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2. Obtain an IP address automatically O Use the following IP address Default Gateway zl 5 More Use static gateway addresses CBMF ONS amp WINS Copy Network Identification Unite This gives you remote read write access to any of the drives in the WinPE environment including any of the recovered drives 102 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery A two step process is required to enable this feature First you must setup some remote access credentials If users elsewhere on the network have these credentials then they may access the configured drives Make sure you specify a non blank password a l P Cristie We Network Configurator Version 2 20 sh CER EE xj Select or enter Ehe credentials of an administrative account an Ehis machine Admin Account Administrator Password Confirm ES Set Password Note AE least one administrative account must have anon blank password Otherwise you won t be able to access any shares on this machine iN File sharing service status Share all drives roots EF Start Sharing LBMF Copy Network Identification LI rites Next start the file sharing service by clicking the Start Sharing button Network Configurator Version 2 20 We C Cristie zi File Sharing i XI zt Select or enter Ehe credentials of an administrative account on Ehis machine Admin Account Administrator Password
3. Media Present Ez 22 Slot 1 z Media Present Ez 22 Slot 2 z Media Present Slot 3 Media Not Preser Slot 4 Media Mat Freser Slot 5 Media Not Preser gt Back Finished This dialog allows you to configure the Library Auto loader backup location You will specify the Elements or Slots which will be used interchangeably in CBMR in this dialog You have to enter a friendly and unique name to the Library configuration Single click on the box next to the slot to include that slot with this library configuration It is possible to select or deselect multiple slots quickly by using the Ctrl and Shift keys while highlighting the rows A single click on any box will then select or deselect the whole selection You must select at least one slot for each library The screen fields are as follows Getting Started with CBMR 141 Description The friendly name of the backup location Any valid character sequence up to 79 characters is acceptable The name should be unique and you cannot specify the name of an existing backup location Gives you a list of all configured Robotics devices Select Robotics the Robotics you want to use with this definition Changing the Robotics automatically displays the Drive and Slots of the selection The available drives in the Robotics will be listed here Select the drive you want to use with this Backup Location definition When Use by Slot Position is selected the Me
4. Available volumes Drive volume Label File System rc SystemDisk NTFS LIE WindowsInstallDistri NTFS Cancel lt Back Help 7 Click on Next gt to confirm the disks partitions for formatting CBMR Configuration Finish Your configuration information will be updated with the Following details Select the Finish button En proceed You can ga back and make changes by selecting the Back button The Windows drive is C and Ehe boot drive is C Configuration will be stored with the backup istselF The Backup Location to be used with the recovery backup is MyTSM The valume s C will be Formatted during recovery Cancel z Back Help The CBMR Configuration Wizard 25 8 Finally click Finish to save the setting When a DR backup is run the configuration information will be stored to a folder on the Windows drive named CBMRCFG and this folder will be automatically included with the backup This folder should neither be removed manually nor its attributes or contents changed NOTE If you choose this option you will need to manually specify the Backup Location during the recovery procedure 4 1 2 Storing the Configuration Information in a Specific Location This can be useful if You do not have a floppy or another locally attached drive Anumber of similar computers are connected to a network In the CBMR main window click on the Setup Disaster Recovery Configuration option Cristie Bare
5. Customising the User Interface You can simplify the appearance of CBMR by hiding some of the options for example Backup Locations and Default Settings in the Configuration drop down menu The pcbax ini file can be edited to remove any of the main window objects The list of variables in the pcbax ini file controls what appears on the CBMR launch panel All the variable names are relevant to their function so it is easy to decide which you need to change if required To hide an object set the appropriate Showxxx value to zero For example to hide the Backup Locations object set ShowBackupLocations O 147 8 2 Introduction to Backing up Data The purpose of a backup is m to minimise the effect of lost data be it due to human error or machine error maintain an archive copy One of the main tasks in creating a backup is ensuring that there is an up to date copy of all data This does not mean backing up every file every time Although a complete and full backup is necessary in between times a selective backup is enough to ensure that all data is secure up to the last backup Backing up your data using CBMR is very easy Create some Backup Selection scripts to cover the routine jobs such as a full weekly backup a daily incremental backup and so on Pick the appropriate Backup Selection script and set the Backup in motion You can also set up the Scheduler to run the jobs automatically at the set times 8 2 1 Introducti
6. Deleting a Backup Location Highlight the location to be deleted in the Backup Locations dialog and press the Delete key on your keyboard Alternately you can use the Delete menu option from the Backup Location menu You will be prompted to confirm the delete operation It is possible to delete multiple locations by selecting several locations using the Shift and Ctrl keys while making the selection 146 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Viewing Existing Backup Location Settings Highlight the location from the Backup Location dialog 1 Either select the Settings option from the Backup Location menu or double click the corresponding entry This will bring the corresponding setup dialog where you can view and edit the parameters 8 15 Setting up CBMR for Routine Operations Although CBMR is designed to offer a high degree of flexibility and ease of use there may be times when you just want to configure the software to run simple routine backups with the minimum of user intervention This section summarises the steps you can take to achieve this CBMR provides a number of features that should enable you to set up the system in the way that best suits you Scheduling routine backups Adding jobs to the Scheduler list is an easy way of automating DR backup The CBMR Scheduler offers a comprehensive time date setup and the choice of running with Backup Selection scripts or for even greater flexibility command files
7. 12 Creating a Disaster Recovery Backup 11 31 Creating a New Catalogue Volume 167 Creating a New Scheduled Job 160 Creating an TSM client node 11 12 Cristie Network Configurator Tool e 77 97 110 CSM Properties Page 130 Current limitations 71 Current Support 59 Custom Commands 57 D Dataset Details 149 Dataset header 180 Dataset Settings 149 Day Date To Run Program 161 Default Settings Configuration 121 Default Settings for a Log File 151 Deleting a Backup Location 145 Deleting a Backup Selection Script 149 Deleting a Job 163 Deleting a Log File 152 Deleting a Volume From the Catalogue 167 Disaster Recovery 4 Disaster Recovery Properties Page 131 Disconnect Network Drives 100 Disk Recovery Sequence 82 Disk Scaling 84 Displaying Media Header Details 165 Dissimilar Hardware Server 56 Dissimilar Hardware Support 59 Dissimilar Hardware Wizard 104 Domains 180 DR Disaster Recovery 180 DR Setup Finish Dialog 30 Driver 180 DTEXC INI 175 E Edit Restore Script 54 eject 177 Error Codes 118 Estimate Backup Size 149 Estimate Backup Size window 150 Example form 47 Examples of Backup Routines 170 Exclude Files 130 Existing Files 124 F Find new devices 134 Finish 30 Full Information 167 Full License 6 Future development 71 G General Properties 128 Getting Started w
8. Local Configuration Disk dey fdo Path Cancel select Configuration From Remote Share setup Local Disk Read Configuration From Local Disk setup Backup Location Read Configuration From Backup Location Exit Redraw L Copyright C Cristie Data Products Ltd 2003 200 50 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Read Configuration From Local Disk Allows the configuration to be read from a local disk such as floppy or USB disk After reading the configuration the following is displayed files have been copied to local workspace fnnt conf ig Drivers txt gt usr local Drivers txt fmnit conf ig country txt gt usr local country txt nnt conf igz devices ini gt usr local devices ini Amnt conf ig disrec ini gt usr local disrec ini nnt conf ig fbalog txt gt usr local fbalog txt mmt conf iq mode ini gt usr local mode ini Press any key to continue Setup Backup Location This option allows you to select a Backup Location for the restore operation and to update the password for the ITSM client node Backup Locations 1 Scan Meu Backup Locations Create New Backup Location Edit Backup Location Delete Backup Location set CSM Server set TSM Server set Default Backup Location Exit CO s Ch LIT A CO De 1 Scan New Backup Location will attempt to locate any directly attached devices like SCSI tape or Au
9. 1 If your configuration information is stored on a floppy disk press f and then the ENTER key The following prompt will appear Please insert CBMR configuration media and press ENTER dev fd0 Insert the floppy disk labelled Cristie DR Configuration disk and press ENTER Configuration information on USB device 1 If your configuration information is stored on a USB device such as a USB disk press u and then the ENTER key The following prompt will appear Please insert CBMR configuration media and press ENTER dev sda Insert the device and press ENTER Drivers will be autoloaded Configuration information on remote fileserver If you have stored the location and network details for the remote fileserver on floppy checked the Update Floppy Disk box on the Settings File Location dialog then options are provided on the main Console menu to retrieve this Remote Control Finally the following prompt will appear Press r to use remote control or ENTER otherwise Press r if the remainder of the recovery process is to be performed from a remote location This will then display information required to support a remote connection to the recovering system Restoring your System 35 modprobe tulip 0 Loading lib kbd keymaps 1366 querty us map gz Press r tn use remote control or ENTER otherwise Generating public private rsal key pair Your identification has been saved in etcz sshz ssh host key Your public
10. CBMR Mew Backup Location Wizard Welcome to CBMR New Backup Location Wizard Please select a category DE SCSI Location File Location Cascaded Location Library4 amp uto changer Location Click Next to proceed Back Finished 76 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Select Next gt and setup the Location details The example shows a temporary ITSM Location being defined This will exist for the duration of the recovery CBMR New ITSM Location Wizard Setup ITSH Location Provide Mame enter ITSM Server and Client information Mame ITSM ITSM Server Details Communication Method TCPIP Server Address 10 0 0 15 Fur f a00 ITSM Client Details Mode Name winzk3 Filespace Mame CBMA Back Finished Note that it is possible to change the temporary Location s details by selecting Modify on the menu If the backup location resides on TSM it may be that there are several versions of the DR backup available Welcome to the CBMR Recovery Console CBMR Restore Selection Specify the restore settings like the version of backup to restore and the dataset here Backup Location hy T SM Multiple versions of backup is available in this location Select a version to restore Backup done on 12 05 2007 13 17 05 Backup done on 12 05 2007 13 05 42 Backup done on 12 05 2007 12 54 31 Backup done on 12 06 2007 12 26 26 Backup done on 12 06 2007 12 15 43 Back C
11. NOTE In the Details view you can also click in the relevant column heading to sort the entries in Name Date or Time sequence The New option allows you to create a catalogue entry For example you may have some backup volumes for which no catalogue entry was created at the time of the backup The Backup Catalogue appears on the main CBMR Tools menu option 8 6 1 Viewing the Catalogue Contents You can access the Backup Catalogue contents either by selecting the Backup Catalogue icon or selecting Restore Compare or Verify from the CBMR Tools menu and selecting the Use Backup Catalogue option At this point you have not committed to a particular volume or Backup Location you are merely viewing the entries in the catalogue listing Similar to other displays e g Backup Location scripts the view can be as an Icon or a detailed listing View top bar menu The detail includes Volume name date and time the backup was created and the format The Details display can be sorted by Name Date and Time 8 6 2 Information stored about the backup Each backup is stored as a volume There is one volume available per media tape file etc Details about the backup volume are stored as the Media Header Access to a volume may be locked with a password Each drive backed up within a volume is known as a dataset Details about the drive are stored as a Dataset Header Access to a dataset may be locked by a password The Media and Dataset headers can
12. Requires Ehe most disk space Choose which program Features vou want installed and where they will be installed Recommended For advanced users 15 16 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Choose either Complete to install all optional components for the platform or Custom to install only selected items i CBMR 5 1 0 Setup Wizard Custom Setup Select Ehe program Features you want installed Click on an icon in the list below to change how a Feature is installed Feature Description I ceme scheduler E ITSM Support CBMR Backup Scheduler This Feature requires 32KB on vour hard drive In the Custom installation if you had the TSM Client already installed on your system the TSM Support option will be displayed and selected If you wish to use CBMR without TSM you may deselect it here Choose Next gt and you will see the final confirmation dialog Select Install to proceed with the selected installation or lt Back to adjust previously chosen settings Provided that you have chosen to use the CBMR Scheduler you will be asked to provide a User name and Password Normally you leave this blank and the service will be installed to login using the default System Account If you do specify a user account then it must have Administrator privileges Click on Next gt to continue i CBMR 5 1 0 Setup Wizard Logon Information Specify a user name and password to run the CEMR Scheduler Specify the us
13. This saves having to navigate back to the DR Console Main Menu where the same function is provided We e Cristie Network Configurator Version 2 20 CEMR Network Drives 7 File 5haring Refresh Ethernet Adapters IP Addresses Obtain an IP address automatically Release a O Use the following IP address IP Address r4 More Subnet Mask Default Gateway r4 More Use static gateway addresses Network Identification Press Close to complete the Network Configurator dialog and then Next gt to proceed with the next step in the recovery sequence Confirm Volume Layout The next step in the automatic recovery shows a list of the disks and partitions to be recovered Welcome to the CBMR Recovery Console CBMR Volume layout The orginal and proposed disk volumes are show below If required right click on a volume to customise the proposed layout Stored layout aS oe Bl syIN2K382 Er Disk O Size 74 56 GB B PI Disk 0 Size 15 99 GB E C05 NTFS Size 10 00 GE R5 COS NTFS Size 10 00 GE Back Cancel cristic United Kingdom http ie cristie cam The left hand panel of the display shows the original disk layout and partitions The right hand panel shows how the recovered disks will be partitioned after the recovery Restoring your System 79 A red tick box Binext to a disk on the right hand panel signifies that at least one partition on the disk will be re formatte
14. Backup Cataloques LLI X Gr Backup Selections CBMR In More Detail 117 Each time a backup is performed a new Volume can be created in the Backup Catalogue A Backup Catalogue entry holds a list of the files and folders backed up This catalogue can be browsed and queried allowing you to find the location of backed up data without having to load tapes if relevant The Backup Catalogue tool displays existing backups You can view the catalogue entries search for individual entries create new ones or delete existing entries 4 2 8 Backup Locations To invoke the Backup Locations configuration tool click on the Configuration drop down menu and select Backup Locations X Configuration Backup Locations Backup Schedules Default Settings A Backup Location reprsents any physical device you use to backup your data For example a tape streamer an autochanger or tape library or a Virtual Tape Device IBM Tivoli or Cristie Storage Manager device The Backup Location Configuration option holds details of all the Backup Locations currently configured within CBMR Locations can be deleted queried backed up to and restored from using the Backup Location Tool At least one Backup Location must be configured within CBMR When CBMR first starts no Backup Locations will be configured Backup Restore Compare Verify and Media Utilities will all automatically use the default backup location unless otherwise directed 7
15. Confirm Set Password Note At least one administrative account must have a non blank password Otherwise you won t be able En access any shares on this machine eo File sharing service status Started Share all drives roots D Network Identification Click on the x icon to exit this dialog and return to the main Network Configurator menu Setup DNS And WINS Servers Using this option allows DNS and WINS server IP addresses to be set for the WinPE environment Restoring your System 103 We C Cristie Network Configurator Version 2 20 Network Drives File Sharing Refresh Ethernet Adapters Hia Intel 21140 Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Generic Y e IP Addresses DAS amp WINS Obtain DNS Server address automatically Use the following DNS Server address DANS Server TUE uz S S Obtain WINS Server address automatically Use the following WINS Server address WINS Server LBMF Copyr Unites http Setup Network Identification It is possible to setup the Network Identification of the recovering system This allows the WinPE hostname and workgroup to be changed during a DR session These details are transient and only apply while the WinPE DR session is running They are not applied to the recovering system when it reboots after the DR session We C Cristie Network Configurator version 2 20 Network Drives le File Sharing Refresh Ethernet
16. General 157 Restoring From the Backup Catalogue 157 Restoring your System 11 34 Retension 177 Robotics media handler 138 Robotics Media Handler Setup 138 140 Running a Backup Using an Existing Selection Script 149 Running a Job Immediately 163 Running CBMR 120 Running CBMR from the Command line 171 S Save Current Settings 146 Scan 132 Scheduler 116 Scheduler Overview 120 159 Scheduler Properties 128 Scheduler Window 160 162 Scheduling routines 146 scripts 147 149 SCSI ID 181 SCSI IDE Backup Location Setup 135 140 SCSI IDE Device Setup 135 Searching the Backup Catalogue 168 Security Erase 177 Security Info 124 Select Backup Location to Use 169 Select Configuration from Remote Share 46 49 Select Required Info Level 167 Select the Location to Use for this Operation 169 Selecting Volumes To Format 29 Set a Default Backup Location 145 Set as Default Backup Location 145 Set Dataset Number 54 Set Keyboard Driver 40 44 Setting up CBMR for Routine Operations 146 Setting up the Configuration Parameters 11 21 Settings 58 Setup Backup Location 50 Setup Backup Locations 108 Setup DNS And WINS Servers 102 Setup Local Disk 49 Setup Network 45 Setup Network Identification 103 Setup Remote Share 46 47 Show Dataset Details 166 Show Log and Error Reports 109 Simple tape library n
