HP AJ765A HP RDX Continuous Data Protection Software quick start instructions - Page 2

HP RDX management Right click on the icon in the system tray or select the HP RDX menu. Select Manage to display the Management Console. • The General tab provides status and capacity information about the currently loaded cartridge. • The System Recovery tab lists all restore points. • The Cartridges tab lists all known RDX cartridges and their status, which may be loaded, offline or archived (read only). Recovering a system 1. Insert the HP RDX Continuous Data Protection CD into the server or workstation. 2. Make sure that the RDX Removable Backup System is connected. 3. Reboot the server or workstation. It will boot from the CD. 4. Select the appropriate language and accept the warning that any data on the hard disk will be lost. 5. A number of screens are displayed that allow you to make specific choices for disk recovery. Choose: • the appropriate RDX cartridge and make sure that it is loaded • the system, if more than one has been backed up to the cartridge • the volume (which disk(s) should be restored) • the required recovery point (date and time) • the target disk 6. Once you confirm the target disk, restore commences and may take several hours. On completion you will be prompted to reboot the computer and the CD is automatically ejected. Select a cartridge and click: • Archive to make it read only for the HP RDX Continuous Data Protection software. The software will not be able to write any more data to that cartridge. • Recycle to remove all data that the software has created on the cartridge. This includes knowledge of offline versions. The software will now treat the cartridge as a brand new cartridge. (If you recycle a cartridge that is offline, the action will be applied the next time it is loaded.) Recovering files Double-click on the RDX icon or select RDX Protection in My Computer to display a list of the drives that have been backed up. Select a drive and navigate as in a normal Windows® Explorer window. The location of files in RDX Protection mirrors the file structure on the hard disk and includes files that may subsequently have been deleted from the hard disk folder. • To recover the latest version of a file, simply drag and drop it onto the desktop or a folder. The file is automatically restored to its original location on your hard disk. • To recover an earlier version of a file, double-click first on the file name to display a list of all available versions and select the required one. Status information • The icon in the system tray provides status information. The HP RDX Continuous Data Protection software is protecting all system data on the server or workstation. The HP RDX Continuous Data Protection software is waiting for a usable cartridge. Your system is not protected until an RDX cartridge is inserted. There is an error on the HP StorageWorks RDX Removable Disk Backup System; your system is not protected. See the product's user guide. • Hover the cursor over the icon for more status information. For example to show the date and time that your system was last protected. • Hover the cursor over a file to show the date and time that the file was last protected and the number of backup versions. By default, all files and folders that have been protected (online and offline) are shown. If you try to restore a file that is not on the current cartridge, you will be prompted to insert the correct cartridge. To show only online versions, disable Offline versions in the HP RDX menu. Page 2