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Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide Updated: September 28, 2009 A ThinkVantage Technology publication - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 2
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Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide Updated: September 28, 2009 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 4
Third Edition (October 2009) © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2009. LENOVO products, data, computer software, and services have been developed exclusively at private expense and are sold to governmental entities as commercial items as defined by 48 C.F.R. 2.101 with limited and restricted - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 5
70 Active Directory Support 71 Administrative (ADM) template files . . . . . 71 Group Policy settings 72 Appendix B. User tasks 83 Windows 7 83 Create rescue media 83 Rescue and Recovery user interface switching . . . 84 Appendix C. Notices 85 Trademarks 86 © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2009 iii - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 6
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guide is to support Lenovo computers installed with the ThinkVantage® Rescue and Recovery® program. The Rescue and Recovery program is an essential tool that enables users and administrators to restore backups, access files, diagnose problems, and make Ethernet connections if the Microsoft® Windows - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 8
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to start Windows on their computers. Running under Windows PE (Preinstallation Environment), the environment offers the Windows look, feel, and function and helps users solve problems without recover a password or passphrase in the Rescue and Recovery environment. © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2009 1 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 10
access requires a wired Ethernet connection). - Download files: Allows you to download needed files to the partition in the \SWSHARE folder in the Windows partition. - Map network drive: Helps users access network drives for software downloads or file transfer. v Troubleshoot - Diagnostic overview - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 11
For more information, see "Rejuvenation" on page 16. Hints and Tips For hints and tips on using the Rescue and Recovery program, see the Rescue and Recovery v4.3 Considerations document located at: http://www.lenovo.com/support Chapter 1. Overview 3 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 12
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deployment guide located on the ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools page: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr Installation considerations The Rescue and Recovery program has two main interfaces. The primary interface operates in the Microsoft Windows - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 14
space on your hard drive. v VGA-compatible video that supports a resolution of 800 x 600 and 24-bit color. v Supported Ethernet card. v User must have administrative privileges. Requirements for non-Lenovo computers Installation on non-Lenovo computers have the following requirements: Installation - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 15
Overview.″) v USB Mass Storage specification for boot-ability Video requirements: v Video compatibility: VGA-compatible video that supports a resolution of 800 x 600 and 24-bit color v Video memory: - On non-shared video memory systems: a minimum 4 MB of video RAM - On shared video memory systems - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 16
Windows Installer is not current, setup.exe is configured to update the Windows Installer engine to version 3.0. This update paths that contain spaces: msiexec.exe /a "Lenovo Rescue and Recovery.msi" /qn TARGERDIR= \"F:\ problems. The log file includes any 8 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 17
Panel. The log file is not created when your are running the setup.exe file directly from the MSI package. To create a log file for all MSI actions, you can enable the logging policy in the registry. To do this, create the following value: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 18
minimum version exactly). If it does not find a file, the install process continues without updating the Predesktop Area. If the current level is less than the minimum level, the Windows Installer will look for a .tvt file with a compatibility code (AA or AB). that is equal to the minimum version - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 19
a disk image that includes the Rescue and Recovery program. This deployment guide takes PowerQuest and Ghost as examples. Note: If you plan to create an image, you must capture the Master Boot Record. The Master Boot Record is critical for the Rescue and Recovery environment to function correctly - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 20
. Creates the image program. PowerQuest script file. Captures the Rescue and Recovery Boot Manager. Creates the image file. Image deployment: Table 7. X:\PQ\PQIMGCTR . /MBR=1 Restores the Rescue and Recovery Boot Manager. /IMG=X:\IMAGE.PQI Creates the image file. 12 Rescue and - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 21
command prompt. For example, to change the c:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery directory from a command prompt, type CD Windows 7 is installed, it will detect the two partitions and should install only the boot files to the smaller partition. Both partitions should be type 0x07. Compatibility - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 22
, and follow the instruction on the screen to encrypt the chosen partition. After that, a recovery key is automatically created. 6. Save the recovery key to a USB storage device. Note: Keep the USB storage device in a secured place. The recovery key is needed when booting to Windows 7 or the Rescue - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 23