17. Itis not possible to run a DR backup until the DR configuration has been setup and saved at least once 5 1 Testing the Backup Location Using Linux Mode Recovery NOTE Before storing your Disaster Recovery Disk and the DR Backup tape it is important to check that the Disaster Recovery works and the Backup Location is accessible You only need to test that you can connect to the backup data The description below is a summary of the process which is described in more detail in the section on Restoring your System Insert the Disaster Recovery CD in your CD ROM drive and reboot your computer from CD Follow the on screen instructions and boot the Linux Recovery Console 5 1 1 Linux DR Console If successful Linux DR Console will start 1 Test Backup Location Ensure that your Backup Location is accessible and if using tape that it is switched on and has the DR Backup tape inserted Using a configuration floppy 1 Select option 1 Test Backup Location A screen message will advise you to insert the DR Configuration disk and the program will ask you for the Media Password Enter the password if you are using one and then the program will check that a connection can be made to the Backup Location and that a valid tape header can be accessed Creating a Disaster Recovery Backup 33 2 Nowyou can EXIT AND REBOOT the machine option 7 Make sure the disaster recovery tape is clearly labelled Using a configuration file on the net
18. The only remaining copy of the object will be retained for 60 days that is AFTER you make it inactive If several versions of a DR backup are maintained in TSM the Linux and WinPE recovery environments will allow you to choose a specific version to restore 2 2 3 CBMR Installation and Removal This section discusses a typical installation sequence of CBMR Note that all example dialogs are shown in English Install CBMR When you insert the CD into a drive that will Autoplay the following menu is displayed an NS r cristis bare macnine recovery INSTALL CBMR w Version 5 1 0 INSTALL CEMARA DESKTOF GED EEILEL CO GOU HTERTS Gap view OUR WEBSITE D v START GUIDE 14 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery You install CBMR by clicking on Install CBMR This starts Set upCBMR5 exe on the CD so if AutoPlay is disabled for your CD ROM drive double click on Set upCBMR5 exe to launch it manually Similarly if you want to install the Desktop version of CBMR click on Install CBMR Desktop to start SetupCBMR5dt exe onthe CD or double click on Set upCBMR5dt exe to launch it manually Choose Setup Language The first dialog presented enables the User to select the installation language The default language will be the current default language installed in the target Windows system The available languages are English French German and Japanese The Welcome message will then be displayed
19. This option allows you to skip hard disks from the recovery process At times it may be necessary to completely ignore a connected hard disk from the recovery process Cancel 5 skip Hard Disks You can enter a full path to the hard disk or a wild card pattern In the above example the first SCSI hard disk will be ignored from the recovery process If you want to ignore all the SCSI hard disks you can enter dev sd 44 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Set Keyboard Driver This option allows you to select the desired keyboard layout during the Linux mode recovery Supported layouts are as follows Swedish ssc uk nish United Kingdom us English United States German Swiss German 6 1 6 Read Configuration Select the Read Configuration options to setup the location of the system DR recovery configuration or to set the network settings for the recovering machine Restoring your System 45 Note that the configuration may be held on a local disk floppy or USB disk network share or collocated with the backup Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Main Menu Read Configuration 1 Setup Network 2 setup Remote Share select Configuration From Remote Share setup Local Disk Read Configuration From Local Disk setup Backup Location Read Configuration From Backup Location Exit C EA TP e Redraw L Copyright C Cristie Data Products Ltd 2003 2007 The following
20. a job is scheduled to run on Monday at 8 0am then with the Repeat option set this job will run every Monday at 8 0am until you cancel the Repeat setting If the Repeat option is not checked for a particular job then the job will disappear from the scheduled jobs list after it has run Run Detached You can run a job as a background process while you continue to work in other applications When the Run detached button is ticked the job will run as a detached process 8 5 4 Attaching Detaching Jobs If you want to check on the progress of a scheduled job which is running selecting the Attach option from the J obs top bar menu or double clicking on the tape icon will open the Backup Status window Pressing the Detach button in the status window returns you to the Scheduler jobs window 8 5 5 Changing an Existing Job 1 Click on the Configuration Backup Schedules drop down menu option 2 Open the job details by double clicking the relevant job or select Open from the Jobs top bar menu 3 Make the appropriate changes to the job details and press the OK button Putting a J ob on Hold You may need to hold back a routine backup for example people are working late and you don t want the backup to run until everyone has finished with the system 1 Select one or more jobs in the Scheduled Jobs tool 2 Select Hold Selected from the J obs top bar menu You can also apply hold to all jobs by selecting Hold All The job s will not
21. section Press Back to return to the previous step Next to commence the active part of this step or Cancel to abort 92 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Before continuing with the actual recovery a final warning screen is displayed Welcome to the CBMR Recovery Console CEMR Finish On selecting Finish vanous disk management tasks will begin rau will be able to monitor the progress in a new window Cancel United Kingdom cristic http aia cristie com If you are happy with the recovery configuration press Finish This will commence the actual recovery Note This procedure will completely destroy any existing data on the disks selected for recovery Disks or partitions tagged as no format will however be retained The Create Partitions and Volumes step begins by preparing the disk selected for the recovery ee el ee NE NNI a mi M on NE RR RT NR TEE anc ERROR Fen LBMR Recovery Status CEMA Console Versian 5 1 Build 78 Automatic recovery started on 6 13 2007 10 53 44 PM Renaming the computer Starting access to Diskpart Preparing basic disks IN disk 0 ACT disk 0 Size 163708 MIB Cels 2088 TPC 255 SPT 63 BPS 512 Creating basic partitions Creating any partitions on INI disk 0 ACT disk pee MBA partition 10236 MIB with drive letter C labelled 05 Abort lose This involves Restoring your System 93 disk mapping original layout to new cleaning re
22. 1581 By default an admumustratre usend wall be created for accessing the chent remotely Specify NOME below i you do not want this userid to be created or another administrator s name if you want that admunistrator to have OWNER access over the mode User ID for remote Access l Password Expiration Penod step 1 of Finish Cancel What you need to do to use CBMR 13 Additional Configuration to Maintain Multiple Backup Versions If it is required to hold more than 1 version of the DR backup in the same filespace then the node must be setup correctly to support this You must have a Management Class MC which contains a Backup Copy Group BCG and an Archive Copy Group ACG Your node needs to be registered to use the MC The parameters of the BCG of interest are Versions Data Exists 2 Versions Data Deleted 1 Retain Extra Versions 30 Retain Only Version 60 In this example there can be 2 versions of an object the Versions Data Deleted attribute specifies the maximum number of different backup versions 1 in this case retained for files and directories that you erased from your file system This parameter is ignored as long as the file or directory remains in your file system The expiration date for the remaining versions is based on the retain extra versions and retain only version parameters In the example if there is more than one version and one is deleted the deleted one will be kept for 30 days
23. 178 Glossary of Terms 180 Index 182 1 Introduction Cristie Bare Machine Recovery CBMR for Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 is available as a single edition suitable for all platform types It is also compatible with the 64 bit editions of Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP You must have one of these Operating Systems correctly installed prior to proceeding with the installation of CBMR IMPORTANT Refer to the ReadmeEN TXT file on the installation disk for any limitations and last minute updates This readme file is also provided in French German and Japanese versions To minimise the impact of a hard disk failure you need to have a restore strategy in place CBMR allows you to recover both Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Workstations and Servers without first having to re install the operating system or backup software This reduces the recovery time significantly All you need is disaster recovery media from which to boot your computer and a disaster recovery backup of the Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 system Finally a full backup of the system can be restored using the backup features of CBMR or any other preferred Backup Restore software Backups can be performed to a variety of different Backup Locations and media including IBM s Tivoli Storage Manager tape disk network attached storage etc For simplicity this manual will refer to Tape as the backup media throughout Note CBMR no longer supports Windows NT 1 1 How Cristie Disaste
24. 2 9 CBMR Default settings window CBMR has a range of defaults which can be adjusted with Default Settings configuration These include a set of rules which direct CBMR during a backup For example what actions apply to a Backup Append Overwrite compression on off Save Security Information and so on To invoke this option select the Default Settings option from the Configuration drop down menu oC Cristie Bare Machi 4X Configuration This takes you directly to the Default Settings property sheet Default settings relating to backup are used by all backups unless you specify otherwise in the individual backup location script s properties 118 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 7 2 10 Support Click on the Help drop down menu and select Support Details to display the contact numbers for Cristie Data Products should you have any enquiries or need help with your CBMR package a Help i About CEMR E User Guide Log Version Details COAT curr In settings including specityini Selecting Support Details displays a text document called support txt located in C Program Files Cristie C BMR which you can change to suit your own requirements For example you could edit the file to display your company s technical support contacts Technical Support Ya i q b The Support window lists the contact numbers for Cristie Data Products Limited If you have any queries or problems concerning your Cristi
25. Adapters Eia Intel 21140 Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Generic Y IP Addresses DAS amp WINS Er xl ur n ri 5 amp 1 4 d o Network Identification i i Computer Name Workgroup WORKGROUP Example microsoft com LBMF Copyr LI rites 104 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Dissimilar Hardware Wizard The Dissimilar Hardware Wizard can be used to load Windows drivers onto the recovering machine It is only necessary to load the drivers for the hard disk and the CPU HAL Drivers for the hard disks can be determined by Plug and Play PnP and may be readily identified However changes required in the CPU model via a change in HAL cannot yet be determined by PnP these need to be loaded manually In the Windows PE environment you only connect to the Local Machine The same wizard is also used remotely for Linux mode recovery CBMR HW Wizard Welcome dara mgenins rd Welcome to CEMA Hardware Wizard This will take you through the steps to install the necessary drivers for your new hardware ou may need the installation media from the hardware manufacturer Local Machine Remote Machine Enter the server name or IP address Run the wizard in test mode No changes will be made to the system Dissimilar Hardware Wizard Version 3 1 Build 55 Copyright C 2003 2007 Cristie Data Products Ltd United Kingdom cristie http Aaa cristie com caen So to in
26. Backup Location except CD writers attached to your computer or network You can then examine the content of the backup and restore any desired files directories To use CBMR you must 1 Install the software 2 Setup the Backup Location storage device s page 132 3 Setup Backup Selection scripts to do appropriate backups page 147 If you wish you can also set up the scheduler page 159 to perform the backups You can then Perform a regular cycle of backups page 170 using the Scheduler Find data that you have backed up using the Backup Catalogue Utility page 165 Restore data from the backups 8 1 1 Running CBMR When the software is successfully installed CBMR is available from the Programs menu in the Start popup The example below shows CBMR about to be started Se WS Soo F Internet Explorer Windows Update ci Outlook Express rl Winzip Accessnries k V MSN Explorer T Notepad fag Cristie BMR F Windows Movie Make Games Licence viewer amp Tour Windows XP E InstallShield t El Readme WM Files and Settings Tra Startup j View CBIMR User Manual an CEMR Tivali Storage Manager WinRAR E winzip 4B Internet Explorer Ww MSN Explorer e Outlook Express p Remote Assistance B windows Media Player All Programs 51 Windows Messenger V2 Log Off o Turn Off Computer Cie G rm CEMR A shortcut to CBMR is also created on the desktop duri
27. Command Line Options This program allows the system configuration to be created on the command line In a command window change directory to where CBMR is located At the prompt type cbmrcfg exe for a list of commands and description of usage Usage CBMRCFG EXE options Options are help or Show usage sd device Use device specified instead of the default device lout backup valid local or UNC path Store configuration in this location backup Store the configuration with the backup volatile Do not remember the changes Changes will be remembered by default scripts Creates the scripts DISREC SCP and DISREST SCP Existing scripts will be always overwritten 8 8 5 Information required to access the configuration share cfguser login ID Enter as DomainNUsername cfgpwd password Password 8 8 6 Information required to access a file device devuser login ID Enter as Domain Username devpwd password Password 8 8 7 CBMR Configuration Files The following configuration files are used by the CBMR software PCBAX INI This file contains the name of the default Backup Manager to connect to currently this can only be the local one Also in this file are options to select the preferred user level O or 1 and options to disable any of the objects in the main container window CBM INI This file contains the default settings for the Backup Manager These settings are maintained by the CBMR exe prog
28. Domain or Computer path to map the drive to name to browse its resources pve e woo S e Network Path Galasy public UserName Galaxy nigelp Password OF Map Drive Mapped Network Drives Drive Network Path SK Galaxy public d H Press the x main menu icon on the top right of the dialog window to return to the Network Configurator Disconnect Network Drives If you need to disconnect a mapped drive for any reason this option allows you to do this Network Drives Map Network Drive Browse Network a Select a drive and enter a network ay Enter a Domain or Computer path to map the drive to name to browse its resources prive woco e EA Password af Map Drive Mapped Network Drives Drive Network Path Galaxy public Restoring your System 101 Just highlight the drive that you wish to disconnect from the Mapped Network Drives list and then click Disconnect The mapped drive is removed from the list to confirm the operation Local File Sharing It is possible to allow local drives to be shared on the network using the File Sharing feature of the Network Configurator We C Cristie 2 Network Configurator Version 2 20 Network Drives ef File Sharin D ie Refresh Install and start file sharing service Ethernet Adapters Ead Intel 21140 Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Generic fad IP Addresses 4
29. Information with the Backup ecce 22 4 1 2 Storing the Configuration Information in a Specific Location 25 4 2 Choosing a DR BackUp LOCAMOM asore i Spada dte tedeu siue rat toe tour kae naut dut 28 4 3 selecting Volumes TO Format reraosan A vae rac nete duca ea uut tradu Ge oss dno 29 4 4 Booting the DR Console from CD ROM useeseeseeeeeeee enne nennen nennen nennen nnn n nnns anna 29 4 5 DEESeIupsPIISR DIOS eco ts dur buta Rn ed tied el ed feci deu RR dim oU vesper 30 5 Creating a Disaster Recovery Backup 31 5 1 Testing the Backup Location Using Linux Mode Recovery eeeeeseeeeeseeeeee 32 SLE ED dnd eon A 32 6 Restoring your System 34 6 1 Linux Based Disaster Recovery Console csse isses eeeee ee enne nnne nnns 34 6 1 1 Linux Based Disaster Recovery Console Main Menu eeeeeeee nnne 35 6 1 2 Test Backup Location Access ODHOLDss ui ta do ead eeu ted ee do a ver ee rta CE vuv esu Eri 36 OLS Automatic Recovery OPON ecestusacn rk po FE deko Ie E nr exa Ro S A PUvx EON aid vida nv itta t Gnd 37 C L4 Man al Recovery ODEON tonen seni e on cata eund rre ase Fri itas RES e EE 37 65 Hardware DIV GUS de teresa ab atl rats a n 40 SrO dead COMP SULALION oen a a OA oo eee boue M nalis 44 6 7 Advapnced ODHOLS senec das in terria idet aser pesce cune AA 52 6 2 Linux Disaster Recovery LIMITATIONS cio
30. Redraw L Copyright C Cristie Data Products Ltd 2003 200 Restoring your System 41 On selecting Storage Modules a list of supported SCSI and RAID modules will be listed Selecting a module will result in DR loading the module If you load an incorrect module an error message will be displayed Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Hain Menu Hardware Drivers Modules 3uare 9000 3u 9xxx suare 3u xxxx Adaptec 152x ahalb5Zxl Adaptec 15424 aha1542 Adaptec 1740 ahal17401 Adaptec AACRAID Laacraid l Adaptec aic 9xx aic79xx l Adaptec aic xxx old Laic xxx old Redraw L Adaptec aic xxx aic xxx l Adaptec IZO L dpt izol Copyright C Cristie Da AHCI SATA Lahcil 1 3 EH J b Fa On selecting Network Modules and Other Modules the appropriate modules will be listed from which you can select the one you need NOTE Loading an incorrect module will not give an error message always It is possible for an incorrect module to load correctly though it will not function properly Some modules may take quite a long time to report a failure If your hardware is not listed contact Cristie Support for a driver Unload Modules This option allows you to unload modules which are not needed for the restore or which may interfere with the restore operation if left loaded On selecting this option all the loaded modules will be listed in a menu Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Main Menu Hardware Drivers 1 Load U
31. Windows XP Windows on SCSI Disk Adaptec AHA 29160 HP NetServer RAID 5 HP NetServer RAID 5 VMware GSX Server 2 5 Siemens Nixdorf Primargy 360 Siemens Nixdorf Primargy 460 6 3 8 Current limitations Windows on SCSI Disk Symbios logic LSI120160 VMware GSX Server 2 5 IBM Server x335 Fusion MPT IBM Server x335 Fusion MPT IBM X Series 235 IBM X Series 235 Restoring your System 71 Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Windows XP Windows 2000 Advanced Server PDC Windows 2000 Advanced Server PDC Windows 2000 Advanced Server PDC Windows NT4 SP6a Windows NT4 SP6a running MS Exchange 5 5 SP4 A Windows 2000 or newer machine running on the same network is required Recovering to systems with different CPUs and motherboards can not be done automatically The necessary drivers should be installed from the Windows installation media using the manual driver installation feature of HWWizard exe 6 3 9 Future development CBMR is in continuous development to incorporate newer features Most of them are due to popular customer feedback 6 3 10 Conclusion We at Cristie are committed to provide world class recovery software and support for Windows Linux HP UX and Solaris systems We listen to our customers always and most of the features are customer driven If you have any suggestion in any aspect of this product please con
32. and Power Interface ACPI PC MPS Multiprocessor PC MPS Uniprocessor PC Standard PC lt Back Cancel The wizard allows you to select drivers that are grouped by manufacturer Select the actual driver that you wish to install and click Next gt HW Wizard Question 108 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery After you confirm the selection the wizard determines which files need to be installed You are given the opportunity to change the location from which they are loaded Files Needed i E f X p The file halmacpi dll on Unknown is needed Cancel i Type the path where the file is located and then click OF Copy files from CPU HALs Capricom Test machines CPU HAL Pia Browse i When the drivers have been installed the wizard allows you to go back and do another one or finish the process CEMR HW Wizard Finish xj eristiag bara machina fas The selected driver iz successtully installed IF vou want to install more divers select the Back button and select the new drivers IF pou are finished with the divers select Finish and the wizard will exit ou may now reboot the just recovering server for the changes to take effect Back Cancel Setup Backup Locations Starts the Create Backup Location wizard allowing the location of the backup to be defined Restoring your System 109 Welcome to the CBMR Recovery Console l Starts the autnmatir re
