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Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide Updated: September 28, 2009 A ThinkVantage Technology publication - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 2
- Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 3
Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide Updated: September 28, 2009 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (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 M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 5
58 Scenario 6 - Performing a Bare Metal Restore from an Admin Backup 58 Scenario 7 - Manually creating the Service Partition of S drive 58 Appendix A. Administrative tools . . . 61 Command line support 61 Mailman 61 AWizard.exe 61 SETPASSWORD 61 RELOADSCHED 61 RRCMD command-line interface 61 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 6
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information required for installing the Rescue and Recovery program on one or more computers, and also provides instructions and scenarios on the administrative tools that can be customized to support IT or corporate policies. This guide is intended for IT administrators, or those responsible for - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 8
vi Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 9
application provides a suite of powerful tools that can be used drives and USB hard disk drives. v The Rescue and Recovery program enables you to store the backup data of multiple computers on one and function and helps users solve problems without consuming IT staff time. Lenovo 2008, 2009 1 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 10
a USB hard disk drive or a second hard disk drive, ensure that the hard disk drive is not compressed. - System information: Provides details about the computer and its hardware components. - Event log: Provides details of recent user activities and listings of computer hardware to aid in problem - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (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 M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 12
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guide located on the ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools page: http://www.lenovo.com/support program only works with the non-BIOS version of Computrace if the Backup" on page 58 for instructions. 3. A possible security risk may hard drive without needing to enter a password. © Copyright - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 14
program, see the Lenovo Web site: http://www.lenovo.com/thinkvantage Requirements for Lenovo computers Lenovo-branded computers must meet memory requirements: 256 MB system RAM to install the Rescue and Recovery program. Hard disk drive configuration: The Rescue and Recovery program is not supported - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 15
(CD/DVD and USB): Non-Lenovo computer and devices (USB hard disk drive, CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW/RAM, or DVD+R/RW) must fully support one or more of the following specifications: v ATAPI Removable Media Device BIOS Specification v BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services - 2 v Compaq Phoenix Intel® BIOS Boot - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 16
drives other than C:\. For example, other local drives or mapped network drives update the Windows Installer engine to version 3.0. This update exe /a "Lenovo Rescue and Recovery.msi : msiexec.exe /a "Lenovo Rescue and Recovery.msi problems. The log file includes any 8 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 17
msiexec /x "C:\TVTRR\Rescue and Recovery.msi" /qn msiexec /i "C:\TVTRR\Rescue and Recovery.msi" PDA=0 Rescue and Recovery installation The following instructions are for the files that can be downloaded separately from the Individual language files for Large Enterprise download page. 1. The main - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 18
is already installed and does not need to be upgraded or if the property PDA=0 is set on find a file, the install process continues without updating the Predesktop Area. If the current level is is halted. The Rescue and Recovery program supports the following languages: v Brazilian Portuguese v - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 19
enabled. Including the Rescue and Recovery program in a disk image You can create 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 20
Script language SELECT DRIVE 1 SELECT DRIVE 1 DELETE ALL SELECT FREESPACE FIRST SELECT IMAGE ALL RESTORE Result Selects the first hard disk drive DRIVE 1 X:\PQ\PQIMGCTR /CMD=X:\PQ\RRUSAVE.TXT /MBI=1 /IMG=X:\IMAGE.PQI Result Selects the first hard disk drive DRIVE 1 Selects first hard disk drive. - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 21
, to change the c:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery directory from a Drive Preparation Tool to prepare the BitLocker partition, you must have two partitions on your system when installing Windows 7. One (TPM) is not activated in the BIOS Setup Utility, to achieve compatibility with BitLocker - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 22
the partition to encrypt. Note: It is recommended to encrypt the Windows operating system partition (usually drive C) only. 5. Click Turn on BitLocker, and follow the instruction on the screen to encrypt the chosen partition. After that, a recovery key is automatically created. 6. Save the recovery - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 23
program do not 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 2008, 2009 15 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 24
rescued. Excluding the local hard disk, the system CD/DVD backup. drive. If you have multiple partitions on your hard disk drive, you have the option to restore only the system drive hard drive screen is displayed. 2. On the Restore your system screen, select Rejuvenate your system. 3. Choose the drive - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 25
one that you want to use to rejuvenate your system, and then click Next to begin the restoration process. Note: Do not power deletes all files on the local drive, and then restores the files from program and the Lenovo Base Software Selector as applications, device drivers or operating systems as - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 26
