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The msinfo32 command
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collected into a text file and backed up by the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client. The msinfo32 command The msinfo32 command is a feature of Windows that enables you to collect detailed system hardware and configuration data that can be used for problem determination. This same information can be useful for disaster recovery purposes since it documents the original system's configuration. Just storing msinfo32 information does not prepare you for disaster recovery; you still need a predetermined and rehearsed strategy. However, having this information can be one more weapon in your disaster recovery arsenal. The msinfo32 command has both a GUI and a command-line interface. In this section we focus on the command-line interface, since it can be scheduled for periodic execution using mechanisms like the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client scheduler, scripts, or batch files. Generally, msinfo32 will provide most of the required information listed above and is installed by default with Windows. It can be run by entering this at the command-line: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe You can use msinfo32 to display configuration information interactively via the GUI interface, or generate a text file report via GUI or command-line batch invocation. The text file is organized in categories and subcategories stanzas, which are delimited with [category] and [subcategory] headings. There are many categories and subcategories of information in the report including Hardware Resources, IRQs, Memory, Drivers, and Environment Variables. To run msinfo32 and collect it in a report, execute the commands shown in Example 20-1. Example 20-1 How to run msinfo32 cd \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSInfo msinfo32 /report msinfo32.txt /categories +all A portion of the output for our BMR client machine is shown in Example 20-2. Notice the first [System Information] stanza. Example 20-2 Example of msinfo32 report output System Information report written at: 02/24/06 10:49:27 System Name: TRIPLEEIGHT [System Summary] ItemValue Chapter 20. Bare Machine Recovery 631
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