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Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide Updated: September 28, 2009 A ThinkVantage Technology publication - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 2
- Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 3
Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide Updated: September 28, 2009 - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (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 ThinkPad X60 | (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 ThinkPad X60 | (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 ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 8
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major categories of functions: v Rescue and Restore - Recovery overview: Links users to help topics about the various recovery options that are provided. - Rescue files: Enables users to copy files created in Windows applications to removable media or to a network and to continue to work even with - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 10
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: Links to the Rescue and Recovery program diagnostics help topics. - Diagnose hardware: Opens the PC - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (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 ThinkPad X60 | (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 ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 14
site: http://www.lenovo.com/thinkvantage Requirements for Lenovo computers Lenovo-branded computers must meet or exceed the following requirements to install the Rescue and Recovery program: v Operating system: Windows 7 v Memory: 1 GB - In shared memory configurations, the BIOS setting for maximum - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 15
Windows operating system. For supported Lenovo computers, required drivers are included with the Rescue and Recovery program. If an OEM network device in your computer is not supported, refer to the device manufacturer documentation for instructions to add support for system-specific network drivers - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 16
.exe file is the executable program of the Windows Installer used to interpret installation packages and install products on target systems. v For installation paths that do NOT contain spaces: msiexec.exe /a "Lenovo Rescue and Recovery.msi" /qn TARGERDIR=F:\TVTRR v For installation paths that - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 17
Example msiexec /i "C:\TVTRR\Rescue and Recovery.msi" msiexec /i "C:\TVTRR\Rescue and Recovery.msi" /qn REBOOT="R" 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 - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 18
Rescue and Recovery.msi if Windows Recovery program. v Current code = Minimum code: The Windows minimum level, the Windows Installer looks for a the minimum level, the Windows Installer will look for < Minimum code: The Windows Installer will look for Rescue and Recovery program supports the - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 19
in silent mode, the default is for the installation to password must be supplied to enable the chip, otherwise the chip is not 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 - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 20
and deploy an image with the Rescue and Recovery program with the following scripts: Minimum script image program. PowerQuest script file. Captures the Rescue and Recovery Boot Manager. Creates the image file. Image deployment: the Rescue and Recovery Boot Manager. /IMG=X:\IMAGE.PQI Creates the - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 21
Admin Backup" on page 58 when installing and deploying the Rescue and Recovery program on Windows 7. Using Symantec Ghost-based tools with Rescue and Recovery Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery c:\SWSHARE c:\Program Files\Lenovo c:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo not activated in the BIOS Setup Utility, to - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (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 ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 23
XML and ADM file configurations" v "Recovery methods" v "Backups" on page 20 v "Rescue and Recovery in the Windows environment" on page 26 v " guide located on the ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools page: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr Recovery - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 24
user for the backup storage location and then the user selects a backup. The Rescue and Recovery program will display the files that the current user is authorized to access. The user system and Applications always use Password Persistence. 2. Operating system and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 25
the most recent password available will be restored. Custom recovery As an extension of the Rescue and Recovery program, custom recovery technology has been added to the recovery process. Users will interact with this custom recovery method through the Rescue and Recovery program and the Lenovo Base - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 26
a user to perform: v Full factory recovery only v Custom factory recovery only v Either a full factory recovery or a custom factory recovery Components consist of applications, device drivers, and operating systems. These components are in a custom packaged format and are contained in the service - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 27
table provides the settings used to assign the computer name, administrator password and the workgroup or domain of the destination computer: Table 10. Network settings Setting Windows control file keyword Description Computer name ComputerName= Sets the name for the computer. Administrator - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 28
service partition should be set active. For example, /BOOTSP=Y. A value of N allows the adminitrator to reset the C: partition active again, so recovery for example, can be supported by creating two schedules. v Parameters to pass to tasks. For the Rescue and Recovery program, perform incremental - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 29
.exe file, prior to OOBE (Out-Of-Box Experience), the default Windows RE image (winre.wim) is located in the \Windows\System32\Recovery subdirectory. However, once the user completes OOBE, the following will happen: 1. A Recovery folder is created on the system partition (C partition). 2. The WinRE - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 30