33. anyone to install the correct drivers without prior knowledge of what hardware is installed in the new system 6 3 5 Using HWWizard and the Linux Based DR Console HWWizard is a comprehensive utility which will install new files and drivers to a just recovering Windows system This is a Win32 application and should be run from a Windows 2000 or newer system because it uses some newer Windows components This utility should always be run on Windows 2000 or newer installation As there have been changes in the registry editor between Windows 2000 and 2003 you should use a Windows 2003 machine to recover a Windows 2003 machine HWWizard should also be run in an account with Administrative rights to the local machine The HWWizard will also allow 64 bit drivers to be pushed to the recovering system Ensure you have the correct drivers for the target system i e 32 or 64 bit On invoking HWWizard exe from a Windows machine the Welcome screen will be displayed which is shown below Restoring your System 61 CBMR HW Wizard Welcome aea nagning fra Welcome to CEMA Hardware Wizard This will take you through the steps to install the necessary drivers for your new hardware You may need the installation media fram the hardware manufacturer f Local Machine Remate Machine Enter the server name ar IP address Run the wizard in test made No changes will be made ta the system Dissimilar Hardware wizard Version 3 1 Build
34. close the wizard by selecting the Finish button before rebooting the recovering machine Otherwise all your changes will be lost Rebooting after installing the drivers Once the necessary drivers are installed you should exit from the HWWizard and CBMR Recovery Console of the just recovering system and reboot Now Windows will boot from the possibly new hardware The Windows mode recovery will continue For some reason if you get a system crash with a Blue Screen Of Death BSOD check that you have installed the correct drivers for your SCSI RAID controllers and repeat the steps as necessary to install the correct drivers If there is a later version of driver available from the hardware vendor try it first before seeking support 6 3 6 Important point to note Care must be taken not to restore the Windows registry from any previous backups until a new backup of the registry is made Otherwise the newly installed drivers will be lost and the system will crash on the next reboot If this happens you will need to start the recovery all over again doubling the recovery time 6 3 7 Tested configurations The following table contains a list of servers on which CBMR is tested It doesn t mean that CBMR does not support other server configurations We are continuously testing it on other popular server configurations and will update this section In the mean time if you tried it Successfully on a configuration which is not listed here p
35. dataset without needing to specify a Backup Selection script pcbax cl lt media name checks that the correct media is loaded in the Backup Location pcbax cw checks if the media is write protected pcbax lt script gt cmh creates a new header pcbax sms shows media status pcbax smh shows media header Modes are lb Backup lr Restore lc Compare N Verify options are sd device Where device is the name of the Backup Location storage device you wish to use to override the default location OR the location specified in the Backup Selections script lh Disables screen output s shows statistics during backup in place of file names p lt media password This password overrides any script specified password lunload Unloads media at end of operation registry Replaces registry files if found during restore lerase Performs a security erase on the media retension Performs a retension operation on the supported location media initialise Performs a partition operation on the supported location media 8 8 1 pcbax exe Command Line Options CBMR can be run as a console based application using the program pcbax exe In a command window change directory to where CBMR is located At the prompt type pcbax for a list of commands and description of usage 8 82 Usage pcbax script mode options lt script gt omit the scp extension is any Backup Selectio
36. error message will be shown in the window Refer to the logs post recovery to establish the cause of any error Renaming the computer Starting access to Diskpart Preparing basic disks INI disk 0 ACT disk 0 Size 16376 MIB Cyls 2088 TPC 255 SPT 63 BPS 512 Creating basic partitions Creating any partitions on IMI disk 0 ACT disk 0 Created MBA partition 10236 MIB with drive letter C labelled 05 Successfully created all basic disk partitions Formatting basic partitions Formatted partition with drive letter C labelled 05 Removing any dynamic volumes marked as failed by Diskpart Removing any disks marked as missing by Diskpart Making bootable volumes active Stopping access to Diskpart Creating restore script Success Restore will start shortly in a separate window Updating the target registry Copying DisRec ini to the Windows drive Success Abort Close Press Close to return to the Recovery Console main menu At this point you may want to view the recovery logs and perhaps copy the logs to a local device or remote share before selecting to reboot Disk Scaling In situations where the target system has fewer or smaller disks than the original system disk scaling will come into effect For example Welcome to the CBMR Recovery Console CBMR Volume layout The orginal and proposed disk volumes are show below If required right click on a volume to customise the proposed layout Stored
37. exe then you will not be able to attach to the job to view the status The scheduler will run the program and will indicate that the program is waiting running etc from the job folder but attempting to attach to the job will result in an error indicating that CBMR was unable to attach to the job 165 8 6 Backup Catalogue General A Backup Catalogue has two major advantages It is quick and easy to locate data on a backup tallows you to keep more information about a backup than is possible on the backup media and you have instant access to the contents of the selected volume Using the Backup Catalogue you can view any volume Volume top bar menu without having to connect a Backup Location or load the media This can be a considerable time saver if you are searching for a directory or files and you are not sure on which volume they are stored Search top bar menu especially if you take into account a large organisation where there may be a large number of volumes retained The View top bar menu provides different display options Large Small icons a List or a Detailed view The Details View provides some extra information about the volume It details the volume name the date time created the tape format type currently SDB and an ID this is a number assigned internally to the volume The Sort top bar menu allows you to arrange the catalogue entries in alphabetic sequence Sort by Name or in date sequence Sort by Date
38. following dialog Welcome to the CBMR Recovery Console CEMR Finish The configuration data is successfully retrieved and copied locally amp Back Cancel cristic United Kingdom http iwy cristie com Select Finish and control returns to the next step in the Manual Recovery sequence 89 90 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Create Partition and Volumes The next step of the manual recovery process is to configure the target disk partitions and volumes Welcome to the CBMR Recovery Console CBMR Welcome Welcome to the CEMA Manual Recover Wizard which gives greater flexibility when recovering your system Select the operation you want ta do and select Next to proceed 4 C Access Configuration Le Create Partitions and Volumes Restore Files C Make Bootable Back Cancel United Kingdom cristie htp Aven cristie cam Select Next to display the Volume Layout dialog Welcome to the CBMR Recovery Console CBMR Volume layout The orginal and proposed disk volumes are show below IF required right click on a volume to customise the proposed layout Stored layout Proposed layout EH dy j AK E WPC or a Disk Size 15 99 GB at Disk 0 Size 15 99 GB i e COS NTFS Size 4 00 GB C 05 NTFS Size 4 00 GB Back Cancel Cristie United Kingdom http w cristie cam This screen shows the original disk layout against that o
39. following location Path AG alany CEMA Configs S erver4 sdisrec inl Browse Network Setup http iwy Cristie conn Network Setup If the configuration is maintained on a remote network share then the network must be operational Select this option to start the Network Configurator tool Configure the required network adapter from the drop down list and configure the IP settings accordingly This saves having to navigate back to the DR Console Main Menu where the same function is provided We C Cristie Network Configurator Version 2 20 LBME 3 Network Drives File Sharing Refresh Ethernet Adapters IP Addresses ie Lh d Obtain an IP address automatically O Use the following IP address Default Gateway E 4 More Use static gateway addresses DNS amp WINS z Network Identification 1 tie E Tu oe Restoring your System Press Close to complete the Network Configurator dialog and then Next gt to proceed with extracting the configuration from the selected location Welcome to the CBMR Recovery Console CBMR Restore Selection Specify the restore settings like the version of backup to restore and the dataset here Backup Location hy TSM Multiple versions of backup is available in this location Select a version to restore z Back Cancel United Kingdom cristic http a Cristie com Successful extraction of the configuration is confirmed with the
40. layout Proposed layout WIN2K3R2 WINZER Z ae Disk D Size 74 56 GB Bi Disk D Size 15 99 GB A CIOS Simple NTFS Size 10 00 GB C405 Simple NTFS Size 8 00 GE ERIS Simple NTFS Size 5 00GB ERIS Simple NTFS Size 4 00 GB FAT32 Simple FAT32 Size 5 00 GP G FAT32 Simple FAT32 Size 4 00 sam Disk 1 Size 74 53 GB sae Disk 2 Size 76 69 GB Ds omen cristic United Kingdom http cristie cam The above example shows a recovery from an original system with 3 physical disks to a target system with only 1 disk The target disk is also much smaller than the original disks Restoring your System 85 In this case CBMR will select as many disks to recover as possible in this case only 1 disk the boot disk In addition it will scale the partitions down in proportion to their original size and occupancy This can be complicated by having say mirrored dynamic volumes when the mirror will need to be broken if only 1 disk exists on the target or it has been tagged as not to modify Note 1 The Volume Layout dialog will only show disks in the left hand panel that can be recovered Note 2 During a recovery to a system with larger disks the partition sizes will remain the same as the original by default However in this case itis possible to increase partition size during the recovery by right clicking on the partition icon and selecting Modify 6 4 3 Start Manual Recovery Seque
41. multiple site licence has been agreed The software may not be copied to more than ane computer or to any other device except for the purposes of performing a security backup it You may not rent or lease the software or otherwise transfer or assign the right to use the software save with the prior written consent of Cristie Data Products Limited iii Tou may not decompile disassemble reverse engineer or in any way modify the Press Accept to continue Selecting Decline will reboot the system You must agree to the Licence Terms and Conditions to perform a Disaster Recovery Note that the DR Console will automatically reboot 24 hours after starting This is an operating feature of the Microsoft Windows PE environment The DR console will then run a Plug and Play sequence to determine the installed devices in particular the Mass Storage devices and Network Adapters At this point the screen may blink a few times whilst the Display Adapter is detected Factory is performing the following actions Installing hardware devices Setting display resolution Starting networking Finishing WinPE Loading drivers for PoP devices Your display may blink a Few tines When this sequence completes the CBMR Recovery Console will be shown Restoring your System 73 6 4 1 WinPE Based Disaster Recovery Console Main Menu When you boot the WinPE DR environment you will see the Recovery Console Main Menu as below e CBMR Reco
42. or restored Held in a script file for repeated use The list may include or exclude certain selections The selection script file also contains encrypted passwords for volume header and datasets CBMR is provided with a standard script for performing a full DR backup called CBMR SCP CBMR The Cristie Bare Machine Recovery product Compression Almost all data exhibits redundancy in the form of repetition Redundancy of this sort when transferring data is purely wasteful Data compression is a means of reducing this waste Data compression allows the drive to store more data on the same length of tape In ideal conditions the ratio can be as much as 2 1 or higher Data compression also aids performance in that it allows the drive to match the performance of higher transfer rate systems more closely Data compression can be performed in 2 ways 180 Hardware compression is performed by the backup hardware this takes the load off the PC but still requires the whole uncompressed data to be transferred over the interface to the backup location Software compression is performed by the PC before sending the data to the backup location This puts extra overhead on the PC in order to compress the data but it provides less data be transferred over the interface to the backup location Dataset header Each drive backed up is contained in its own dataset on the backup media The dataset header is information written at the be
43. restore capability makes CBMR a deployment or server migration tool as well as a disaster recovery tool It has to be noted that Microsoft Windows is a complex operating system which has its own hardware dependencies and limitations 6 3 1 Overview This document discusses various issues involved in recovering a Windows server or workstation using CBMR version 5 0 0 for Windows The original machine may have been configured for a very different set of hardware to the machine to which you are recovering The ability to recover to different hardware is becoming an increasingly important feature in any disaster recovery software This is due to the fact that hardware is superseded very quickly So it may not be practical to find an exact replacement for a server or a failed component Over a period of time our dissimilar hardware support has evolved and with the latest release a new Plug and Play manager is incorporated which will prompt for the correct driver for the new hardware With a little knowledge of drivers for motherboard resources it is also possible to change any aspect of Windows by using the Manual Driver Install option The rest of the document will explain the steps used in CBMR to recover a Windows system to a different machine 6 3 2 Hardware differences Almost all hardware components can be different in a new system From the CBMR point of view the following are considered different if One or more new hard disks are added or
44. security of data BUT make sure you can remember the password You will be prompted for the password at any future access There is no bypass procedure and if the password is lost or forgotten the data will be inaccessible When you do a Restore Compare or Verify CBMR displays the first dataset Any remaining ones are listed when you select Next or All Dataset Details Select the Settings button under Dataset on the right of the window the Dataset Info dialog is displayed The Dataset Info option in the top bar Select window performs the same function Notice that the selected drive is identified in the window banner 150 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Type a name to identify the dataset or Name accept the default name drive name The field allows for a brief description of the Comment backup The data can be made more secure by Password attaching a password to it Always choose a password which you can remember easily See note below You can accept the lt Use default gt that is Save Security Info the value define in Default Settings or select Yes No which will apply to this backup script only If Save Security Info is enabled then all the security details are included in the backup in addition to the data This option is only applicable if you have the appropriate user account Ri amp hts to back up security information NOTE A Password is a useful security measure but you should be aw
45. software Cristie Bare Machine Recovery offers Optimum system performance with minimum use of system resources For example Quick File Access QFA tape indexing which allows high speed retrieval of individual files appended backups backups run as a background process Multiple drive support CBMR supports a wide range of Backup Locations including AIT DLT DAT SLR LTO tape drives and library autochanger systems the File Device or Virtual Tape Device driver allows backup to hard disks network drives and a variety of removable disk drives A Scheduler tool allowing automated unattended backups A Backup Catalogue which is a collection of summary information on each backup volume This provides a quick method of locating data without having to access different Backup Locations or load numerous media until you find the data you require 7 1 On line Help CBMR includes a comprehensive on line Help facility Help is available 3 2 Hel from the Help push button H using the F1 key Help information is displayed for the currently selected operation from the Help top bar menu using the Table of Contents Index or the Search facility to locate the topic you are interested in 7 2 CBMR User Interface The CBMR main workspace is where most CBMR windows are opened The main dialog shows the most frequently used functions of CBMR In addition a menu bar runs along the top providing drop down options for further more a
46. upgrade from the trial licence to the full licence you need to apply for an activation code via the web site The process is identical to the registration for the Trial version except that you select the Full option at the appropriate place Before you can purchase the software you will need to register the product This is done using the Register button in the License Manager utility Make a note of the System Id shown in the License Manager for the system This will then take you to the Cristie website page shown below If necessary you can go straight to the registration page on the web site which you will find at www cristie com register What you need to do to use CBMR 7 Please note that you have to be connected to the Internet to use this feature Enter your Contract Agreement No as Proof of Purchase and the Serial No of the licence that you wish to allocate to the specified System Id Select Full as the license version GLOBAL BACKUP AND RECOVERY EXPERTISE The world s fastest backup and disaster recovery software cristie Hew release of CEMR 16 058 20068 Search ko Resources please select hal About Cristie Se reu are here Prospective Customers Product Registration SEES d P Go F S M k Register k Forgot pasamard mr pet Success Stories Swedbank a Using this farm you can avail either a 30 day trial licence for selected Cristie products ar a fu
47. will be backed up Additional data can be backed up by selecting the drives From the Following list Drives volume Label File System m SystemDisk OE WindowsInstallDistri MTFS Backup Location TD Store the configuration with the backup Automatically verify the backup f Pun the backup now Schedule it Far later The Scheduler Wizard will start when you select OK C Generate scripts only Cancel Help 1 Select the drive or drives you want to backup The window shows all the available hard disk drives You can select all some or none 32 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Whatever you choose the Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 folder Registry and CBMR folder will always get backed up and additionally in Windows 2000 and above the Documents and Settings directory 2 The Automatically verify the backup check box will be checked by default which will check the integrity of the DR backup This is independent of the program default settings This can be turned off by clearing this box However this is not recommended 3 Select Run the backup now radio button if you wish to run the DR backup on pressing the OK button or select the Schedule itfor later radio button if you wish to schedule it either using CBMR Scheduler or Windows Scheduler depending on the default settings 4 Select Generate scripts only if you wish to prepare a script disrec scp for scheduling the DR backup NOTE