contents of the hard drive that consists of components such as applications, device drivers, and the information about the components within the service partition where it resides. Manifest files therefore, a user will not have to manually validate the Time Zone settings. Personalization files Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 27
administrator password for the computer. Advanced settings are used to define one or more commands that can be run the first time a line interface: The following executable supports a command line interface for the Base Software Administrator program and is supported under WinPE and the Windows - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 28
whether the service partition should be service partition. Error copying manifest file into service partition Error copying personalization file into service partition Error deleting file from service partition Error writing AUTO.TAG file in service partition Error setting service be supported by - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 29
7. You can download the accessory package from the Lenovo Support Web site at http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/ document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4Q2QAK, and 7 object in the BCD. 5. Other (undocumented) configuration files are updated. These steps enable Windows RE on the Windows 7 operating system. - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 30
directory is created on the network share, the service makes the directory a read-only folder, and 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 31
Type the following command on one line start /WAIT msiexec Service net start "TVT Backup Service" : Create Sysprep Base Backup to Local Hard Drive : Type the following command on one line cd "\Program Files\Lenovo Power off the system using the power tvtrr\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 32
Service net start "TVT Backup Service" :Create Sysprep Base Backup to Local Hard Drive : Type the following command on one line cd "\Program Files\Lenovo Sysprep Backup is Complete will appear. 9. Power off the system using the power button. 10. Capture the image for deployment. 24 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 33
Supported Sysprep multiple drive configurations Windows PE drive with Password Persistence. When restoring from a local hard drive, the current password will be used when files will retain their original date and time. Battery power settings for backups With the corresponding ADM file installed - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 34
Recovery program using 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 Completing a backup Applications installed or uninstalled - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (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 If more than one setting applies to a file or folder, the last setting applied is used. Entries at the bottom of the registry entry take precedence. v Entries must start - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (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 from the end user creates the Req 115 Trouble Ticket XML file, which combines (Current, Recovery program aids in problem determination. Output from tests Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 37
guide located on the ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools page: http://www.lenovo.com/support backups folder. Note: The Predesktop Area can be manually started if the operating system does not start. \MININT\INF \MININT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS Add device drivers. MAINBK.BMP Modify environment - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 38
Rescue and Recovery service partition and lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr The RRUTIL program works with the Rescue and Recovery filter driver on virtual partitions, and mounts type 0x07 partitions as a drive Predesktop Area. v Add or update files in the Predesktop Area. - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 39
be a value of 3. dirlist.txt contents: \minint\system32\drivers*.sys \preboot\startup\*.* Get files from Predesktop Area directories RRUTIL Update (add/replace) files in \preboot, \minint, or root of the PE partition either virtual or type 0x07: 1. Place all the files in a temp folder on drive - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 40
The path to the file to be renamed must be included without the drive letter. The new name of the file should only include the name without list below is an example of a backup directory with a base backup and one incremental backup. Directory of \RRbackups\C\0\ 03/11/04 08:02:44 AM 03 Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 41
03/15/04 22:51:56 PM 03/15/04 22:56:39 PM 03/15/04 23:00:27 PM 03/15/04 22:30:00 PM 03/15/04 22:30:19 PM the \RRBackups directories RRUTIL /bp Update (add/replace) files in \RRbackups virtual partition: 1. Place all the files in a temp folder on drive c:\, then based on location in the temp - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 42
Copy rrutil.exe to the root of the C drive. 2. Create getlist.txt file with the following syntax: prompt, type the rrutil.exe command and one of the switches defined in the following preboot\rr directory RRUTIL -bp c:\temp Update or replace files in RRBACKUPS virtual partition. RRUTIL - Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 43
Note: xx in the file name represents one of the following two-letter language abbreviations: Table 1: Adding device 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 from the vendor's - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (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 , edit, and replace the pdaguien.ini Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 45
the file in the \PREBOOT\USRINTFC directory in order for the Rescue and Recovery program to present the desired background. Note: To get, edit, and replace the mainbk.bmp file, see "Using RRUTIL.EXE" on page 30. Editing pdagui.ini Changing the left-panel entries requires editing the pdaguixx.ini - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 46