in the Windows environment" on support a full restore operation if you boot your system from another external media. For example, if you perform a full restore operation from your USB hard disk drive, make sure that you boot your system from this USB hard disk drive as well. © Copyright Lenovo - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 24
system. 3. Choose the drive and backup that you want to use to rejuvenate your system by completing the following procedure: 16 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 25
through the Rescue and Recovery program and the Lenovo Base Software Selector programs. By performing a custom recovery, Software Administrator program, you can customize the recovery process for users and you can create personalization files used to automate the preinstallation setup for Windows - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 26
applications, device drivers, and operating systems. These components are in a custom packaged format and are contained in the service partition of the data in the correct Windows control files. You can save time and effort by using the Base Software Administrator program to customize - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 27
on to his or her system. Command line interface: The following executable supports a command line interface for the Base Software Administrator program and is supported under WinPE and the Windows environment: TBSADMIN.EXE [/DEPLOY [/SILENT] [/BOOTSP=YES|NO] [/MANIFEST=""] [/PERSONALIZATION - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 28
successful completion. (For return codes, the following table.) Takes an explicit Y or N value to indicate whether the service partition should be set active weekend - multiple schedules. Tuesdays and Fridays for example, can be supported by creating two schedules. v Parameters to pass to tasks. For - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 29
7 The Sysprep backup operation in Windows 7 is different from that in Windows XP or Windows Vista. This is due to the new version Windows RE built from Windows 7. You can download the accessory package from the Lenovo Support Web site at http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/ document.do?lndocid - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 30
\Software\Lenovo network share, the service makes the directory instructions are for the files that can be downloaded separately for the Individual language files for large enterprise that you can download from the Lenovo Web site: http://www.lenovo.com/support -log generation code: /L*v % Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 31
Backup Service" : Create Sysprep Base Backup to Local Hard Drive : Type the following command on one line cd "\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery" rrcmd sysprepbackup location=l name="Sysprep Backup" If you want to use a password, add the syntax password=pass. 4. Run your specific Sysprep - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 32
lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr 3. If you want to exclude .mpg and .jpg files from the backups, set the registry entry to include them at: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo all MSI files, add the following installation-log generation code: /L*v %temp%\rrinstall.txt b. To install the - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 33
Supported Sysprep multiple drive configurations Windows PE drive enumeration may be different than the Windows main operating system enumeration password will be used when Password Persistence is selected. When restoring from USB or the network, the password of the most recent backup will be used - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 34
the deployment guide located on the ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools page: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/ Message Queuing (MSMQ) If you are using MSMQ, you might have problems starting the service after from an incremental backup. That is how the Rescue and Recovery program - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 35
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Settings\BackupList v One line per include/exclude rule entry. v I=?:\peldr I=?:\bootlog.prv I=?:\bootlog.txt I=?:\bootsect.dos I=?:\WINNT\* I=?:\WINDOWS\* X=?:\WINDOWS\prefetch\* I=?:\minint\* I=?:\preboot\* I=?:\Application Data\* I=?:\Documents and Settings - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 36
Desktop\* x=?:\Documents and Settings\*\My Documents\* s=?:\Documents and Settings\*\Desktop settings: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery onto Windows. The file received from the end user creates the Req 115 Trouble Ticket Recovery program aids in problem determination. Output from tests Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 37
guide located on the ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools page: http://www.lenovo.com/support be manually video DRIVERS Add device drivers panel entries and functions, HTML-based help system. Enable display of ″Save As″ window. The \minint subdirectory does not exist on the Windows Vista - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 38
and Recovery program on Windows 7. Using RRUTIL.EXE The RRUTIL program is designed to access the Rescue and Recovery service partition and virtual partition ://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr The RRUTIL program works with the Rescue and Recovery filter driver on - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 39
AM 165 53786 222 222 655 14320 BOOT.INI COMMAND.COM CONFIG.ICR CONFIG.SYS dirlist.txt contents: \minint\system32\drivers*.sys \preboot\startup\*.* Get files from : Wildcards are not supported in this function. Predesktop Area directories RRUTIL /p Update (add/replace) files in \preboot, - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 40
command can be used in a batch file to help in automated processing. If the Rescue and Recovery code is not installed on the system only, the functions that access the Predesktop Area will be available. Example Data103 EFSFile HashFile Info TOCFile 32 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 41