48. window is displayed Getting Started with CBMR 153 Backup Status 91 This displays Execute Details Volume dataset name being recovered and the Backup Location name Media Details shows the header information Volume Dataset and Drive CurrentFile details of the file currently being written to the backup Progress a running count of files backed up bytes done and time taken When the job is complete a statistics window is displayed which gives you an immediate report on the job Detach __Betach The Detach button only appears on the Backup Status screen if the job has been initiated from the scheduler Pressing the Detach button causes the job to run as a background process with no user console interaction If you want to attach to a job which is running in detached mode run CBMR open the CBMR Backup Schedules tool select the running job and select Attach from the J obs top bar menu or double click the running job to open the Backup Status window 8 2 7 Aborting a Backup If you need to stop the backup there is an Abort option in the CBMR Backup Status window the window displayed when the backup starts running which allows you to stop the operation However CBMR begins to process the first command it receives which is Start before it receives and can process the Abort command and as a result the header details are written before the operation stops If the backup selections script requests overw
49. your system If you want to use a location which is not listed then you need to open the Backup Location page 133 menu option and define its properties The new location will be included in the list CBMR now checks the location compares the media header with the selected header in the catalogue entry and if correct proceeds with the upgrade You will be prompted to connect the correct location or insert correct volume if either does not agree with your selection Select the Location to Use for this Operation This window prompts you to select a Backup Location to use For example if you are upgrading the catalogue information level then you need the original data loaded so that the relevant information can be read from the media and written to the catalogue entry You are prompted to select the location used to write the data Use The Default Device l l the location defined as the default Select The Device To Use l l l l pick one from the list of configured locations Both the original Backup Location and the default location will be identified below the relevant buttons CBMR now checks the location compares the media header with the selected header in the catalogue entry and if correct proceeds with the upgrade You will be prompted to connect the correct location or insert the correct volume if either does not agree with your selection 170 8 7 Backup Strategy General Backing up data to a data cartridge is a co
50. 140 Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Generic Y Generic Intel 21140 Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Generic Y E Link Speed Duplex Mode AutoSense j AuEnS ense IP Adec 100BaseTxu 100BaseTx Full Duplex Obtain an IP address 1 DBaseT4 Use the following IP aljgoBaseFx Full Duplex 10BaseT Twisted Pair IP Address 10BaseT Full Duplex Subnet Mask Default Gateway CBMF DNS amp WINS S Copyr Network Identification xr LI rites http Assign Static or DHCP IP Settings Normally the WinPE DR environment will start with DHCP enabled and active However if a static IP is required use the IP Addresses option to manually configure First choose the network adapter from the drop down list We C Cristie Network Configurator Version 2 20 Network Drives E File Sharing Refresh Ethernet Adapters Intel 21140 Based PCI Fast Ethernet reas ER Generic Intel 21140 Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Generic Y IP Addresses Obtain an IP address automatically Release Renew Use the following IP address IP Address Tij 23 Subnet Mask 25500 BH d ENDE Use static gateway addresses CBHMF DNS amp WINS Wm a lt lt Copyr Network Identification Unite Select the Static radio button and set the IP address subnet mask and gateway IP address Click on Apply to confirm the settings for the selected adapter Restoring yo
51. 2 6 Scheduler To invoke the Backup Schedules configuration tool click on the Configuration drop down menu and select Backup Schedules Configuration Backup Locations Backup Schedules Default Settings From here you can control existing scheduled jobs Hold Release Run Delete Modify or create new ones The Scheduler is a simple way of maintaining your Backup regime Once you have created the backup selection scripts what needs to be backed up and how and created schedules for them the scheduler will simply carry on and do the work without further intervention If Backup Scripts define the What and the How of a backup then Schedules define the When CBMR supports two services for running scheduled jobs the CBMR Scheduler Service and the Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler service Both provide the facility to schedule jobs for unattended running The Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler service allows more flexible schedules to be configured but the CBMR scheduler service is more tightly integrated into CBMR The Default Settings option can be used to configure whether the Scheduled Jobs tool displays jobs scheduled through the Windows Task Scheduler service or the CBMR Scheduler service 7 2 7 Backup Catalogue The Backup Catalogue is a list of previous backups backup volumes To view the catalogue click on the Tools drop down menu and select Backup Catalogue Tools Backup Mew Restore Compare
52. 27196 4 3 MiB TX bytes 96643 94 5 KiB Interrupt 11 Base address 0x6000 Link encap Local Loopback inet addr 127 0 0 1 Mask 255 0 0 0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING HTU 16436 Metric 1 RX packets 46 errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame IX packets 46 errors dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier collisions 0 txqueuelen 0 KX bytes 3064 3 0 KiB TX bytes 3064 3 0 KiB Press any key to continue Connecting to the recovering machine On invoking HWWizard exe from a Windows machine the Welcome screen will be displayed which is shown below 64 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery CBMR HW Wizard Welcome yara ugcrnirns g Welcome to CEMA Hardware Wizard This will take you through the steps to install the necessary drivers for your new hardware You may need the installation media fram the hardware manufacturer f Local Machine Remate Machine Enter the server name ar IP address Run the wizard in test made No changes will be made ta the system j Dissimilar Hardware wizard Version 3 1 Build 55 Copyright C 2003 2006 Cristie Data Products Ltd United Kingdam cristie http Zw cristie com omen The welcome screen will accept the IP address or the NetBIOS name of the just recovering system On selecting Next the wizard will connect to the just recovering system and will show the Select An Option screen If you get an Windows Authentication screen enter the pre defined user ID pcbax and passw
53. 3 services are a special class of program that are installed and controlled by the Windows Service Manager The Service Manager can be accessed from the control panel allowing services to be started stopped and also have their properties modified One of the most important points to remember is that services should not and in most cases cannot directly interact with the current users console CBMR can be configured to use one of two scheduling services its own CBMR Scheduler Service or the Windows Task Scheduler Service To select which service to use go to the Scheduler page of the Default Settings tool CBMR Scheduler Service The CBMR Scheduler service is automatically installed if requested during the CBMR installation process By default it will log on to the system using a special account known as a Local System Account If required you may change the log on account name using the Service Control Manager accessed using the Control Panel One possible reason for this would be to control specific security issues that you may want to setup for a Backup Operator user or group and want the scheduler assigned to this profile As mentioned previously the scheduler will not normally interact with the current user console however if you particularly need this capability you can set the interact with desktop setting for the service using the Service Control Manager It must be noted however that this would not normally be done In or
54. 55 Copyright C 2003 2006 Cristie Data Products Ltd United Kingdam cristie http P www cristie com omen The welcome screen will accept the IP address or the NetBIOS name of the just recovering system On selecting Next gt the wizard will connect to the just recovering system and will show the Select A Driver screen If you get an Authentication screen enter the pre defined user ID pcbax and password pcbax and select OK NOTE It is possible to run this utility in test mode which will not connect to a server and hence no update will take place In this mode the driver installation script will be parsed and any errors will be reported It will create a log file Wizard log in the current folder This will also create a file Driver txt in test mode Both these files should be sent to Cristie when asking for support CBMR HW Wizard Select A Driver ara waecning fa Select an Installation File Browse Select a manufacturer Select a driver 62 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Select the Browse button and select the correct INF file for the SCSI RAID controller you are installing This will list the manufacturers and the drivers contained in the INF file A screen shot showing Comaq now HP SCSI drivers is shown below CBMR HW Wizard Select A Driver gyro wacning we Select an Installation File K temp aru Drivers PNPSCSI INF Select a manufacturer Adaptec m Select a d
55. 63 For some reason if you get a system crash with a blue screen check that you have installed the correct drivers New drivers can be installed by booting from the CBMR CD ROM starting the Dissimilar Hardware Server and by running HWWizard from another Windows machine on the same network Starting dissimilar hardware server Before running this wizard you must have completed the Linux mode of recovery and started the Dissimilar Hardware Server from the Advanced Options of the CBMR recovery console from the just recovering system Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 6 Peer Fi 5 Dissimilar Hardware Server Redraw L Copyright C Cristie Data Products Ltd 2003 200 If the network is configured correctly you will get the following screen listing the ethernet interfaces and their corresponding IP address assignments disrec v5 00 0 c Cristie Data Products Ltd 2004 2006 SIOCADDRT 2 eth 10 0 0 83 Network is unreachable SIOCADDRT 4 ethO 127 0 0 0 Network is unreachable Use dissinilar hardware wizard from a Windows 2000 or above machine to connect to this machine The IP address details for this machine are shown here eth Link encap Ethernet HWaddr 00 03 FF DF 17 07 inet addr 10 0 0 83 JBcast 1 0 0 0 Mask 255 0 0 0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU 1500 Metric 1 RX packets 17926 errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame IX packets 1007 errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 txqueuelen 1000 KX bytes 45
56. Compare Programs 154 Viewing a Log File 152 Viewing Existing Backup Location Settings 146 Viewing Existing Backup Selection Scripts 148 Viewing the Catalogue Contents 165 Virtual Tape Device VTD Backup Location 136 Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS 181 W What you need to do to use CBMR 6 Windows Pre Installation Environment WinPE 181 Windows Registry General 157 WinPE Based Disaster Recovery Console 71 WinPE Based Disaster Recovery Console Main Menu 73 Index 185
57. Cristie Data Products Ltd New Mill Chestnut Lane Stroud GL5 3EH United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1453 847000 Fax 44 0 1453 847001 cbmrQcristie com i nigris 93r2 ma aenina Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Technical Reference For Windows June 2007 cristie Cristie Data Products GmbH Nordring 53 55 63843 Niedernberg Germany Tel 49 0 60 28 97 95 0 Fax 49 0 60 28 97 95 7 99 comr cristie de Cristie Nordic AB Gamla Varmdovagen 4 SE 131 37 Nacka Sweden Tel 46 0 8 718 43 30 Fax 46 0 8 718 53 40 cbmrQcristie se Copyright 2003 2007 Cristie Data Products Ltd All rights reserved The software contains proprietary information of Cristie Data Products Ltd it is provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and is also protected by copyright law Reverse engineering of the software is prohibited Due to continued product development this information may change without notice The information and intellectual property contained herein is confidential between Cristie Data Products Ltd and the client and remains the exclusive property of Cristie Data Products Ltd If you find any problems in the documentation please report them to us in writing Cristie Data Products Ltd does not warrant that this document is error free No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopy
58. Data Products Ltd 2003 2007 ServerShare mainserver backups ConfigPath NconfigsNusers UserName john Password hello ServerlPAddress 10 0 0 1 Workgroup OURDOMAIN Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Remote Configuration serversShare sma inservers bac Conf igPath Sconf igs users UserName John Passuord JERE REE server PAddress 10 0 0 1 Workgroup OURDOMAIN Filesystem Cancel Read Configuration From Backup Location B Exit Redraw L Copyright C Cristie Data Products Ltd 2003 2007 Restoring your System 49 Select Configuration from Remote Share Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Main Menu Read Configuration setup galaxyz publiczmigelp CO sJ Ch LT XR CS DS em selec ANDbB4 te Share CBHR DynanicTestConf igs Disk SATURN stratus Location Stratus W2K3_ INF UIHNZOQ RZ Redraw L Exit Copyright C Cristie Data Products Ltd 24003 2006 This option will give the user a menu based on available remote configurations The user should choose the correct configuration for the hostname of his system Note that an incorrect choice of configuration may not work on the user s system The system drivers and other configuration details will then be copied to the local system from the remote server share Setup Local Disk If the configuration is held on a local disk not already specified use this menu option to define the device and path of the configuration Cristie Bare Machine Recovery
59. EADME File z Back Cancel Successful completion results in the dialog above Press Finish to complete the installation A re boot will be required when installing CBMR on Windows 2000 systems to install the OFM drivers Note Windows NT is no longer supported in this version of CBMR Upgrade Install of CBMR If an existing version CBMR 4 x x or PC BaX 4 11 4 30 1 is detected during the installation sequence it will be first uninstalled During the upgrade sequence the following items will be retained 1 CBMR licence file not for CBMR version 4 10 where a new licence file must be obtained from Cristie PC BaX upgrades will also require a new license file Defined backup locations storage devices Default backup location setting User specified file and folder backup exclusions What you need to do to use CBMR 19 Note The upgrade sequence may require several re boots These must never be cancelled so always select to re boot when prompted An upgrade of CBMR 5 x x does not require an uninstallation The upgrade process will simply replace the changed program files All existing configuration files will be retained in this case Remove CBMR From the Start menu select the Control Panel dialog Select Add Remove Programs and select the Remove button for CBMR jG CBMR 5 1 0 To change this program or remove it From your computer click Change or Remove Select Remove to uninstall CBMR A confimation dialog is displayed Se
60. Installing driver for SCSI Controller x Beck Em 106 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery The wizard identifies the source of the Windows drivers You may change the path to these inf files and click Search Again to make it use the new path Once you are satisfied that the path is correct click on Install and the driver will be installed New Hardware Found E E X CEMA found the following new hardware in your system y tesi cents A matching diver c ESSENINFSVIMSESILINF is found Select Install to Install this driver Selecting Install All wall install the matching drivers For newly found devices without prompting Search Again Install Install All Skip Cancel Drivers are usually sys files The inf files define which driver files need to be loaded for a given device You may need to confirm the location of the driver files for each device or possibly find the path where they are stored When you have the correct path click on OK and the wizard will look for more Files Needed E x F The file vmecetsys on Unknown i needed Q ys on Unknown Cancel Type the path where the file is located and then click OF Copy files from i Browse Once all of the drivers of the detected devices have been processed the wizard will indicate that the installation has finished Click on Finish to proceed CEMR HW Wizard PoP Manager cp intia Sara mnmgcmnirn
61. LAN adapter number LAN Adapter Number 8 1 4 NAMEDPIPE ITSM Server Details Communication Method MAMEDPIPE Fipe Mame AATITAN PipeS erver Enter the Named Pipes server pipe name Name Pipe Name TSM Client Details Here is where you will specify the name of the client node which will be used by CBMR The node might have a password associated with it You will also enter the name of the filespace to use The filespace name must start with a If you haven t specified a it will be added automatically If only single version DR backups are going to be used the client node should be created before using TSM Administrator utilities and it must have the Backup Delete Allowed and Archive Delete Allowed set to Yes If backup versions are going to be used the Node Policy domain used must be configured to use a versioning copy policy Getting Started with CBMR 145 Enter the node name which must have been created prior to invoking this dialog Node Name Enter the node password if any Leave it blank for no Node Password password Enter the name of the filespace which should start with If Filespace Name this doesn t exist before it will be registered Once a TSM backup location is successfully created try to create a new header using the media utilities If it succeeds congratulations and your location is ready to go If it fails the appropriate message will tell you what is wrong Setting Up a Ve
62. Machine Recovery Software Configuration Tools P Help Welcome to CBMR What do you want to do setup Disaster Recovery Configuration Create modify system configuration settings including specifying backup locations for disaster recovery Specify to run disaster recovery backup naw ar create a disaster recovery schedule for regular backup og Run or Schedule Disaster Recovery Backup mx View Log Files View lag files af previous operations such as Backup Restore Compare and Verify k me Copyright Cristie Data Products 1998 2007 The CBMR Setup Configuration Wizard Welcome will appear f CBMR Configuration Welcome Welcome to the CEMR configuration wizard This will take vou through the steps in configuring CEMR Far recovery on this system Select Ehe Next button to continue cot e e 26 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Click on Next gt and the CBMR Configuration Select Location page will appear e CBMR Configuration Select Location Specify the location where Ehe configuration settings For this computer are En be stored Store configuration information as part of backup f Store configuration information to the Following location Path Vigalaxy publicinigelp Browse NOTE Enter an UNC path Ea store Ehe configuration details of many computers to a central place Cancel lt Back Help 1 Select the Store configuration information in the f
63. OQ Edd a B DU OH FE EON 119 Getting Started with CBMR 120 Sli SARIS CB ue aodio tbe buta ncn onte lmao Oni E 120 S FPE Geli ib giai CBIVIR ER ETT o 120 9 1 3 Configuring Backup Locations 1 5 3 onions cen accio acai anaes 132 8 14 NAMEDPIPE Sirenita ES oro teu OCDE don ent aen Uri rona oe Do eos terat Doa ae vuoi 144 8 1 5 Setting up CBMR for Routine Operations eeeeseeeeeeeeeeeee enne nennen 146 8 2 introduction to Backing up Bat ooo bue aie est bctr a rhe coe Divan eR Ub De ou bey pceptbas ea bap a banE 147 8 2 1 Introduction to Backup Schedules and Backup Selection Scripts 147 8 2 2 Running a Backup Using an Existing Selection Script sseeeeeeesssss 149 9 2 3 Dataset SebtlliBS ciscsesisscu secet Coe auth CE Ee seP ova E os outre ua Feb E Deses Pour Cu uS CEP dU Sus 149 8 2 4 Specifying a Backup Catalogue Entry ccceeessecceeccesessseeeeeeeeseeesseeeeeeeseeaaseeeeeeesssaaees 150 9 2 5 XBMIS Eos Filles OV Cl VICW deosnlane spun a e e re ee kac ccu activi eaU ad 151 uu meds bM RT UT TU m 152 9 27 ADONE dBacieUbies tt aoccdoe cese nie eoi D ep Cedo er e e eeu one He pue ne bgeT iUd 153 9o VERITY AN Combale usdesscsumticdoni pire ave Cue dR orit tedvvvvs ov rv do irs Todk aoc d rude cv NA d 153 B20 S StallsHies REDO naia evi a Ote Dec utra tup ova ba C vies oa uv atta re D 155 8 3 FRO SUOMI TSS s Gere a ceca edi etes uua trud enctveducr