that will use the same user name and password. The UNC entry is overwritten by the Rescue and Recovery program based on a value in the rnrdeploy.xml file. Setting up user accounts for network backups When the RRBACKUPS directory is created on the network share, the service makes the directory a read - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 31
Start the Rescue and Recovery 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\Rescue and Recovery" rrcmd sysprepbackup location=l name="Sysprep Backup" If you want to use a password, add the - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 32
the Rescue and Recovery 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\Rescue and Recovery" rrcmd sysprepbackup location=L name="Sysprep Base Backup" If you want to use a password, add the - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 33
Persistence is selected. When restoring from USB or the network, the password of the most recent backup will be used. EFS file limitation The date and time stamp attributes are not preserved for EFS files restored by the Rescue and Recovery program, all other files will retain their original date - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 34
on Active Directory configurations for the Rescue and 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 - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 35
\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Settings\ folders that you can choose to exclude -s for files or folders that the user can choose to add to Single Storage The following are examples of entries: I=?:\bootsect.dos I=?:\WINNT\* I=?:\WINDOWS\* X=?:\WINDOWS\prefetch\* I=?:\minint\* I=?:\preboot - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 36
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Settings\OSAppsList The user to e-mail the file after he or she completes the recovery process and logs onto Windows. The file received from the end user creates the Req 115 Trouble of the Rescue and Recovery program aids in problem determination. Output from - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 37
guide located on the ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools page: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr Working with the Predesktop Area To customize parts of the Rescue and Recovery ) STANDARD_MENU.INI Exclude Window user's favorites. Configure the - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 38
an Administrator user can use this tool by default. You can obtain rrutil.exe from the ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools Web page located at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr The RRUTIL program works with the Rescue and Recovery filter driver on - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 39
10 value of 3. dirlist.txt contents: \minint\system32\drivers*.sys \preboot\startup\*.* Get files from Predesktop .ini Note: Wildcards are not supported in this function. You must add/replace a file.cmd file in \preboot\startup, the user would place the file.cmd file in c:\tempdir\preboot\startup - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 40
02:44 AM 03/11/04 08:04:05 AM 03/11/04 08:07:10 AM 03/11/04 09:09:03 AM 03/11/04 09:10:39 AM 03/11/04 09:12:07 AM 03/11/04 09:13:24 50003968 50003968 338772 748 34443040 Data0 Data1 Data10 Data100 Data101 Data102 Data103 EFSFile HashFile Info TOCFile 32 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 41
/04 22:30:34 PM 03/15/04 22:30:57 PM 03/15/04 22:32:25 PM 03/15/04 22:33:42 PM 03/15/04 22:34:40 PM getlist.txt getlist.txt contents: Note: Wildcards are not supported in this function. You must understand the \RRbackups directories environment before attempting modifications. - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 42
Recovery environment, it also allows listing of files in the Rescue and Recovery environment and in the backups folder. These procedures are used for all file customizations of the Rescue and Recovery Rescue and Recovery environment. To Recovery environment (see "Customizing the preboot environment" on - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 43
the Rescue and Recovery environment 1. Create instruction on adding device drivers to the Predesktop Area 1. Obtain device drivers from the vendor's Web site or other media. 2. Create the following directory structures: C:\TEMP\MININT\INF C:\TEMP\MININT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS 3. Copy all network driver - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 44
, as they are not processed by the Rescue and Recovery environment. The preceding 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 - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (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 application or help function can be defined. No icon can be added. 08-10 Fully customizable. 11 Must remain a button type 1. Text can be changed. - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 46
set to 1. Button00=[0-10], "title", file.bmp, [0 or 1], 1, [0 or 1] To require a password prior to starting an application, place 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 ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 47
application or command file. Button00=[0-10], "title", file.bmp, [0 browser Map a network drive Diagnose hardware application, and Lenovo-branded preinstallation .ini from the Rescue and Recovery environment and replacing the file, . Modifying user messages and window status: pdaguixx.ini (where xx - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 48
and Recovery(TM)" Line05 = "*Configure your system settings and passwords" Line06 = "your system settings and passwords" 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 - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 49
Restore To hide the Restore to Factory Contents option in Windows PE, rename the file \preboot\recovery\Recover.cmd to another name 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 - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 50
at: http://www.opera.com/support/mastering/sysadmin/ Disabling the address Recovery environment is started. You can exclude some or all of the Internet Explorer favorites. To exclude specific Windows users Recovery environment, complete the following steps: 42 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 51