copy to location> getlist.txt contents: Note: Wildcards are not supported in this function. You must understand the \RRbackups directories environment modifications. Put files in the \RRBackups directories RRUTIL /bp Update (add/replace) files in \RRbackups virtual partition: 1. Place all - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 42
-r \temp\rr\test.txt test2.txt the file is in the preboot\rr directory RRUTIL -bp c:\temp Update or replace files in RRBACKUPS virtual partition. RRUTIL -bl path List the RRBACKUPS directory. RRUTIL -bl lists to the preboot environment" on page 36). 34 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 43
letter language abbreviations: Table 16. Language codes Two-letter language code Language br Brazilian Portuguese dk Danish en drivers (such as ethernet) to the Predesktop Area The following example provides instruction on adding device drivers to the Predesktop Area 1. Obtain device drivers - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 44
instructions apply to any device driver that might be required to configure the computer. b. With the limitation of Windows PE, you might have to manually apply some configuration applications or settings as registry updates. 6. To put the device drivers the left panel of fonts are compatible and - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 45
is named mainbk.bmp. The file mainbk.bmp is located in the \PREBOOT\USRINTFC directory. If you create your own bitmap image for the right-panel background, it must conform to the following dimensions: v 620 pixels wide v 506 pixels high You must place the file in the \PREBOOT\USRINTFC directory in - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 46
the Opera browser. 4 Display a restart message window before launching. Change the value to direct the a return code from the launched application before continuing. The return code is expected If the text exceeds the width of the left panel, the text is cut and ellipsis points indicate Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 47
are creating a group heading, ″Rescue and Recover,″ the following would be the code for the entry: Button04=1, "Rescue and Recover",,,,,, Entries 02, 07, 11 and Lenovo-branded preinstallation models only DDIAGS.CMD Changing entries and functions in the right panel Changing the right-panel entries - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 48
" Line07 = "*Communicate using the Internet and link to the Lenovo support site" Line08 = "use the Internet and link to the Lenovo support site" Line09 = "*Troubleshoot problems using diagnostics" Line10 = "diagnose problems using diagnostics" Line11 = "Features may vary based on installation - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 49
can later be run to restore from factory contents. If the service partition has been removed, then this step is not necessary. Configuring the Rescue and Recovery program under Windows 7 and want to have the Opera browser remember its preferences during the current boot to the Predesktop Area, modify - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 50
Locate the following entries and then place a semicolon in front of each: Button1, 21197=Go Zoom2 7. Save the Explorer favorites. To exclude specific Windows users' favorites do the following end of this line of code, type in quotations the names of the Windows users whose favorites you want Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 51
one of the following: a. Type REM at the beginning of the line, as follows: REM python.exe favs.pyc z:\Operadef6.adr b. Delete the line of code from the file. 5. Save the file. 6. Put the file back by using the RRUTIL process described in "Using RRUTIL.EXE" on page 30. Changing proxy - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 52
a text file. Adding a specific file extension to the downloadable files list You can add to the list of files that can be downloaded through the Rescue and Recovery browser. To add to the list, complete the following procedure: 1. Make sure that Opera is closed and that all Opera windows are closed - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 53
the extension from 8 to 1. (A value of 8 tells the browser to ignore the file. A value of 1 instructs the browser to save the file.) For example, change the following: video/mgpeg=8,,,,mpeg,mpg,mpe,m2v,m1v,mpa,| to video/mgpeg=1,,,,mpeg,mpg,mpe,m2v,m1v,mpa,| b. Scroll up to the [File Types Extension - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 54
.TBI and \MININT\SYSTEM32 winbom.ini files back by using the RRUTIL process described in "Using RRUTIL.EXE" on page 30. Note: The default environment supports only the DHCP environment. 46 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 55
services. Syntax: StartNet = Yes | No SubnetMask Specifies a 32-bit value that enables the recipient of IP packets to distinguish the network ID and host ID portions of the IP address. Syntax: SubnetMask = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Changing the video Windows PE environment has the ability to support - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 56
. You can create this Predesktop Area password using the following command: C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\pe_masterpw_app.exe. The parameters for this command are: Table 21. Parameter v User ID and password or passphrase v No password 48 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 57
uses the Client Security Solution code for password or passphrase management. activities of the engine and the main backup service. v rr.log Logs all activities of Rescue Media application in the Windows 7 version of the Rescue and Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools application. Chapter 3. Configurations 49 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 58
the Create Rescue Media function, consult its Help information system by pressing F1 after launching the Rescue and Recovery 4.3 program. 50 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 59