64. Search Results 169 Backup Locations 117 133 169 Backup Properties 122 Backup Selection Script Properties 149 Backup Selections Scripts Definition 180 Backup Strategy General 120 170 Bash Shell 53 Booting the DR Console from CD ROM 29 C Cascaded Backup Location Setup 136 CBM INI 174 CBMR 180 CBMR Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Setup Steps 11 CBMR Backup Selection Tool 115 CBMR Configuration Files 174 CBMR Default settings window 117 CBMR In More Detail 112 CBMH Installation and Removal 13 CBMR Log Files Overview 151 CBMR Run or Schedule Disaster Recovery Backup 114 CBMR Scheduler Properties 128 CBMR Setup Disaster Recovery Configuration 113 CBMR Tools 115 CBMR User Interface 112 CBMRCfg exe Command Line Options 174 CBMRwin exe Command Line Options 173 Changing an Existing Job 162 Check TSM client version 11 Choosing a DR Backup Location 28 Close Recovery Console and Reboot 111 182 Compression 180 Conclusion 71 Configuration on Remote Network Share 46 Configure NIC Parameters 98 Configuring Backup Locations 11 120 132 Configuring CBMR 120 Confirm Volume Layout 78 91 Connecting to the recovering machine 63 Copy Log and Error Report Files 110 Create New Header 177 Create Partition and Volumes 90 Creating a Backup Schedule 147 Creating a dedicated node via the TSM Admin client
65. Select the Backup Location to be used For the disaster recovery backup Backup Location Kaie T Create New Cancel z Back Help 1 The drop down control will list all the existing Backup Locations If you wish to create a new Backup Location just for the DR backup select Create New which will show the New Backup Location Wizard CBMR New ITSM Location Wizard Setup ITSM Location Provide Mame enter ITSM Server and Client information M ame DRITSM ITSM Server Details Communication Method TCPIP T Server Address 10 0 0 15 Port T1900 ITSM Client Details Node Mame Winek3 Filespace Name wIM2K3 Back Finished In the example above a new ITSM Backup Location is being created Select Create to create the new Backup Location Once done select Finished and the control will return to the Select Backup Location page 2 Press Next and you will now be prompted to select the disk options for the DR backup and configuration The CBMR Configuration Wizard 29 4 3 Selecting Volumes To Format The CBMR Select Volumes to Format page allows you to select the volumes and partitions which should be formatted by the Recovery Console as part of the recovery procedure 6 CBMR Configuration Select Volumes To Format By default only the Windows system and boot volumes will get Formatted Additional volumes can be Formatted by selecting them here Available volumes Drive volume Label File S
66. This depends on the system configuration location in use and the load on the system at the time of the backup It is recommended to test with different values on a test backup CBMR Backup Software Program Settings Backup Restore Backup Location Backup Catalogue Log Files Scheduler Performance Exclude Files Disaster Recovery Minimum Buffer Size KB Number OF Buffers 1 Cancel Help 130 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Exclude Files Allows selected groups of files or folders to be excluded from all backups CBMR Backup Software Program Settings Backup Restore Backup Location Backup Catalogue Log Files Scheduler Performance Exclude Files Disaster Recovery Exclude to backup the following files specified by path Subfolders Recycle Bins Arecycled Arecycler Add Exclude ta backup the following files in all folders File Mame swapper dat ea data sf 38bspart par pagetile sys wWirr3ab swp Add 3 Cancel Hep The upper section allows files and folders to be excluded from a backup using the wildcard characters or The wildcard characters are accepted for drive and filename but not for the path For example avi will exclude all files with the extension AVI from a backup The lower section allows specific named files to be excluded from a backup Note all files with the specified name regard
67. actual data 168 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 8 6 6 Searching the Backup Catalogue Select the Backup Catalogue top bar Search option to display the search menu You have the option of searching All Volumes or Selected Volumes You can make a multiple selection by pressing the shift key while clicking on the each line in turn You must provide some parameters to direct the search how specific you are refines or widens the search field Media Library Search Search Criteria Drive lc Path uinnNsystem File winaspi dl TEE If you do not supply a full path then all occurrences of the search object will be listed in time order with the most recent at the top of the list You can search for an individual file but obviously you must have the Full level of information on this volume otherwise there will be no file details to search If you want to locate an individual file you must enter the full file name wildcards E g doc pcbax are not accepted 8 6 7 Restoring Data via the Backup Catalogue You can initiate a Restore Compare or Verify operation from the Backup Catalogue Volume window by selecting Restore Compare Verify from the Volume top bar menu or by pressing the appropriate button You can also select Restore Compare or Verify from the CBMR Tools menu which will start the Restore Compare Verify Wizard This will give you the option of using the Backup Catalogue or the Backup Loc
68. ancel United Kingdon cristie http aw Cristie com Select the version appropriate to the recovery required If the configuration is contained within the backup it will be extracted from the selected version Stored in the following location The example shown at the start of this topic will retrieve the configuration from the local floppy disk A USB disk would be identified in the same way Restoring your System 77 Note 1 USB devices must be connected to the system and powered if required BEFORE booting the Windows PE recovery environment This is a restriction of Windows PE Note 2 The configuration filename disrec ini must be appended to the path name If the configuration is held on a network share use the following syntax in the Path field icon Recovery Console LBMR Locate Configuration Specify the location where the configuration settings for this computer are stored C Stored with the backup data Stored in the following location Path AG alany CEMA Config S erver4 sdisrec irl Browse Network Setup lt Back Cancel Help http iwy cristie com Network Setup If the configuration is maintained on a remote network share then the network must be operational Select this option to start the Network Configurator http www tool Configure the required network adapter from the drop down list and configure the IP settings accordingly 78 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery
69. ard disk bootable ready for Windows to take over 40 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 6 1 5 Hardware Drivers This option allows you to load various drivers for the new hardware SCSI and RAID controllers network adapters etc This is required only when the destination hardware is different than the original hardware dissimilar hardware restore Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Main Menu Hardware Drivers 1 Load Modules 4 Unload Modules List Loaded Modules system Details Skip Hard Disks vet Keyboard Driver Exit C C4 Oo M e Redraw L Copyright C Cristie Data Products Ltd 2003 200 Load Modules page 40 allows you to load modules drivers Unload Modules page 41 allows you to unload already loaded drivers List Loaded Modules page 42 lists the loaded modules System Details page 42 lists various system configuration details Skip Hard Disks page 43 allows you to skip some hard disks from the restore process Set Keyboard Driver page 44 allows you to select a keyboard layout Oo O1 FP WD N Exit will take you back to the main menu Load Modules Linux mode DR uses modules to access the hardware This option is used to load modules drivers for new hardware On selecting this option the following menu will be displayed Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Main Menu Harduare Drivers Load Modules otorage Modules Network Modules Other Modules Exit
70. are of the implications If a backup is password protected then the password will be requested before the data can be accessed If you forget the password then there is no by pass procedure and the data will be lost Estimate Backup Size window The Estimate Backup Size option in the Selections top bar menu displays a window containing an estimate the size of the backup you have defined the number of files and the size in Bytes This could be useful if you need to know in advance how much capacity you require for this backup or estimate how long the job will take to run 8 2 4 Specifying a Backup Catalogue Entry Before you create a backup you need to specify a level of information to be recorded in the catalogue There is a Backup Catalogue page in the Default Settings properties From here you can specify just how much information you want to store or indeed if you want the backup added to the catalogue There are four levels of information Brief Partial Full None There is a trade off of space versus level of information There is no typical setting which level you use depends on your own requirements You can change the level at any time if you change your mind about how much information you need to keep You can either change the default setting or modify a particular Backup Selection script which will then apply from the next backup or you can modify the Catalogue information level from within the Backup Catalogue window Vol
71. ation to select the data you are interested in 8 6 8 Backup Location Search This window allows you to search the Backup Catalogue You can search for an individual file but obviously you must have the Full level of information on this volume otherwise there will be no file details to search Wildcards E g doc pcbax are accepted If you do not supply a full path then all occurrences of the search object will be listed in time order with the most recent at the top of the list Backup Location Entry Information This window displays information about the selected entry resulting from a search operation Details about the volume the dataset and the specific entry are shown This information is a useful checking option before you actually restore the data Getting Started with CBMR 169 Backup Location Search Results This window displays the results of the Search operation Select View Information from the Options menu to display detailed information about the selected volume When you have found the data you want to restore you can set the Restore program in action using the Start option in the top bar Options menu 8 6 9 Select Backup Location to Use This window is displayed when you press the Select the Location to Use button when updating the Catalogue information or when you want to create a new entry This window lists all the configured locations Select the Backup Location storage device currently connected to
72. ations like email and database servers On Windows 2000 CBMR includes OFM by default and no additional configuration is necessary for this For Windows XP 2003 systems the VSS open file manager is used instead VSS is provided by Microsoft as an integral part of these Operating Systems PC BaX The Backup and Recovery Software from Cristie which forms the backup restore engine of CBMR QFA Quick File Access QFA is a facility on some tape drives which enables rapid access to files during Restore The tape is divided into two areas a catalog area and a data area The catalog area at the start of the volume stores directory information which points to the data area where the actual data is stored During Restore the program locates the file entry in the catalog and goes straight to the correct point in the data section During backup the directory catalog is written first therefore in a situation where a backup extends over multiple tapes the first tape containing the directory catalog must be used to start a Restore SCSI ID Each SCSI device on the chain must have a unique address which the system uses to communicate with that device The address is represented by the SCSI ID number The SCSI ID also determines priority when two or more devices attempt to use the bus at the same time Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS The Volume Shadow Copy Service provides the backup infrastructure for the Microsoft Windows XP and Microsof
73. ault Settings User Manual Exit WD CO C aN ee CO D e Copyright C Cristie Data Products Ltd 2003 200 Refer to the User Manual for further Help on UBax Custom Commands This option will list various command from the bin folder from the configuration floppy or from the configuration network folder Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Main Menu Advanced Options Linux Custom Commands set Di Edit Log F Dissimilar Hardware Server UBax Custom Commands sett ings Exit 1 i J a m b fe WO co J ch CD com Redraw L Copyright C Cristie Data Products Ltd 2003 200 This is for advanced customization only enabling users to run their own Linux shell scripts and utilities 58 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Settings Allows some of the CBMR system files to be edited This is for advanced Users only 1 disrec ini B8 settings 6 2 Linux Disaster Recovery Limitations The Linux based DR has some limitations on the types of system it can recover When recovering a Windows NT4 system with a boot partition greater that 4GB the boot partition will be resized to 4GB This does not apply to Windows 2000 or other systems Windows dynamic disks are not supported Use the Windows PE DR environment instead 59 6 3 Dissimilar Hardware Support CBMR can restore a Windows system to the same or similar hardware as well as to a hardware with significant changes The dissimilar
74. backup may not and mostly will not have the necessary drivers to access the newly installed hardware It is possible to inject the drivers into the recovering machine using the CBMR tools This is achieved by accessing the just recovering system s resources from another Windows 2000 or newer machine running on the same network and by running the utility HWWizard exe HWWizard exe can be found in the CBMR installation folder and also on the CBMR installation CD ROM This is the client side of a client server utility The server side of the utility is contained in the CBMR installation CD ROM and which can be accessed from a menu option after booting from the CD ROM A section about how to use this utility can be found later in this document Windows PC running HWWizard exe Recovering Windows server running Dissimilar Hardware Server Linux mode The necessary drivers to access the hardware in Linux mode will be loaded automatically After this automatic or manual recovery should be used to partition and format the hard disks and to restore the system files When this has been done and just before restarting the system Dissimilar Hardware Server should be started via the Advanced Options This will make the system s resources available on the network By running HWWizard exe from another Windows machine the new drivers should be installed from the manufacturers installation media or from a network share The Plug and Play feature will enable
75. be viewed through the Backup Catalogue The amount of information about the files and directories stored within a dataset is defined when the backup is made Displaying Media Header Details Select the Media Header option from the top bar Backup Catalogue Volume menu The Media Information window shows all the available information for the selected volume 166 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Media Information Mame registry Comments registry Media IO 410F8C32 Barcode Media Format SDB Time Created Tue Aug 03 15 07 46 2004 OFA Mo Datasets 2 Bytes Used Even if your volume is unnamed you will get other details such as the date and time created which may give you a clue as to which volume you need However it is recommended that all backups are given a meaningful name which provides an indication to the contents CILE NEENNEEEMM Quick file access Defined by user at backup Dependent on media Write protected Defined by media Datasets Number of datasets within volume Bytesused Size of backup in bytes Show Dataset Details The Dataset Header option in the top bar Item menu provides detailed information about the selected dataset The information should help you identify a backup and decide if it is the one you want CLIE ERN Compression Defined by user at backup Software version CBMR software version used to create it Size pie of backup in bytes Catalogue Info le
76. ce Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Description The friendly name of the backup location Any valid character sequence upto 79 characters is acceptable The name should be unique and you cannot specify the name of an existing backup location The size of the tape blocks in kilobytes Bigger block sizes Block Size will give better performance on newer tape drives However if you are not sure about it set it to O and CBMR will decide the appropriate block size for the device The device specific SCSI IDE Inquiry string returned from Inquiry the device May be useful to find the firmware revision of the device etc The category of the Backup Location The following Category categories are currently Supported SCSI Tape IDE Tape Robotics Media Handler File Device VTD ITSM Module if installed Cascaded Device The name of the Adapter or SCSI Port On Windows 2000 XP and Server 2003 it will give you the name of the SCSI miniport driver with a running serial number On Windows NT 3 51 4 x it will be of the form ScsiPortx where x will be OTni The SCSI ID or Drive number of the device SCSI ID The SCSI Lun of the device and it will be O for IDE devices SCSI LUN Pressing OK will save the Backup Location details and Cancel will discard the changes you have made Pressing Help will display this topic Virtual Tape Device VTD Backup Location This is a special CBMR file that can be used to emulate a tape on a disk dri
77. ck Ok to enter CBMR or let the dialog timeout and the main CBMR opening dialog will be shown Further information may be found in the Cristie Knowledge Base at http support cristie com kb 2 2 CBMR Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Setup Steps You must follow the procedure in the order listed below CBMR can be used with or without a ITSM server You may omit the steps involving the TSM server if you use CBMR with a directly attached Backup Location storage device e g Tape Check TSM Client Version page 11 Install CBMR page 13 Create a TSM Client node Configure CBMR page 132 Store machine configuration data page 21 oO oo c N Do regular system backups page 31 To perform a Bare Machine Recovery you must Boot up the machine to be restored from the CBMR CD ROM page 34 Specify the location of the machine configuration data Perform a system recovery from CBMR A c N Perform conventional data recovery from your backups 2 2 1 Check TSM client version It is important to check the version of the TSM Client installed on your machine Versions Supported by CBMR are 12 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery TSM Client 4 2 1 32 onwards with a compatible TSM Server version If you are not using TSM you should skip this step 2 2 2 Creating an TSM client node This step is optional if TSM is not used in the recovery procedure CBMR will connect to a TSM server as a client node and the
78. ckups to be stored on one volume therefore only requiring three volumes 8 7 3 Twelve Week Backup Cycle This backup regime allows you to recover data from up to 12 weeks ago This pattern is more suitable for larger systems for systems where there are frequent file changes or systems which require a longer data history Volumes should be labelled as follows Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Getting Started with CBMR 171 Friday 1 Friday 2 Friday 3 Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 The Friday 1 3 and Month 1 3 volumes are used for full backups the others for partial backups new and modified files only Month is not strictly accurate the volumes are used every four weeks The following diagram illustrates how the tapes are used Full dii Fri 2 Dx Partial Partial Partial Partial Full Full Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri 1 Fri 3 Full Full Month 2 Month 3 a Full m Month 2 Twelve Week Cycle Again depending on the amount of date to be backed up this method can use as little as 10 volumes 8 7 4 Three Year Archive This is a comprehensive Backup cycle which will provide three years of data A time span of this nature must be considered where legal requirement calls for data to be kept for a number of years for example accounts information Each year a full backup is taken of all data and archived Each mon