1. Get the C:\PREBOOT\STARTUP\OPERA_010.CMD for editing by using the RRUTIL process as described in "Using RRUTIL.EXE" on page 30. 2. Open the file for editing. 3. Locate 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 - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 52
window. The most straightforward method follows: 1. Get the C:\PREBOOT\OPERA\DEFAULTS Recovery program is closed and reopened, a user and Recovery program not enable users to save users get up and running. For the purposes of the Rescue and Recovery windows are closed, including the Rescue and Recovery - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 53
browser to ignore the file. A value of 1 instructs the browser to save the file.) For example, opera6.ini, and then restart the Rescue and Recovery program for the changes to be effective. v the following: 1. Close Opera and all active Opera windows, including help files. 2. Get the preboot\opera\ - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 54
the RRUTIL process described in "Using RRUTIL.EXE" on page 30. 5. Change factory -minint to factory -winpe 6. Comment out the following lines: regsvr32 /s netcfgx.dll netcfg -v - page 30. Note: The default environment supports only the DHCP environment. 46 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 55
Windows PE uses to connect to a network. Syntax: IPConfig = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx StartNet Specifies whether to start networking services. Syntax: StartNet = Yes | No SubnetMask Specifies a 32 from the Lenovo Rescue and Recovery Administration Tools site at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/ - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 56
No password This option uses no authentication and allows the user to enter the Predesktop Area without using a password. Password access There are three options for password access: v Master password v User ID and password or passphrase v No password 48 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 57
the GUI. No password This option uses no authentication. Log files The following are log files located in the C:\swshare directory: v Engine.log Logs all activities of the engine and the main backup service. v rr.log Logs all activities of the main Rescue and Recovery user interface. v Restore.log - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 58
4. A message prompts to create the rescue media when performing a backup, if the Rescue and Recovery program detects that no rescue medium has been created before. For more information about the Create Rescue Media function, consult its Help information system by - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 59
Admin Backup" on page 58 v "Scenario 7 - Manually creating the Service Partition of S drive" on page 58 Scenario 1 - New rollouts This section describes installing the Rescue and Recovery program in a new rollout on Lenovo that you are going to install Windows on. Attention: Running this command - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 60
SWTOOLS If you want installation for supported languages besides US, copy z902ZAB10YYUS00. Recovery user interface to all users not in the local Administrators Group. 3. Customize the default Recovery Service" :: Make an ISO file here - ISO will reside in c:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\ - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 61
Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery" RRcmd.exe backup location=L name=Base level=0 :: Reboot the system C:\Program Files\Common Files\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 pack - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 62
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Settings\ Recovery program, eight free sectors must be available in the Master Boot Record on the hard disk drive. The Rescue and Recovery program uses a custom Boot Manager in order to enter into the Recovery area. 54 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 63
need to create eight free sectors, call the Lenovo help desk to report the error and obtain further instructions. Creating a bootable Rescue and Recovery CD The Rescue and Recovery program builds and burns the rescue media CD from the current service area contents, rather than from a pre-assembled - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 64
and directories are included on the recovery CD: v minint v preboot v win51 user interaction and not burn it :: c:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo\Python24\python c:\Program Files\ \Common Files\Lenovo\spi\mkspiim.pyc /scripted /noburn Scenario 3 - Installing with WIM files and Windows 7 Windows - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 65
Menu Properties dialog box. 10. Select Hide from the Advanced Menu dropdown box. 11. Click OK on the Advanced Menu Properties dialog box. 12. From the Windows Start menu, run regedit. 13. Right-click on the following registry key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\ Rescue and Recovery. 14. Click Export - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 66
user interface from PDA. 2. Click Restore your system. 3. Make sure to select Do not preserve windows passwords during the following restoring process. Scenario 7 - Manually creating the Service Partition of S drive To manually create the Service computer. 58 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 67
6. Boot from the Windows 7 installation 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 the operating system. 9. Format Partition 2 and leave Partition 1 unformatted. 10. Press Shift + F10 to access the - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (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 for the Rescue and Recovery SETPASSWORD command sets the user password. For a discussion about passwords, see "Passwords" on page 48. - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 70
backup is complete. 2. Sysprepbackup in Windows 7 is not allowed to be copied after it is made; otherwise, it will cause problems when restoring the backup because the related S For second local hard drive N For network name=abc C For CD/DVD Restore Where abc, is the name of the backup. 62 - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 71
parameter. 2. All backup and restore features are routed through the service so that the appropriate sequencing can be maintained, callbacks are performed, operation in the user interface. How to restore a backup from specific system The Rescue and Recovery program now supports to store the backup - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 72
