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Disaster Recovery Procedural Overview 2 Restore data using a fully qualified path to a share. When entering the path to the restore directory, use the following format: /share_name/path_to_directory where share_name is case sensitive and path_to_directory points to an existing directory structure. /Finance/Sales For example, entering the path shown to the left restores the data to the Sales directory on the Finance share. Caution If you install to an invalid share or path the software will restore to the root file system. In this situation, it is possible that the GuardianOS may be compromised and you may need to repeat the fresh install procedure. 3 Restart the server. Step 4: Recovering the Original Server and Volume Configurations To restore the original configurations to the server, navigate to the Maintenance > Disaster Recovery screen in the Administration Tool. Two separate operations are required. They must be run sequentially. After you start any of the recovery processes, you will see the Disaster Recovery Status screen. Do not try to navigate back from this screen during the recovery process. You are restricted to this screen so that you will not interrupt the recovery. 1 Restore server settings. Click Recover Server to open the Server Recovery screen and use the Browse button to locate the SnapDRImage file. Click Recover And Reboot to start the operation. Once the server configuration recovery operation is complete, you can start the volume configuration recovery operation. 2 Restore volume ACL and quota configurations. Click Recover Volume to open the Server Recovery screen. Select all volumes. (Volumes that do not have a recovery file attached will appear as unavailable, and the corresponding check box is removed.) The creation date of the recovery file on a volume indicates when the recovery image was generated. Click Recover to start the operation. 68 Snap Server Administrator Guide

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Disaster Recovery Procedural Overview
68
Snap Server Administrator Guide
2
Restore data using a fully qualified path to a share.
When entering the path to the restore directory, use the following format:
Caution
If you install to an invalid share or path the software will restore to the
root file system. In this situation, it is possible that the GuardianOS may be
compromised and you may need to repeat the fresh install procedure.
3
Restart the server.
Step 4: Recovering the Original Server and Volume Configurations
To restore the original configurations to the server, navigate to the
Maintenance >
Disaster Recovery
screen in the Administration Tool. Two separate operations are
required. They must be run sequentially. After you start any of the recovery
processes, you will see the Disaster Recovery Status screen. Do not try to navigate
back from this screen during the recovery process. You are restricted to this screen
so that you will not interrupt the recovery.
1
Restore server settings.
Click
Recover Server
to open the Server Recovery
screen and use the
Browse
button to locate the SnapDRImage file. Click
Recover And Reboot
to start the
operation. Once the server configuration recovery operation is complete, you can
start the volume configuration recovery operation.
2
Restore volume ACL and quota configurations.
Click
Recover Volume
to open the Server Recovery
screen. Select all volumes.
(Volumes that do not have a recovery file attached will appear as unavailable,
and the corresponding check box is removed.) The creation date of the recovery
file on a volume indicates when the recovery image was generated. Click
Recover
to start the operation.
/share_name/path_to_directory
where
share_name
is case sensitive and
path_to_directory
points to an existing
directory structure.
/Finance/Sales
For example, entering the path shown to the
left restores the data to the Sales directory on
the Finance share.