79. d A green tick box M signifies that the disk and its underlying partitions will be left intact When the recovery is to the original system the contents of both panels will look similar if the number of disks is the same Possibly the disk sizes will be different as in the above example When performing a recovery to a dissimilar system the disk mapping can be much more complex Some of the criteria used to judge the disk mapping match are disk geometry tracks cylinders and sectors disk capacity if currently formatted the disk signature You may right click on any disk shown in the right hand panel to select whether the disk will be formatted or not CBMR Yolume layout i X The original and proposed disk volumes are show below IF required right click en a volume to customise the proposed layout Gtored lanni t Prnnazed lannik E A CBMR Disk Partitioning E x El E E gt Yes partition this disk CAUTION You will loose all the data in this disk B GE Mo do not partition this disk Existing data may be safe taxe Ii Back Next gt Cancel Any attempt to turn off formatting incorrectly will result in this error Stored lanni m Prannsed lannik CBMR Error This disk must be repartitioned as Ehe existing disk doesn t match the original disk s layout LIE ance 4 LEE 80 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery You may also right click on a par
80. d during a recovery 6 CBMR Configuration 5elect Volumes To Format By default only the Windows system and boot volumes will get Formatted 4dditional volumes can be Formatted by selecting them here Available volumes Drive Volume Label File System re SystemDisk NTFS OE WindowsInstallDistri NTFS Cancel lt Back Help 6 Click on Next gt to confirm the disks partitions for formatting CBMR Configuration Finish Your configuration information will be updated with the Following details Select the Finish button En proceed You can ga back and make changes by selecting the Back button The Windows drive is C and the boot drive is C Configuration will be stored with the backup istselF The Backup Location to be used with Ehe recovery backup is MyTSM The valume s C will be Formatted during recovery Cancel lt Back Help 1 Finally click Finish to save the configuration to the selected location 28 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery NOTE If a UNC path is specified for the configuration location the same path can be used for all the computers in the workgroup as individual system s configuration will be stored under a folder named after the system s NetBIOS name 4 2 Choosing a DR Backup Location After choosing a location for the configuration you will then be asked to select a Backup Location for the DR backup f CBMR Configuration Select Backup Location
81. daptec drivers is shown below CBMR HW Wizard Select A Driver cristis sare machina fas Select an Installation File K temp aru Drivers PNPSCSI INF Select a manufacturer Adaptec Pm Select a driver Adaptec AHA 1502 SCSI Host Adapter Adaptec amp 4HA 154 AHA 154x SCS Hast Adapter Adaptec AHA 29400 72940023400 PCI SCS Controller Adaptec 4HA 3950 Ultraz SCSI Adaptec AIC 7899 Ultral60 PC SCSI Card Cancel Once you have highlighted the required driver select Next This will show a confirmation dialog Selecting Yes from the confirmation dialog will copy the files across and make the necessary registry changes to the just recovering system If it can t find the necessary files on the installation location it will prompt you for the files 68 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Upon successful installation you will get the following Finished Screen You can quit the wizard by pressing the Finish button If you wish to install more drivers you can select Back and install more drivers CBMR HW Wizard Finish Haea Magnina fas The selected driver is successfully installed IF pau want to install more drivers select the Back button and select the new drivers IF vou are finished with the drivers select Finish and the wizard will exit You may now reboot the jst recovering server for the changes to take effect Cancel You can install as many drivers as you wish wi
82. der to view a scheduled backup the CBMR command line program pcbax exe provides an option d that indicates to the program that it is running detached and should communicate status information to an external program via a defined IPC Inter Process Communication mechanism rather than directly to the current console The CBMR program will automatically add this parameter when scheduling a Backup Selection script When a backup is running with this option specified it is possible to run CBMR and attach to this job through the Scheduled Jobs tool to view the status and provide any user interaction required 164 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery After attaching to the job the status screen will be the same as for a backup that is run interactively from within CBMR Windows Scheduled Tasks Service Microsoft Windows provides its own scheduling service called the Windows Task Scheduler CBMR jobs can be configured to run under the control of the Windows Task Scheduler These jobs run in a similar manner to those running from the CBMR Scheduler service However they also require one more option tssJobName where JobName is the name of the Windows Task Scheduler job Again the CBMR program will automatically add this parameter when scheduling a scrip The Windows Scheduled Task Service has the advantage that much more flexible schedules can be created in it However it is not as tightly integrated into CBMR as is CBMR s
83. dia is shown Use by Slot ordered by Slot number The bar code associated with Position each media is also shown When Use by Barcode is selected the Media is shown Use by ordered by Barcode The Barcodes order can be changed Barcode by dragging and dropping the Barcodes into the required positions Gives you a list of all available Tape slots within the library Tape Slots It also displays whether a media is present in the slot the barcode of the media if your device supports one Click on the box on the left of the element to select or deselect it You must have at least one element selected in order to use the library Pressing OK will save the Backup Location and Cancel will discard the changes you have made Pressing Help will display this topic Library Backup Location examples Isolated tape library example Library i11 a HHHTHTH him This simple system consists of a workstation connected to a local tape library The library consists of two SCSI drives and a robotic media handler 142 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Simple tape library network example Library rmm en E H ans z 7 Imm E d mm This simple system consists of four workstations connected to a server The server is connected to a local 10 slot tape library You could either User Cristie Storage Manager to make the tape library accessible across the whole network You could then create a sepa
84. dvanced features CBMR In More Detail 113 A wizard is defined for each of the main tasks such as setting up the system recovery information creating or running a backup managing backup locations maintaining a catalogue of backups and defining the default options Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Software Configuration Tools zt Help Welcome to CBMR What do you want to do Setup Disaster Recovery Configuration Es Create modify system configuration settings including specifying backup locations for kA disaster recovery Run or Schedule Disaster Recovery Backup Specify to run disaster recovery backup now or create a disaster recovery schedule for regular backup View Log Files View log files of previous operations such as Backup Restore Compare and Verity Copyright Cristie Data Products 1998 2007 7 2 1 CBMR Setup Disaster Recovery Configuration To invoke click on Setup Disaster Recovery Configuration from the CBMR main window Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Software Configuration Tools c Help Welcome to CBMR What do you want to do Disaster Recovery Confi Create modify system configuration settings including specifying backup locations for disaster recovery Run or Schedule Disaster Recovery Backup Specify ta run disaster recovery backup now or create a disaster recovery schedule for regular backup View Log Files View lag files of previous operations such as Backup Restore Co
85. e The final step in the manual recovery sequence is to make the original disk bootable This involves re creating the MBR of the boot disk and modifying the registry with the new disk GUID Welcome to the CBMR Recovery Console CEMR Welcome Welcome to the CEMA Manual Recovery Wizard which gives greater Flexibility when recovering your system Select the operation you want ta da and select Next to proceed Td C Access Configuration wl Create Partitions and Volumes vl Restore Files Le Make Bootable Back Cancel United Kingdom cristie http aia cristie com Press Next to commence the make bootable step A new dialog window opens summarising the success or failure of the operation CEMA Console Versian 5 1 Build 80 Manual Hecovery M ake Bootable started on 616 200 4 04 12 PM Updating the target registry Copying DisRec ini to the Windows drive Success Abort Close Press Close to complete the step and return to the Manual Recovery Wizard Restoring your System 97 6 4 4 Tools There are a few tools that can assist with the recovery process The are all collected under this command button Configure the network C Dissimilar hardware wizard C Setup Backup Locations Start Close The options available are Configure the network Dissimilar Hardware Wizard Setup Backup Locations Selecting Configure the network will start the Cristie Network Conf
86. e Adapter or SCSI Port On Windows Adapter 2000 XP and Server 2003 it will give you the name of the SCSI miniport driver with a running serial number On Windows NT 4 x it will be of the form ScsiPortx where x will be O 1 The SCSI ID or Drive number of the device SCSI ID The SCSI Lun of the device and it will be O for IDE SCSI LUN devices Specify the Cleaning Tape Slot of the library if any Cleaning Tape Slot Lists all the drives in the library changer The Status of the drive is shown using a tape icon The drives are listed numerically and by the allocated Association that you have set Pressing OK will save the Backup Location details Pressing Help will invoke this topic IMPORTANT In order to configure a Robotics device the corresponding Library hardware should be connected and online Be sure to choose the correct drives for the hardware CBMR cannot know which drives are associated with the Robotics Once a Robotics device is configured successfully you have to create a Library backup location which will use this Robotics device during backup and other media operations Refer to Library Backup Location Setup page 139 for further details A library backup location can only be created manually Library Backup Location Setup A Library backup location in CBMR consists of a drive a robotics and one or more slots It may be all or part of a physical library or autochanger Before setting up a library backu
87. e Bare Machine Recovery product contact Cristie Technical Support Please make sure you have the following information available for the person dealing with your call CBMR Version Number Windows OS and Version Number Backup location type and Model Name if appropriate e g SCSI tape device A Backup location device Serial Number if appropriate Backup location device connection type Parallel SCSI USB Any error message information if appropriate Description of when the error occurs Cristie Data Products Limited are continually expanding their product range in line with the latest technologies Please contact the Cristie Sales Office for the latest product range Should you have specific requirements for data storage and backup devices then Cristie s product specialists can provide expert advice for a solution to suit your needs 7 2 11 Contact Numbers Cristie Data Products Limited UK Office 44 0 1453 847009 Technical Support Fax 44 0 1453 847003 Sales a rrr 44 0 1453 847001 cbmrQ cristie com CBMR In More Detail 119 4 2 12 User Manual To display the CBMR User Guide click on the Help drop down menu and select User Guide p a Help About EMF User Guide Log Version Details Support Details Ce TTS COLETTE a znttinnz inclining e narifiir This will display the contents of the User Guide 120 8 Getting Started with CBMR CBMR allows you to backup any data on your system to any
88. e and you cannot specify the name of an existing backup location TSM Server Details Here is where you specify the communication method to be used to access the TSM server The displayed options correspond to the currently supported options by the TSM server The possible value combinations are listed below The method of communication to use The possible selections Communication are Method TCPIP to use TCP IP IPXSPX to use IPX SPX NETBIOS to use NetBIOS NAMEDPIPE to use Named Pipes TCPIP ITSM Server Details Communication Method TCFIP Server Address TITAN Fort i St The host name of the TSM server or the IP address in dotted Server Address decimal form The TCP port at which the TSM server is listening for client requests IPXS PX ITSM Server Details Communication Method IPXSPR l Made Address joo00ODD000 Network Address OOOO Bneker 8522 144 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Enter the IPX SPX node address for the TSM server Node Address Enter the IPX SPX network address for the TSM server Network Address a Enter the socket number for the TSM server NETBIOS ITSM Serer Details Communication Method NETBIOS MetBILIS Server Mame TITAN HetBlOS Client Name MARS LAN Adapter Number E Enter the NetBIOS server name for the ITSM server NetBIOS Server Name Enter the TSM client name NetBIOS Client Name Enter the
89. e ethernet interfaces and the assigned IP addresses will be displayed disrec v5 00 0 c Cristie Data Products Ltd 2004 2006 SIOCADDRT 2 ethO 10 0 0 83 Network is unreachable SIOCADDRT 4 ethO 127 0 0 0 Network is unreachable Use dissinilar hardware wizard from a Windows 2000 or above machine to connect to this machine The IP address details for this machine are shown here eth Link encap Ethernet HWaddr 00 03 FF DF 17 07 inet addr 10 0 0 83 JBcast 1 0 0 0 Mask 255 0 0 0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST HTU 1500 Metric 1 RX packets 179z26 errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame IX packets 1007 errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 txqueuelen 1000 KX bytes 4527196 4 3 MiB TX bytes 96643 94 35 KiB Interrupt 11 Base address 0x6000 Link encap Local Loopback inet addr 127 0 0 1 Mask 255 0 0 0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU 16436 Metric 1 RX packets 46 errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame IX packets 46 errors dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier collisions 0 txqueuelen 0 KX bytes 3064 3 0 KiB TX bytes 3064 3 0 KiB Press any key to continue Pressing any key from this screen will stop the server UBax Provides a direct interface to the CBMR for Linux based backup restore engine This is used by DR to recover the backup during the Windows based setup Restoring your System 57 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Main Menu Executive Media Utilities scripts Backup Locations Media Library Log Files Def
90. either Linux or Windows PE The provided DR Boot Media contains both kernels Stage two is carried out by using the recovered Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 operating system and the preferred backup restore software to recover the remaining files and applications Introduction 5 In the event of a disaster the system is booted from the DR Boot Media which uses the previously stored configuration information to rebuild the system It re partitions and then reformats the hard disk or disks if necessary recovering the original partitioning It then restores the minimum files required to boot Windows from the backup media It then reboots the machine to load Windows If the Linux recovery console has been used further formatting and restore will be carried out in Windows mode This is not necessary if the Windows PE recovery console has been used to recover the system instead When it has finished you can restore files from the latest regular backup tapes Say to bring the system back as close as possible to how it was before the disaster 2 What you need to do to use CBMR CBMR can protect a system all the time if setup and configured correctly The following sections will explain this procedure 2 1 Product Licensing When first installed CBMR may be used for a trial period of 30 days During that period CBMR is fully functional If the software is subsequently un installed and later re installed on the same system the 30 day period con
91. er name and password of the user account that the CEMR scheduler will run under Leave both Fields blank bo run under Ehe LocalSystem account IF supplied the user account must be in the Form DOMAIN Username User name Password What you need to do to use CBMR 17 After the login details you will be asked if you want the service to be started whenever the machine boots Start CBMR Scheduler at System Startup Do vou wish to start Ehe CBMR Scheduler service at system startup e Yes C Mo Click Next gt to select the CBMR installation folder i CBMR 5 1 0 Setup Wizard Destination Folder Click Next En install to this Folder ar click Change to install to a different Folder Install CEMR 5 1 0 bo C Pragram Files Cristie CBMR Click Next and you have completed the installation parameters 18 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery i CBMR 5 1 0 Setup Wizard Ready to Install the Program The wizard is ready to begin installation Click Install to begin Ehe installation IF vou want to review or change any of your installation settings click Back Click Cancel to exit the wizard Installshield Finally you can begin the installation by clicking on Install i CBMR 5 1 0 Setup Wizard InstallShield Wizard Completed The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed CEMR 5 1 0 Click Finish Ea exit the wizard C Launch the program C Display CEMR 5 1 0 R
92. es and Backup Selections functions These are the main tasks that you will perform when maintaining your backup routines Bl Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Software Tools X Configuration Welcome to CBMR Restore What do you want to di Compare ee WeriFy FH setup L Create m Backup Catalogues disaster rekene EE 7 2 5 CBMR Backup Selection Tool The Backup Selection tool contains scripts for performing regular backup jobs To view the backup selections click on the Tools drop down menu and select Backup Selections Tools Backup Mow Restore Compare verify Backup Catalogues LLI k F Backup Selections All saved scripts are created by this tool 116 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery A backup selection script defines the files and folders that will be backed up along with various options such as the Backup Location on which the backup will be stored the detail that will be saved in the backup catalogue and the amount of information that will be stored in the backup catalogue Essentially a backup selection script defines the What and the How of a backup CBMR is supplied with a pre defined script called system scp This script will backup all the files on Drive C to the default backup location You can modify the system scp script to suit your backup job or you can use the options in Create New Backup Selections to create your own scripts 7
93. ese can be sent to the Cristie Technical Support in case of an issue 1 Messages 6 fiduan 4 Log F 1 Message will show general messages 2 Restore will show the messages created by Lirest program Lirest is responsible for restoring files from the DR backup 3 Disrec will show the messages created by the Disrec program Disrec is responsible for hard disk preparation like partitioning formatting making it bootable etc 4 Getini will show the messages created by the Getini program Getini is responsible for accessing the configuration information stored on a network 5 Copy Log Files To Floppy will copy all the files to a floppy drive so that these files can be sent to Cristie Technical Support 6 Copy Log Files To Share as an alternative to the above will copy all the files to a configured remote network share This may be more convenient if the system has no floppy drive 7 Exit will take you back to the Advanced Options menu 56 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Dissimilar Hardware Server This option starts the necessary server service so that the Windows mode drivers can be installed in the just recovering Windows system using the Dissimilar Hardware Wizard from another Windows workstation running on the same network Cristie Bare Machine Recovery b Advan E 5 Dissimilar Hardware Server Redraw L Copyright C Cristie Data Products Ltd 2003 2007 On selecting this option the activ