clean out the Master Boot Record on the primary hard disk drive. 1. Remove all storage devices, such as second hard disk drives, USB hard disk drives, USB memory keys and PC Card Memory from the donor system, except the primary hard disk that you are going to install Windows on. Attention: Running - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 60
supported languages besides country code). . v After the service is started, set code. The following represents the code for install.cmd: :: Copy custom rnrdeploy.xml here copy rnrdeploy.xml "c:\SWTOOLS\Program Files\Lenovo Service" :: Make an ISO file here - ISO will reside in c:\Program Files\Lenovo - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 61
Lenovo\BMGR"/bmgr32.exe /R Updating You may need to make a major change to your system, such as a service pack update to Windows. Before you install the service backup location=L name="Backup Before XP-SP2 Update" Enabling the Rescue and Recovery desktop After realizing the benefits of the Rescue and - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 62
%\Preboot\Opera\Opera.EXE, http://www.lenovo.com/thinkvantage 2. Put the new version that you must back up, update the registry key at HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Settings\BackupList. Master Boot Record on the hard disk drive. The Rescue and Recovery program uses a custom Boot Manager - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 63
the Rescue and Recovery program. If eight free sectors in the Master Boot Record (MBR) do not exist as a result of the OEM product recovery code, you will see the following error message: Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 64
code. :: Make an ISO file here - ISO will reside in c:\SWTOOLS\rrcd Note: The following seven lines of code Lenovo\Python24\python c:\Program Files\ \Common Files\Lenovo\spi\mkspiim.pyc /scripted /noburn Scenario 3 - Installing with WIM files and Windows 7 Windows on Windows 7: 1. Boot to Windows PE - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 65
can be obtained from the Lenovo ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools Web page at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid box. 12. From the Windows Start menu, run regedit. 13. Right-click on the following registry key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\ Rescue and Recovery. - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 66
: rrcmd basebackup location=U level=100 name="admin backup on USB HDD" Note: You can change the value of the Manually creating the Service Partition of S drive To manually create the Service Partition (SP) of S drive in the Windows 7 operating system, do the following: 1. Boot from the Windows Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 67
Activate Partition 1. 17. Copy C:\boot*.* to S:\, and restart the computer. 18. Boot from the Windows 7 installation DVD, and click Repair your computer to repair the operating system. 19. Restart and log in to Windows. When you complete the above procedure, the Service Partition will be created and - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 68
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implemented by corporate IT administrators. These tools can be downloaded from the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr Command line support The following sections provide command line support for the Rescue and Recovery program in addition to - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 70
Sysprepbackup Stage a backup operation in the Pre Desktop Area after the computer is rebooted. The primary Windows 7 is not allowed to be copied after it is made; otherwise, it will cause problems result: L For primary local hard drive U For USB hard drive S For second local hard drive N For - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 71
this parameter. 2. All backup and restore features are routed through the service so that the appropriate sequencing can be maintained, callbacks are performed, for want to restore a specific backup, do the following: Note: Suppose the backups are stored in a USB storage device. Appendix A. Administrative tools - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 72
the USB storage lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr 2. Open a CMD window. 3. Type in Convdate. 4. Set the date and time in the convdate window service partition to create, in megabytes. The drive number to create the service partition on. If not specified, the first non-USB - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 73
be run from WinPE. InvAgent The InvAgent command can be found in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo\InvAgent\IA.exe. The IA.exe creates a local XML output file that it stores in install Run by an admin account to install any drivers needed for data collection. Appendix A. Administrative tools 65 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 74
Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo\MND directory. The mapping network drive interface supports the following parameters: Syntax: mapdrv [switches] Entering the command with no parameters launches the application and the information must be entered manually. The return codes for all parameters are - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 75
actual connection path. Using MapDrv The following examples provide instruction on how to use MapDrv: To Store network share Result Boot to partition 0 (based on the order in the partition table). Boot to partition 1. Boot to partition 2. Boot to partition 3. Boot to the service partition. Boot to - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 76
is located in the C:\PARTITION (dual boot Windows and Windows PE). /M2 The Rescue and Recovery environment is located in the service partition with DOS (dual boot Windows PE and DOS; Lenovo-branded preload Only). /OEM Computer is not a Lenovo-branded computer. This forces a second check - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 77