Rescue and Recovery Administration tools from: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr 2. Open a CMD window. 3. size=x drive=x Description Size of service partition to create, in megabytes. The drive number to create the service partition on. If not specified, the - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 73
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 files. v -install Run by an admin account to install any drivers needed for data collection. Appendix A. Administrative tools 65 - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 74
> /unc /user /pwd [/timeout ] [/s] The MapDrv command will implement the user interface to map a network drive. The mapdrv.exe command can be found in the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo\MND directory. The mapping network drive interface supports the - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 75
the network share information saved in the registry key: mapdrv /view /user /pwd Rescue and Recovery Boot manager control (BMGR32) The boot manager interface command-line interface is BMGR32. It resides in the directory C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo\BMGR - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 76
(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 for the F11 (default) key press - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 77
service partition. /Fmbr Load the Rescue and Recovery environment (RRE) Master boot record program. /U Unload the Rescue and Recovery branded or Lenovo-branded system, 0 if not) v Boot Config Displays the installation option used to describe the machine layout. Whether a service partition was - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 78
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 10 Recovery installation failure, such as not being able to install the Rescue and Recovery - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (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 registry entries. For the Rescue and Recovery program, Active Directory can manage such Settings defined by a user on the client computer for an application - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 80
HKCU\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 ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 81
user interface. PDALogonGUIOption Show, gray, or hide the GUI option to use a password to protect the Rescue and Recovery 10 000 MB. Default Default: 0 (no sorting). User interface The following table provides the policy settings for the user interface: Table 32. \Rescue and Recovery\Settings\User - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 82
Table 32. \Rescue and Recovery\Settings\User interface (continued) Policy Setting Description Menus AdvancedMenu Show, gray, or hide the Advanced menu in the main user interface. Default: Show. Menus HelpMenu Show, gray, or hide the Help menu in the main user interface. Default: Show. - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 83
or hide the Password Persist radio button. Default: Show. Restore BaseBackup Show or hide the Base Backup from being restored through the user Interface. Default: Show. Restore AdminBackups Show or hide the Admin Backups from being restored through the user Interface. Default: Show. Schedule - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 84
hide the Backup Name option on the simplified user interface. Default: Show. Simplified FactoryRecovery Show, gray, or hide the Factory Recovery radio button on the simplified user interface if the Factory Recovery program is installed. Default: Show. Simplified RescueFiles Show, gray, or hide - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 85
the Rescue 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 - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 86
SecondHDDPartitionNumber Backup Partitions MaxBackupSize Description Enable or disable Backup Network 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 making another backup or - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 87
with a password. Default: Disabled. RequiredGBFreeSpace Set the amount of free space in GB that is required for a backup to occur. AutosyncRetryNetwork Number of minutes before the user will be prompted again after the user chooses not to retry an auto-synchronization to Network. Prebackup is - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 88
that is run prior to a restore operation from the Rescue and Recovery workspace. Default: Show. Command to run following a restore operation from Windows. Include the full path to the file, if that path is not in the environment variable. Default: None. 80 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 89
operation from Windows. Default: Show. PostRestore PostPDARestore Command to run following a restore operation from the Rescue and Recovery workspace. Default: Enabled. User Messages The following table provides the policy settings for User Messages. Table 36. \Rescue and Recovery\Settings\User - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 90
\Rescue and Recovery Policy Description UNC UNC location for the mapped network drive (format \\server\share). Default: None. User Use mapdrv.exe /view command to create an encrypted value for this field. Default: None. PWD Create default password for the mapped network drive. Default: none - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 91
. The following table presents the tasks that the limited users, power users, and administrators can perform with the Rescue and Recovery program in a Windows 7 environment. Table 39. Windows 7 user tasks Tasks Limited user Power user Administrator Create rescue media ISO. No No Yes (with - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 92
information about the Rescue and Recovery settings 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 - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 93
Lenovo product, program, or service may be used. Any functionally equivalent product, program, or service that does not infringe any Lenovo intellectual property right may be used instead. However, it is the user use in implantation or other life support applications where malfunction may result in - Lenovo ThinkPad X60 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 94
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