94. etic sequence Sort by Name in date Sort by Date or in size sequence Sort by Size NOTE In the Details view you can click in the relevant column heading to sort the display in Name Size or Date Time sequence Managing Log Files The View Log Files main menu option allows you to control the log files display window The files can be displayed as large or small icons a list or as a detailed listing which includes date time and size details as shown in a sample screen below amp view Log Files Logfile Sot View Help icon Name Date Time Sze 19 07 06 13 38 06 19 07 06 13 38 06 19 07 06 13 35 46 19 07 06 135444 19 07 06 135444 The Sort top bar menu options sorts the files in alphabetic sequence Sort by Name in date Sort by Date or in size sequence Sort by Size NOTE If the Details view is displayed you can also sort the entries in Name Date Time or Size sequence by clicking in the relevant column heading Default Settings for a Log File Log Files are controlled from the Default Settings Select the Default settings option from the Logfile top bar menu This takes you directly to the log file property page You can request 152 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Contains a complete file listing errors if any and Full Statistics m Contains only errors and statistics mE No log file is created The default log file settings can be overridden by changing the Logfile Setting
95. etwork example 142 Skip Hard Disks 40 43 Specifying a Backup Catalogue Entry 150 Start Automatic Recovery Wizard 74 Start Backup 152 Start Manual Recovery Sequence 85 Starting dissimilar hardware server 63 Statistics Report 152 155 Status Window 152 Storing the Configuration Information in a Specific Location 25 Storing the Configuration Information with the Backup 22 Structure of the Registry 158 Support 118 System dependent information 163 System Details 40 42 T Tag untag 152 Technical Support 118 Test Backup Location Access Option 35 36 Tested configurations 69 Testing the Backup Device 32 Testing the Backup Location Using Linux Mode Recovery 32 The CBMR Configuration Wizard 21 The Disaster Recovery Boot Phase 20 The Scheduler Service Windows 2000 XP 2003 Only 163 Three Week Backup Cycle 170 Three Year Archive 171 Time To Run Program 161 162 Tools 97 Trial License 6 TSM Backup Location Setup 142 TSM Device Setup 142 Twelve Week Backup Cycle 170 U UBax 56 unload 177 Unload 177 Unload Modules 40 41 Upgrade Install of CBMR 18 User Interface 112 User Manual 119 USERINFO INI 175 USERSHAR INI 175 Using Batch Files Windows 2000 XP 2003 164 Using HWWizard and the Linux Based DR Console 60 V Verify and Compare 153 Verify and Compare dialog 154 Verify and
96. f the target system Naturally the target disk layout could be very different to the original CBMR will attempt to match the disks using its own in built criteria Some of the criteria used to judge the match are Restoring your System 91 disk geometry tracks cylinders and sectors disk capacity if currently formatted the disk signature However it is possible to change the partition size or opt to tag untag whether or not a partition should be formatted To do this right click on the the disk icon and the following configuration dialog is displayed Welcome to the CBMR R CBMR Yolume layout DM CEXIILIS The orginal and proposed disk volumes are show below IF required right click en a volume to customise the proposed layout Stored layout Proposed layout El vPCAw2ak El PEAK H ag Disk D Size 15 99 GB ae Disk 0 Size 15 99 GB C 05 NTFS Size 4 00 GB E COS NTFS Size 4 00 GB Yolume Partition Details Type Partition File System NTFS xe Size in MB Label Mount Details Drive Letter Iv Format cancel P VPCAV2K Set Disk 0 Size 15 33 GB The indicator shown next to the disk icon indicates whether that disk will be left intact or not A red tick indicates that the disk will be re partitioned and or formatted A green tick indicates that the disk will be left intact Disks and partitions are discussed in more detail in the Automatic Recovery Recovery Details
97. field specifies the network interface which should be used to connect the remote share This will take values like ethO eth etc where ethO refers to the first ethernet adapter If this is left blank the first available interface will be used Once you click on OK the software will attempt to assign the specified IP address to the interface You can check this if necessary by switching to another BASH shell lt Alt gt lt F2 gt and typing ifconfig This will show you if an IP has been assigned to the interface and you may also use the ping command from here to test connectivity Return to the GUI by pressing CIE CeRIL Configuration on Remote Network Share In order to use configuration information located on a remote share first setup access to the network share itself and then select the desired configuration from the share there may be more than one amp setup Remote Share 5 Read Setup page 47 Select Configuration page 49 Restoring your System 47 Setup Remote Share First you may need to set Local IP settings Use the Setup Network menu option to do this Sma inserverSbac conf igs users John es 10 0 0 1 OURDOMAIN Cancel ServerS hare This field should contain the server share name which contains configuration information The share name should be of the form lt hostname gt lt share gt The hostname can be specified rather than using an IP address as this is specified elsewhere ConfigPat
98. formed Getting Started with CBMR 179 Exporting Media Media from drives and slots can be exported by dragging them and dropping in one of the IO ports The IO port will be extended and wait for about 20 seconds After that the IO port will be retracted and an inventory will be done Inventory An inventory can be done by pressing the Inventory button After an inventory operation the drives slots and IO ports on screen will reflect the exact status as seen by CBMR 9 Glossary of Terms Adapter definition An adapter is required to provide a connection between the computer and the device This may be the parallel adapter which normally connects the printer to the computer in which case the printer is attached to the back of the drive Alternatively the drive may be connected to an adapter card or ASPI Archive bit The archive bit is automatically set by the operating system whenever a file is created or modified If the Reset Archive Bit option is enabled then the flag is cleared when the file is backed up It will be set again by the operating system when the file is next modified ASPI ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface is a standard SCSI software interface linking host adapters to SCSI device drivers ASPI allows multiple devices to be connected to the one host adapter This keeps costs down and frees up internal slots Backup Selections Scripts Definition A list of drives folder and files to be backed up
99. g the Install button if there is a matching driver it will be installed and a message will be added in the display area of the PnP Manager screen An error message similar to the following will be displayed if an incorrect INF file is specified HWWizard Error e Ebemp aru Drivers MSHOC INF is mot Ehe correct driver Far Adaptec 4H4 2940U UWib ATC 7881LI Please select the correct driver Once the drivers are installed select the Finish button to exit the wizard Manual driver installation On successfully connecting to a just recovering machine the Select An Option screen will be displayed which is shown below CBMR HW Wizard Select An Option yara ugening mas Select one of the following options and select Next Install Drivers using Plug and Play Manually Install Drivers Advanced Options Back Cancel Restoring your System 67 Manually Install Drivers From the Select An Option screen select the tegen E button followed by the Next button The Select A Driver screen will be displayed which is shown below CBMR HW Wizard Select A Driver yara ugecnins fad Select an Installation File Browse Select a manufacturer Select a driver Cancel Select the Browse button and select the correct INF file for the SCSI RAID NIC controller you are installing This will list the manufacturers and the drivers contained in the INF file A screen shot showing A
100. ge 37 allows you to perform the recovery step by step This is for experienced Linux users 4 Hardware Drivers page 40 allows you to load the correct drivers for your hardware if you restore your system to a different hardware than the original one 5 Read Configuration allows you to to set up the location of the system configuration if located on a network share or collocated with the backup itself 36 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 6 Advanced Options page 52 require a knowledge of both the Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 and the Linux operating system The options are supplied in order that Cristie Technical Support can better assist you should recovery problems exist 7 Exit And Reboot will exit the recovery console and reboot the machine You will be prompted to remove the CD and any USB or floppy media 6 1 2 Test Backup Location Access Option This option allows you to confirm that backup location is accessible without making any changes to the system being recovered This is normally the first thing to do when presented with the DR console When you select this option the DR system uses the driver information saved in the Configuration file to attempt to read the volume header on the media at the backup location and display the results on screen If the configuration file is held on a remote fileserver you must first select the Read Configuration option to select the location of the configuration and to copy t
101. ginning of the backup Driver A device driver is a program which allows a device to communicate with the operating system Each device must have the correct driver installed to allow the device to operate Domains In the Windows NT environment a domain is a collection of computers which share a common domain database and security policy The domain name is a unique name by which the domain is known to the network DR Disaster Recovery A reference to Disaster Recovery Also considered to be an abbreviation for the Cristie Disaster Recovery software Locked Files You can have a situation where a backup is halted because a locked or open file has been encountered Locked or open files are files which are being used by another application at the time the backup is taking place CBMR cannot back up these files unless the Open File Module OFM is installed or VSS is used on Windows XP 2003 systems If you are not using the OFM then it is good practice to close down other Windows applications during a backup OFM is only required for Windows 2000 systems Media header Information written at the beginning of the media E g Name Date and Time created whether the data is password protected This information may be useful at a much later date if you are trying to locate a backup Open File Module OFM for CBMR For Windows 2000 systems OFM Open File Module allows for the safe backup of files that are used by other applic
102. h The path under the share where the configuration information is stored This path should start with UserName A username which has read access to the share containing configuration information Password The password corresponding to the above username Note that the password field will not be displayed on screen ServerlPAddress This field should contain the IP address of the server which holds the configuration information Workgroup This field should contain the workgroup or domain name for the server containing the network configuration Example form Say we have a system we need to recover with hostname mypc and IP address 10 0 10 10 The configuration information is stored in mainserver backups configs users The server mainserver has IP address 10 0 0 1 Both machines are members of domain OURDOMAIN and are on the same subnet mask 255 0 0 0 User john with password hello has read access to the share containing the configuration information We are not using DHCP on this network The forms should be filled out as follows 48 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery IPAddress 10 0 10 10 SubnetMask 255 0 0 0 GatewayIP blank ServerlPAddress 10 0 0 1 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Network Settings IPhddress 10 0 10 10 3ubnetMask 299 0 0 0 Gateway Nameserver on From Remote Share NetworkInterface eth From Local Disk OK Cancel ion From Backup Location Redraw L Copyright C Cristie
103. h already exists on disk Ask whether it should overwrite or skip the file Overwrite the file on disk with the file from the backup Restore Security Info CBMR for Windows NT installations only If this option is ticked CBMR will restore the security information associated with directory files included in the restore If the option is not ticked then only the data is restored NOTE You must be logged on the computer as a user account with the appropriate rights to restore security data Backup Location Properties This page allows you to select a default backup location for all future Backup Restore Compare and Verify operations The selection will show all configured Backup Locations CBMR will always use the default location for Backup Restore Compare and Verify jobs initiated from the Executive window CBMR Backup Software Program Settings Scheduler Performance Exclude Files Disaster Recover Backup Restore Backup Location Backup Catalogue Log Files Default Backup Location Cancel Help If you need a location which does not appear in the list then you need configure it using Create New Backup Location in the Backup Locations folder Note If necessary you can assign a different Backup Location from within the Backup Selections script to be used for a particular job This does not affect the default Restore Compare and Verify jobs can be run on a non default location by selecting another backup loca
104. he configuration file to the local machine If you have not saved the server configuration details to a configuration floppy you must set up the server configuration details before you can copy the file Selecting the Test Backup Location Access option and after a wait of a few seconds you should see a message with some information about the backup location the volume header name comments and creation time If all this information is displayed correctly then the program has successfully accessed the backup location If there was a problem with accessing the backup location an error message will be displayed Restoring your System 37 6 1 3 Automatic Recovery Option Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Main Menu Test Automatic Recovery Are You Sure Manua Yes Bead Advanced Options Exit And Reboot Redraw L Copyright C Cristie Data Products Ltd 2003 200 This is the usual method for recovering a machine to its previous state It consists of 4 stages of recovery which are described in the manual recovery sections To invoke automatic recovery select the menu item and answer Yes to the Are You Sure dialogue box The program will go through each of the 4 stages and ask the user to remove the boot media floppy disk CD ROM or both at the end After this is completed the machine will reboot and Windows will take over to restore any remaining files and information 6 1 4 Manual Recove
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106. iguration toolbar F Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Software Configuration Tools Backup Locations Backup Schedules Default Settings z Setup Disaster Recovery Create modify system contigurati disaster recovery CBMR can use a variety of different backup locations These include SCSI tape drives like DAT DLT and SLR IDE tape drives like TRAVAN drives File locations like removable optical disks or files on a networked disk drive All of the above locations cascaded to operate in sequence avoiding media change requests oa fF c N Library Auto Changers configured from Tape drives and Robotics Media Handler mechanisms IBM TSM Server With the Cristie ITSM Client Module 7 Cristie Media Server CMS With the Cristie Media Client Module Getting Started with CBMR 133 Backup Locations All the configured backup locations in CBMR are listed in the Backup Locations configuration This is a one stop solution to create modify and delete Backup Locations Backup Locations Device Sort View Help a Create hy TSM Mew The Locations top bar menu contains options to View the Settings for the selected location Run a Backup Restore Compare or Verify on the selected location Delete the location Run Media Utilities Set the location to be the default location when running a Backup Restore etc Set as Default Location The Sort top bar menu allows you to arrange the bac
107. igurator tool This provides extensive facilities to configure network during the DR process The Dissimilar Hardware Wizard will allow drivers to be injected into the recovered system when the target hardware has different devices from the original e g RAID controllers Setup Backup Locations will allow the creation of a pseudo device defining the location of the backup and the configuration if it is collocated with the backup This could for example be TSM tape or a VTD Cristie Network Configurator Tool This is a very powerful tool that provides extensive facilities to configure the network during the recovery process It offers the following features supports multiple NICs configure individual NIC parameters for duplex mode and link speed the ability to select DHCP allocated or static IP addresses the ability to setup DNS and WINS server IP addresses the ability to setup the Network Identification of the recovering system allow file shares to be set on the recovering system map unmap network drives 98 Configure NIC Parameters It is possible to change both the link speed and duplex mode for any NIC detected on the recovering target system Simply choose the NIC from the drop down box and select the desired mode Autosense is the default We C Cristie Network Configurator Version 2 20 3 Network Drives E File Sharing Refresh Ethernet Adapters Intel 21140 Based PCI Fast Ethernet Intel 21
108. igure Finished The categories can be SCSI tape IDE tape Media Handler Robotics File Device Select an entry and press the Configure button or double click the entry to add this Backup Location to CBMR s known locations list You will then be provided with the appropriate configuration dialog Getting Started with CBMR 135 Note The locations under the following categories SCSI Tape IDE Tape and Media Handler Robotics should always be scanned by CBMR automatically The locations under the following categories Cascaded Location and Library Auto changer should always be created manually New Backup Location Wizard Some backup location types can be automatically found and configured by CBMR If the selected backup location type can be found by CBMR then the following dialog is presented CBMR New Backup Location Wizard Welcome to CBMR New Backup Location Wizard Please select a category DE SCSI Location File Location Caseaded Location LibraryA4uto changer Location ITSM Location Click Hest to proceed lt Back Finished SCSI IDE Backup Location Setup SCSI IDE backup location devices can be configured using the SCSI IDE backup location Setup dialog In this only the Name and the Block Size fields are editable and all other fields are for display only CEMER Backup Location Setup Mame 5onvTape The various screen fields and their purpose are listed below 136 Technical Referen
109. ime zone GMT Daylight Time E GMT Daylight Time 5 18 2007 10 43 44 AM LBMH Recovery Console Version 5 1 Build 80 Copyright C 2006 2007 Cristie Data Products Ltd C United Kingdom http Avena Cristie com cristic 6 4 2 Start Automatic Recovery Wizard Select this option to commence a automatic DR sequence La 4b ox Ob do mo CBMR Welcome Welcome to the CEMA Recovery Wizard This wizard will take you through the steps to fully recover your system from the saved configuration information and a recovery backup Select Next to proceed Cancel Po AAA CTIS IE COM Press Next gt to proceed to the first step of the sequence Press Cancel to abort the recovery sequence at this point or Help to display context sensitive help Restoring your System 75 Locate Configuration The first step of the recovery identifies the location of the System configuration details required for successful recovery CBMR Locate Configuration Specify the location where the configuration settings Far this computer are stored C Stored with the backup data Stored in the following location Path A ADisrR ec ini Browse Network Setup Back Cancel prz AAA CELE COM Stored with the backup data If the configuration settings were collocated with the DR backup itself select this option You will be required in the next step to identify the source of the backup by creating a temporary Backup Location
