RM USB key.
3.
During the time when the Power-On Self-Test (POST) screen displays, press
F11
to load the Boot Manager.
4.
Within the Boot Manager, navigate to the system hard drive (C:), select the USB key as the boot device, and press
<Enter>
.
5.
After a few minutes,
Restore Manager
loads and displays its main screen.
6.
Select the desired Restore mode (either
Recover Appliance
or
Factory Reset
).
7.
Enter the confirmation string, and press
<Enter>
to proceed.
CAUTION: The Factory Reset mode deletes all DR Series data. The Factory Reset mode should only be used
when the container data is no longer needed.
NOTE:
After
Restore Manager
completes, only the administrator account will remain enabled. To re-enable
the root or service accounts, see the DR Series system CLI
user --enable --user
command in the
Dell DR
Series System Command Line Reference Guide
.
NOTE:
If you had previously joined the DR Series system to any Active Directory Services (ADS) domain
before running
Restore Manager
, after it completes you will need to manually rejoin the desired ADS domain.
For information about joining an ADS domain, see
Configuring Active Directory Settings
.
Resetting the Boot LUN Setting in PERC H700 BIOS After Running RM
In the event that both of the 2.5-inch 300 GB 10K RPM 6 GB/s SAS internal drives (OS) in RAID1 are replaced, you must
run the Dell
Restore Manager
(RM) utility to recover the DR Series system OS drives.
Following the RM recovery process, the boot logical unit number (LUN) has to be reset to VD0 RAID1. The DR Series
system unsuccessfully attempts to boot from RAID6 instead of RAID1.
To resolve this issue, reset the Dell PERC H700 BIOS to revise the proper boot order setting to configure the proper boot
LUN to be RAID1. To reset the proper LUN boot order, complete the following steps:
1.
Start
Restore Manager
.
2.
Select
Option 1
→
Recover My Appliance
.
The
OS Virtual Disk is created: Warning Code 2002
dialog is displayed.
3.
Click
Proceed
.
The
Operating System installation was successful
dialog is displayed.
4.
Click
Reboot
, and during reboot, press
Ctrl+R
to enter the PERC BIOS.
The
PERC BIOS Configuration Utility
page is displayed.
5.
Select
Controller 0: PERC H700
in the list.
6.
Press
Ctrl+N
twice to select the
Ctrl Mgmt
(Controller Management) tab.
7.
Select
Ctrl Mgmt
, click
Select bootable VD
, and select
VD 0
as the VD0 RAID1.
8.
Click
Apply
, and reboot the DR Series system.
The
RM Recover My Appliance
mode process will then complete.
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