a value of 1 in this position. If you set this value to 0, no password is required before a specified application is started. 38 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 47
The value of %tvtdrive% must be the boot drive letter. Following the boot drive letter, you must provide a fully qualified path to launches the PC Doctor application, and Lenovo-branded preinstallation .ini from the Rescue and Recovery environment and replacing the file, see "Example: pdaguixx.ini" - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 48
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 according to your font design preferences. 40 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 49
and that option will not appear on the wizard. That renamed .cmd file can later be run to restore from factory contents. If the service partition has been removed, then this step is not necessary. Configuring the Opera browser The Opera browser has two configuration files: the default configuration - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 50
information on how to enable, read the System Administrator's Handbook at: http://www.opera.com/support/mastering/sysadmin/ Disabling the address bar To disable the address bar in Opera, complete the following environment, complete the following steps: 42 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 51
the following line in the .CMD file: PYTHON.EXE.FAVS.PYC Z:\OPERADEF6.ADR 4. Complete one of the following: a. Type REM at the beginning of the line, as follows: .your company.com/proxy To add the port to the entry, place a colon after the address and type the port number. The same is true for the - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 52
in "Using RRUTIL.EXE" on page 30. 3. Open the file for editing. 4. Locate the [File Types] section of the file. 44 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 53
one of the following: v If the extension is found, but files with that extension do not work correctly, complete the following steps: a. Change the value following the extension from 8 to 1. (A value of 8 tells the browser to ignore the file. A value of 1 instructs of files by replacing values in the - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (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 M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 55
IPConfig = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx StartNet Specifies whether to start networking services. Syntax: StartNet = Yes | No SubnetMask Specifies a 32-bit 1. Get the RRUTIL from the Lenovo Rescue and Recovery Administration Tools site at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (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 M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 57
This provides better security for a multi-user environment. If a user logs on that user's files only, and no one else's. This option can be set activities of the engine and the main backup service. v rr.log Logs all activities of Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools application. Chapter 3. Configurations 49 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (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 M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 59
on page 58 v "Scenario 7 - Manually creating the Service Partition of S drive" on page 58 Scenario 1 - New 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 60
This is the drive letter for the installation for supported languages besides US the local hard disk drive and call it be performed. v After the service is started, set up the \Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Service" :: Make an ISO file here - ISO will reside in c:\Program Files\Lenovo - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (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 M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 62
Opera.EXE, http://www.lenovo.com/thinkvantage 2. Put must back up, update the registry key at HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery the updated version the change pause c:\Program Files\Lenovo\Common\BMGR\bmgr32.exe /bw the Master Boot Record on the hard disk drive. The Rescue and Recovery program - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 63
running, you will be unable to recover any data from the target hard disk drive. 1. Use the cleandrv.exe available from the Lenovo ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools Web page at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr to ensure all sectors are cleared - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 64
the system drive in order to copy the directory trees and build the ISO. Moving this much data around is a hard disk drive-intensive task, it :: c:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo\Python24\python c:\Program Files\ \Common Files\Lenovo\spi\mkspiim.pyc /scripted /noburn Scenario 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 65
7. Assign the drive letter (C) 8. Exit Diskpart 1. Use one batch file to silently install the Rescue and Recovery program. 2. Configure BIOS password recovery be obtained from the Lenovo ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools Web page at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do? - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 66
manually create the Service Partition (SP) of S drive in the Windows 7 operating system, do the following: 1. Boot from the Windows 7 installation disc and proceed to the drive selection menu. 2. Press Shift + F10 to access the command line. 3. Type diskpart, then press Enter. 4. To clean the hard - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 67
disc again and proceed to the drive selection menu. 7. Create Partition 1 with a 1GB size for the service partition. 8. Create Partition 2 for 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 68
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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 =x> [ | ] [level=x] Table 23. RRcmd parameters Command Backup Restore Result Initiate a normal backup - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 70
R Replace Files and folders that will be restored. This command is used only with the Restore command. One or more of the following can be selected with the associated result: L For primary local hard drive U For USB hard drive S For second local hard drive N For network name=abc C For CD/DVD - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 71