boot record is stored. v IBM Flag Value from the data sector (1 if IBM branded or Lenovo-branded system, 0 if not) v Boot Config Displays the installation option used to describe the machine layout. Whether a service v Scan Code The key used when booting to the service area. The scan code for the - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 78
was set to prior to booting to it, when booted to the service area. v Prior IBM MBR Index Used by Windows Installer. v Patch IN: OUT Input and output values from the patch code if used. v F11 Msg Message to display to user if proper BIOS calls not supported. The following table provides error - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 79
Support Active Directory is a directory service. The directory is where information about users and resources is stored. The directory service preferences. For example, a user may put a background image on his desktop. This is the user's preference setting. An administrator may define a setting - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 80
updated Software\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\ Default user preferences HKLM\Software\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\User defaults Group Policy settings The tables in this section provides settings for the group policies in the Rescue and Recovery program. 72 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 81
Rescue and Recovery The following table provides the policies for the Rescue and Recovery program. Table 30. \Rescue and Recovery Policy Description ConfigureSecurityGUIOption Show, gray, or hide the Configure security settings button in the main user interface. PDALogonGUIOption Show, gray, - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 82
Show, gray, or hide the Context Help menu item in the main user interface. Default: Show. MenuItems UsersGuide Show, gray, or hide the Users Guide menu item in the main user interface. Default: Show. MenuItems About Show, gray, or hide the About menu item in the main user interface. Default - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 83
Table 32. \Rescue and Recovery\Settings\User interface (continued) Policy Setting Description Restore Rejuvenate Show, gray, or hide the Rejuvenate radio button in the restore options. Default: Show. Restore RestoreOSApps Show, gray, or hide the Restore OS/Apps radio button in the restore - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 84
User interface (continued) Policy Setting Description CopyBackups CopyToUSB Show, gray, or hide the Copy To USB radio button. Default: Show. CopyBackups CopyToSecond Show, gray, or hide the Copy To Second provides the policy settings for Backup. 76 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 85
and Recovery program: HKLM\Software\Lenovo\ Rescue and Recovery\ Settings\Backup\ BackupSPNetwork=1 Enable or disable Backup USB as a selected destination for backup. Default: Disabled. Notes: 1. If a service partition backup fails due to insufficient space, manually delete the failed backup before - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 86
, manually delete the failed backup before making another backup or attempting to restore from the failed backup. 2. When backing up the service partition to external media, set the following registry key before restoring your system with the Rescue and Recovery program: HKLM\Software\Lenovo\ Rescue - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 87
system backups from hogging all of the disk i/o bandwidth. Values: 0-8 (0=off, 8=least disk activity). Default: 0. BootDisc Enable or disable the creation of a Boot Disc when backing up to a CD/DVD or creating an archive to those media. Default: Enabled. VerifyDisc Enable or disable Verify Disc - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 88
Windows Vista or Windows 7 operating system, make sure that the application or script is not interactive. Otherwise, all graphic user interfaces will pop up on the Windows service Windows Windows. Default: None. Show or hide the command that is run prior to a restore operation from Windows Windows. - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 89
passes the command that is run following a restore operation from Windows. Default: None. PostRestore PostWinRestoreShow Show or hide the command hide the Bootable Second message. Default: Hide. Show or hide the Bootable USB message. Default: Hide. Show or hide the Missed Backup message. Default: - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 90
file. Default: none. PostParameters The parameters that passes the command that is run after the scheduled backup task. Default: none. 82 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 91
the Rescue and Recovery environment. No (Windows) No (Windows) Yes Yes (Windows Yes (Windows Pre Boot Area) Pre Boot Area) Set options to be included or file is automatically placed in the C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rrcd\ directory: :: This line will create the ISO silently and - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 92
and working with Active Directory and Group Policy, see the accompanying XML/ADM Supplement for the deployment guide located on the ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools page: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr 84 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 93
and verify the operation of any other product, program, or service. Lenovo may have patents or pending patent applications covering subject matter described contained in this document does not affect or change Lenovo product specifications or warranties. Nothing in this document shall operate - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 94
should verify the applicable data for their specific environment. The following terms are trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both: Lenovo Rescue and Recovery ThinkVantage Microsoft, Internet Explorer, Windows, and Windows Vista are trademarks of the Microsoft group of - Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 95
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Updated: September 28, 2009
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