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Recovering from a Disaster 7. Click Start Disaster Recovery to start the disaster recovery process. The Disaster Recovery Wizard copies the data from the specified sessions to the specified partitions. A progress bar indicates the progress of the restore process. When the restore finishes, your machine reboots and returns to the state it was in at the time the backup media was created. 8. Click Finish to complete the disaster recovery process and reboot to your machine's original configuration. Note: A directory named drboot.tmp is created during the restore process. It is deleted the next time you start the BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape Engine, or the next time the machine is started. On a remote site, you may want to delete this file due to its large size. Recovering from a Disaster Using the Bootable Tape Method You can retrieve lost data on a server using the bootable tape method if both of the following conditions are met: ■ A disaster occurs causing the loss of at least the server's Windows 2000 system volume so that the server no longer boots up. ■ The server was backed up using the Create CA Bootable Tape Option to a tape drive capable of acting as a bootable device. To recover from a disaster using the bootable tape method, perform the following steps: 1. Remove all media from the disk drive and CD drive and shut down the server. 2. Start the tape drive in boot mode. 3. Insert the bootable tape backup media into the tape drive. 4-12 Disaster Recovery Option Guide

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Recovering from a Disaster
4–12
Disaster Recovery Option Guide
7.
Click Start Disaster Recovery to start the disaster recovery process.
The Disaster Recovery Wizard copies the data from the specified sessions to
the specified partitions. A progress bar indicates the progress of the restore
process. When the restore finishes, your machine reboots and returns to the
state it was in at the time the backup media was created.
8.
Click Finish to complete the disaster recovery process and reboot to your
machine’s original configuration.
Note:
A directory named drboot.tmp is created during the restore process. It is
deleted the next time you start the BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape Engine, or
the next time the machine is started. On a remote site, you may want to delete this
file due to its large size.
Recovering from a Disaster Using the Bootable Tape Method
You can retrieve lost data on a server using the bootable tape method if both of the
following conditions are met:
A disaster occurs causing the loss of at least the server’s Windows 2000 system
volume so that the server no longer boots up.
The server was backed up using the Create CA Bootable Tape Option to a tape
drive capable of acting as a bootable device.
To recover from a disaster using the bootable tape method, perform the following
steps:
1.
Remove all media from the disk drive and CD drive and shut down the server.
2.
Start the tape drive in boot mode.
3.
Insert the bootable tape backup media into the tape drive.