23 service so that the appropriate sequencing can be maintained, callbacks are performed, for example. The backup command is replaced 4. Run RRCMD Changebase filename=c:\file.txt drive=c: destination="c:\RRBACKUPS" Note: You can now supports to store the backup data of multiple computers on one storage - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 72
exe file cleans all files on the drive. There will be no operating system from: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do drive=x Description Size of service partition to create, in megabytes. The drive number to create the service partition on. If not specified, the first non-USB drive - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 73
the drive being cleaned Lenovo\InvAgent\IA.exe. The IA.exe creates a local XML output file that it stores in the same folder. One . v -silent Run with no output to the screen. v -section section1 sectiont2 ... Return in the drivers needed for data collection. Appendix A. Administrative tools 65 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 74
encryption engine, it does not update the registry in the system 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 Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 75
MapDrv The following examples provide instruction on how to use MapDrv: in the directory C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo\BMGR. The following table presents the switches to partition 2. Boot to partition 3. Boot to the service partition. Boot to the Rescue and Recovery protected partition. - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 76
hard disk drive information (checks for 16 free sectors). /M0 The Rescue and Recovery environment is located in the service partition. /M1 The Rescue and Recovery environment is located in the C:\PARTITION (dual branded or Lenovo-branded computer. TOC tocvalue Set the BIOS TOC location (16 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 77
one exists. v Original MBR Sector number where the machine's original master boot record is stored. v IBM Flag Value from the data sector (1 if IBM branded or Lenovo if the F11 message is displayed to the screen. v Scan Code The key used when booting to the service area. The scan code for the F11 key - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 78
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 FDISK /MBR; it will put on the MBR. 70 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 79
PC DOS MBR Apply changes to drive. Use n=0 for the first drive. Yes to all Display Help Display Help Active Directory Support Active Directory is a directory service . For example, a user may put a background image on his desktop. This is the user's preference setting. An administrator may define a - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 80
updated one hour 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 M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 81
the Settings tab: Table 31. \Rescue and Recovery\Settings Policy Description LockHardDisk Enable or disable the Lock Hard Disk setting. Default: Disabled. ParseEnvironmentVariables Enable or disbale the Parse Environment Variables setting. Default: Enabled. SetPPArchiveBeforeBackup Enable - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (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 M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 83
Protect item in the Schedule and Preferences dialog box. Default: Show. Schedule and Preferences LockHardDisk Show, gray, or hide the Lock Hard Disk item in the Schedule and Preferences dialog box. Default: Show. Schedule and Preferences MaxIncrementalBackups Show, gray or hide the Maximum - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 84
on the simplified user interface. Default: Show. Note: If you are attempting to remove an entire screen using an Active Directory template, disable the menu item instead of hiding each item on the screen. Backup The following table provides the policy settings for Backup. 76 Rescue and Recovery - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (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 M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 86
service partition backup fails due to insufficient space, manually Lenovo\ Rescue and Recovery\ Settings\Backup\ BackupSPNetwork=1 Set the partition number for backups on the local drive drive. Valid values: 1-100. Default: 1. Set the partition number for backups on the Second hard disk drive. Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 87
incremental backup. ResumeAfterPowerLoss Enable or disable Resume After Power Loss as a backup option. Default: Enabled Verify Disc when backing up to a CD/DVD or creating an archive to those media. minimum percentage of free space on the destination drive required for backup. Values: 0-100. Default - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 88
the application or script is not interactive. Otherwise, all graphic user interfaces will pop up on the Windows service session, and this will not be focused to the user. This is the design of the Microsoft not in the environment variable. Default: None. 80 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 89
message. Default: Show. Show or hide the No Battery message. Default: Show. Show or hide the Scheduled Base message. Default: Show. Show or hide the Power Loss Backup message. Default: Show. Appendix A. Administrative tools 81 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 90
None. PWD Create default password for the mapped network drive. Default: none Scheduler tasks The following table provides the Select the hour when scheduled backups should occur. Valid values: 0-23. Default: none. Minute Select the minute when scheduled backups should occur Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 91
Power user Administrator Create rescue media ISO. No No Yes (with command lines provided below) Create bootable CD media. Yes Yes Yes Create USB hard disk drive automatically placed in the C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rrcd\ directory: :: This line will create the ISO - Lenovo ThinkCentre M93z | (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 M93z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 93
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