110. in the selected language i CBMR 5 1 0 Setup Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for CBMR 4 1 0 The InstallShield R Wizard will install CEMR 5 1 0 an your computer To continue click Next WARMING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties i CBMR 5 1 0 Setup Wizard License Agreement Please read the Following license agreement carefully Cristie Data Products Limited Licence Agreement PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING LICENCE AGREEMENT BEFORE INSTALLING THIS SOFTWARE CONTINUING WITH THIS PROCESS INDICATES THAT YOU HAVE READ AND ACCEPTED ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT IF YOU DO NWOT AGREE TO THE TERMS IN THE AGREEMENT PROMPTLY RETURN THIS PRODUCT FOR A REFUND 3 I accept the terms in the license agreement O I do not accept the terms in the license agreement InstallShield What you need to do to use CBMR Accept the license agreement and press Next gt i CBMR 5 1 0 Setup Wizard Customer Information Please enter vour information User Name Nigel Poole Organization Cristie Data Products Ltd Install this application Far Anyone who uses this computer all users C3 Only For me Migel Poole Confirm the User information and press Next gt i CBMR 5 1 0 Setup Wizard Setup Type Choose the setup type that best suits your needs Please select a setup type Complete All program Features will be installed
111. ing recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Cristie Data Products Ltd IBM Tivoli Storage Manager TSM and TIVOLI are trademarks of the IBM Corporation PC BaX Cristie Storage Manager CSM SDB and CBMR Cristie Bare Machine Recovery are trademarks of Cristie Data Products Ltd Cristie Data Products Ltd New Mill Chestnut Lane Stroud GL5 3EH UK 44 0 1453 847000 Internet E Mail comr cristie com Website http www cristie com Contents 1 Introduction 4 1 4 How Cristie Disaster Recovery Works 1 1 clesie esee enses essen eene nennen nna nne rasan rna rras 4 2 What you need to do to use CBMR 6 2 1 Product LIGCISIN G me 6 2 WWgabbieelsesstisncHohdou deret det d ue Uv o D o dtu Mg atn i ucupu dnt 6 2 1 2 PUAN ENC GUNS Casts tacts tireless ea e rca trai a e eel hcec 6 2 2 CBMR Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Setup Steps ccccessseeeeesseeeeeseeeeeaseeseeaseeeneseeseass 11 2d COheocTSM Cent Verslorssmsdedtes dvd dere due esten oed du la bomen otv PEE rueda ed 11 2 2 2 Creating an TSM Cent iode is oe titer e aa 12 2 2 3 CBMR Installation and RelmoVvalussseskenextrscssevkexkHonc a Tateub buinDUEbeR 6n x CR Una rst fos tu ines EE Ya 13 3 The Disaster Recovery Boot Phase 20 4 The CBMR Configuration Wizard 21 4 1 Setting up the Configuration Parameters cco a oet nu exa oou vau Ks depen epe ES UES s 21 4 1 1 Storing the Configuration
112. ing the Manage button Backup Location ay T Sh Manage Back Cancel United Kingdom cristie tho Ivana Cristie cam Select the Location and press Next to continue You will then be prompted to select the backup version if the Location selected supports versioning currently only TSM Welcome to the CBMR Recovery Console CBMR Restore Selection Specify the restore settings like the version of backup to restore and the dataset here Backup Location Multiple versions of backup ts available in this location Select a version to restore Dataset number to restare Back Cancel cristic United Kingdam http Aw cristie com Restoring your System 95 Finally a new window appears containing the restore status of recovered files and a progress bar which indicates how much of the backup has been restored This display also shows the recovery statistics in terms of time size and throughput bd dd iam 12 Lol DM UI moll CBMR Recovery Status if LBMH DP DLL 5 1 67 Cristie Disk Partitiener COF created on dn 11 2007 at 15 23 35 CEMA Console Version 5 1 Build 78 Automatic recovery started on 6 13 2007 10 63 44 Phd Restore Status 6 Renaming the computer Starting access to Diskpart K P i ee Selection Mame bmrrest isk isk 0 Size IB SUE Creating basic partitions Backup Location MyTSM Creating any partitions an IMI disk 0 ACT Created MBR partitio
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114. ion Specify the location where Ehe configuration settings For this computer are En be stored Store configuration information to the Following location ET Cancel z Back Help 3 Select the Store configuration information as part of backup 4 Press Next and you will now be prompted to select a Backup Location for the DR backup and configuration f CBMR Configuration Select Backup Location Select the Backup Location to be used For the disaster recovery backup Backup Location e Create Mew Cancel lt Back Help 24 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 5 faVTD is chosen as a Backup Location and it resides on a remote share the CBMR Configuration Provide Authentication Details page will be shown to allow the network authentication details to be specified f CBMR Configuration Provide Authentication Details Please enter the login details For the Following network share where your File device is located Network Share 14 10 0 0 66 share Domain Workgroup name User name nigel Password eee Cancel z Back Help 6 The CBMR Configuration Select Volumes to Format page will help you to select the disks and partitions which should be formatted during a recovery 6 CBMR Configuration 5elect Volumes To Format By default only the Windows system and boot volumes will get Formatted Additional volumes can be Formatked by selecting them here
115. ions which do not affect the data stored on tape and Destructive Functions which will destroy the data The connected location is identified in the top left hand corner of the window 8 9 2 Non Destructive Functions CBMR scans the media and displays the header Read Header information Removes any slackness in the tape by fast Retension forwarding to the end and rewinding back to the beginning Causes the media to be ejected when the backup is complete Only applies to soft load locations 8 9 3 Destructive Functions Creates a new media header for the volume Create New currently loaded in the location All existing data Header will be lost Completely and irrevocably erase all data from Security the tape Erase Initialise prompts for a new media header and as far as the software is concerned this is now a new piece of media This option only applies to DAT tapes and you will be advised of this if you use it on other formats Getting Started with CBMR 177 8 9 4 Read Header Read Header l l l CBMR scans the media loaded in the connected Backup Location and displays the header information which was recorded during Backup The information is for viewing only you cannot add delete or change any details 8 9 5 Retension Retension l MD This option is only applicable to magnetic tape media When a tape is retensioned it simply means that it is wound from end to end and back to the beginning again in
116. is option should be used by experts only IMPORTANT You are provided with a Linux bash shell with root privileges Type exit from the command prompt to return to the console To exit the shell type exit and return to the menu 54 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Set Dataset Number This option is used to set the number of the dataset to restore from By default this is set to the first dataset number O Selecting a number from the menu will change the dataset number in the script used to restore files Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Redrau L Copyright C Cristie Da s Ltd 2003 2007 Edit Restore Script This option allows you to edit the Backup Selection script used to restore files to allow you to remove or add files to be restored at Linux mode DR stage Disaster recovery script Generated by PC BaX Disaster recovery module Do not edit Build Dec 15 24004 10 17 01 Likest log boot ini BOOTSECT NTBOOTDD Documents and Settings SubDirs Dokumente und Einstellungen SubDirs MIHNT SubDirs Program Files Cristie CBMBw SubDirs usrzlacalz DishRec rsf 19L 391C The format of scripts is beyond the scope of this document Restoring your System 55 Log Files This option allows you to view various log files created during recovery These files will be shown on the screen one screen at a time It is alSo possible to copy these files to a floppy so that th
117. istie com Sent Wed 16 08 2006 10 54 To Nigel Poole CC Subject Thank you Far registering ID B3F5407C Licence information is attached Attachments Cristie lic 688 B Dear User You submitted the following information Version trial Marme My Name Cormpany My Company Telephone 01453 750600 Ewail nidcelpl cristise com System ID B3FS5AD7cC Product chmnr Proof of purchaze Serial number Notes The attached licence file Cristie lic should be copied to the product installation folder normally C Program Files Cristie The software with all its included modules will work without any limitation for a period of 30 days from the day it is first run Please note that this licence file is valid only on the Specified system For CBMR contact CBMR support at chmrlicristie com 44 1453 8470059 US toll free l S365 tec cbmr Contact Cristie technical support at support icristie com 44 1453 847002 for any technical queries Contact Cristie sales at saleslicristie com 44 1453 847000 for sales related queries or to purchase the product Best regards Cristie Data Products Ltd UE This email contains an attachment Cristie lic which is a binary file Make certain that your email server permits binary file attachments and does not remove the attachment or quarantine the email What you need to do to use CBMR Once you have received the email with the attachment you will need to copy the attached file fro
118. ith CBMR 120 H Hardware differences 59 Hardware Drivers 35 40 headers and directories 167 Headers only 167 How Cristie Disaster Recovery Works 4 How it is backed up 158 Important point to note 69 Information stored about the backup 165 Initialise 178 Install CBMR 11 13 Introduction 4 Introduction to Backing up Data 147 Introduction to Backup Schedules and Backup Selection Scripts 120 147 Introduction to Compare 155 Introduction to Scripts 147 Introduction to Verify 155 Isolated tape library example 141 142 L Later Files 124 Library Backup Location Configuration Dialog 140 Library Backup Location examples 141 Library Backup Location Setup 139 Library Configuaration 140 Library Control Panel 178 Linux Based Disaster Recovery Console 34 Linux Based Disaster Recovery Console Main Menu 35 Linux Based Recovery How does it work 59 Linux Disaster Recovery Limitations 58 List Loaded Modules 40 42 Load Modules 40 Local File Sharing 101 Locate Configuration 75 85 109 Locked Files 128 180 Log File Properties 127 Log Files 55 114 127 151 M Make Bootable 96 Index 183 Managing Backup Locations 132 Managing Log Files 151 Manual driver installation 66 Manual recovery 37 Manual Recovery Automatically Partition Option 38 Format Option 39 Make Bootable Option 39 Manually Pa
119. key has been saved in etc sshz ssh host key pub The key fingerprint is 9 06 e3 b2 ef Za 3e cb de ae cB 8b 6b dO c 9b root localhost Generating public private rsa key pair Your identification has been saved in etcz sshz ssh host rsa key Your public key has been saved in etc sshz ssh host rsa key pub Ihe key fingerprint is 8 24 e9 5f 69 12 6b cd b7 37 46 18 5b b2 e4 cd root localhost Generating publicsprivate dsa key pair Your identification has been saved in etcz sshz ssh host dsa key Your public key has been saved in etcz sshz ssh host dsa key pub The key fingerprint is pe d5 8d 7b ZZ 5f ee 4d 31 3 43 25 a7 85 fa 84 roote localhost Please enter any extra network card driver name CENTER if none gt dhcpcd MAC address 00 03 fT dfP 17 07 dhcpcd your IP address 10 0 0 69 Press ENTER to continue 2 Otherwise press ENTER to continue and display the main Linux based BMR Console 6 1 1 Linux Based Disaster Recovery Console Main Menu When you boot the Linux DR environment you will see the Disaster Recovery Console Main Menu as below Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 1 Test Backup Location Redraw L Copyright C Cristie Data Products Ltd 2003 2007 1 Test Backup Location page 36 allows you to check that the DR Backup Location is accessible 2 Automatic Recovery page 37 restores the system using the parameters provided on the configuration floppy 3 Manual Recovery pa
120. kup locations in alphabetic sequence Sort by Name or in date created sequence Sort by Category Note If the Details view is displayed you can also sort the entries by clicking the relevant column heading New Backup Location Selecting the New menu option or double clicking the Create New icon will invoke the New Backup Location wizard The wizard allows you to configure various types of backup location 134 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery CBMR New Backup Location Wizard Welcome to CBMR New Backup Location Wizard Please select a category DE SCSI Location File Locatiori C Dascaded Location C Librarnj amp uto changer Location ITSM Location Click Nest to proceed Back Finished New Backup Location Wizard Listing New Backup Location Found Dialog If you let the CBMR wizard search automatically the New Backup Location wizard will list the location devices that are directly attached to the system but yet to be configured It displays the Inquiry string of each location which is read from the device firmware and also the category of the backup location CBMR New Backup Location Wizard Found New backup Location LBMH has found the following new backup location s in your system Select a backup location and press the Configure button to customise it 1 New backup locations were found Backup Location Inquiry String Categor L temp FileStorage V TD File Location zanf
121. lease send an e mail with the server details to cbmrQcristie com mailto comr cristie com so that we can include your server configuration in this list Source Server Target Server Operating System s Compaq ProLiant DL360 G2 Smart Array 2 RAID Controller Compaq PL3000 with 2 CPUs Smart Array 3200 RAID Controller DELL PowerEdge 2450 Perc2 RAID controller IBM Netfinity 5500 Windows on IDE disk Windows on IDE disk Windows on IDE disk Windows on SCSI Disk Symbios logic LSI120160 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery DELL PowerEdge 2450 Perc2 RAID controller IBM X345 using integrated LSI controller Compaq Proliant DL360 G2 Smart Array 2 RAID Controller VMWare Server ESX 2 1 Windows on SCSI Disk Symbios logic LSI120160 Windows on SCSI Disk Adaptec AHA 29160 VMware Server ESX 2 5 Windows on SCSI Disk Adaptec AHA 29160 Windows 2000 Server with Citrix Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Server with Citrix Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Windows NT4 Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Windows XP Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Windows XP Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows Server 2003 Enterprise
122. lect Yes to proceed and complete the removal Add or Remove Programs Note The example dialog shown is in English but if a different installation language was selected when CBMR was installed the Program Maintenance dialog will be shown in the same selected language 20 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 3 The Disaster Recovery Boot Phase In the event of a disaster having previously taken a backup of the system and stored the configuration information Linux or Windows PE mode DR enables you to restore your system to the state at the last backup The CBMR recovery console Supplied in both Linux and Windows PE form is supplied on CD ROM and if your machine supports bootable CD ROMs most PCs do then this is the most convenient way to boot the DR module If the system does not support bootable CD ROMs you can boot from the network The WinPE DR environment can be network booted from a RIS server The supplied Cristie document CBMR WinPE DR RIS Network Boot provides details on how to set this up For those users familiar with earlier versions of CBMR i e prior to version 5 the Linux based recovery mode may be preferred However the new Windows PE option offers several advantages namely a familiar Windows GUI the ability to selectively choose which disks partitions are going to be recovered the ability to inject new mass storage drivers during the boot process for dissimilar recovery all variatio
123. les i Use Open File Module OFM if available otherwise Skip Iv Enable Multiple Drive Monitoring with OFM Compression Type Hardware if available otherwise nane Verify After Backup None Iv Quick File Access OFA only applicable to specific tape types W Backup File Permissions ACLs Only backup changed portions of files requires an earlier full backup W Backup Mounted Drives Cancel Help 122 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Backup Properties This page allows you to set the default actions which will apply during a backup The defaults can be over ridden in the properties for individual backup selection scripts CBMR Backup Software Program Settings Scheduler Performance Exclude Files Disaster Recovery Backup Restore Backup Location Backup Catalogue Log Files Backup Method For Files NORMAL Backup Files Reset Archive Bit Media Options Ovenarite Backup Open Files W Use Open File Module OFM if available otherwise Skip Iv Enable Multiple Drive Monitoring with OFM Compression Type Hardware if available otherwise nane Verify After Backup None W Quick File Access OFA only applicable to specific tape types W Backup File Permissions ACLs Only backup changed portions of files requires an earlier full backup W Backup Mounted Drives Backup Method For Files There are 4 pre configured backup methods to choose fro
124. less on which drive or in which folder they reside will be excluded from the backup Wildcards are not accepted in this case CSM Properties Page If the Cristie Storage Manager Client is installed on your system the CSM Properties Page displays the options for connecting to a CSM Server Ei PC BaX Backup Software Program Settings Backup Restore Storage Device Media Library Log Files Scheduler Performance Network CoM Disaster Recovery CSM Client Configuration Protocol Server Mame IP Address Server Port 5000 Cancel Help Getting Started with CBMR 131 Protocol The method of communication to use Currently the only supported method is TCP IP Server Name IP Address The host name of the CSM server or the IP address in dotted decimal form Server Port The TCP port at which the CSM server is listening for client requests Disaster Recovery Properties Page This page allows various default settings for Disaster Recovery to be configured CBMR Backup Software Program Settings Backup Restore Backup Location Backup Catalogue Log Files Scheduler Performance Exclude Files Disaster Recovery Automatically confirm queries during recovery Pre restore Backup Selection Post restore Backup Selection e Skip final restore Iv Enable logging Cancel Help Automatically confirm queries during recovery During the disaster recovery process the syste
125. ll be lost For example any application installed since the backup will no longer be known to the system If it is necessary to restore a registry for example due to a registry corruption the following steps should be taken 1 Tag all files in the registry dataset containing the most recent copy of the registry 2 Ensure that the Restore Registry option is checked in the Restore Options dialog Restore Options button in the Restore window Start the restore When the restore has completed the system MUST be rebooted to enable the registry change to take effect The reason for having a Restore Registry option that must be used in addition to selecting the data is to force a separate and specific request to restore the registry This prevents an accidental restore which is an irreversible process that may have severe consequences 159 8 5 Scheduler Overview The CBMR Scheduled Jobs tool allows you to set up jobs to run automatically and is a trouble free way of maintaining your Backup regime Once you have defined the jobs what needs to be backed up and when and added them to the jobs list the scheduler will simply carry on and do the work without further intervention from you The CBMR Scheduled Jobs tool does not require any complex command statements the property pages provide an easy to use interface enabling you to create new jobs and add them to the jobs list update jobs or remove out of date jobs CBMR can use its o
126. ll be unrecoverable if you cannot remember what the password is You have the opportunity to Cancel this operation if you change your mind 8 9 9 Security Erase security Erase mM Only use this option if you want to totally and irrevocably erase all data from the media This may be required if the media contained highly sensitive information This operation takes a considerable length of time to complete especially for high capacity media because data is erased byte by byte 178 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 8 9 10 Initialise Initialise tise This option only applies to DAT tapes You will be advised of this if you try to run it on other media types When you initialise media you are prompted to enter a media header name and as far as the software is concerned this is now a new blank piece of media You can use the Initialise utility to re use old media where the stored data is no longer required 8 9 11 Library Control Panel CBMR Library Control Panel is an advanced utility for the tape library Contrary to the notion of associating one drive for every logical library configuration it is possible to work with the library as a whole and it gives a birds eye view of the total inventory If the media are fitted with barcodes and the library is capable of reading them you will know exactly where each media is It is also possible to import and export media on the fly without even opening the library doo
127. ll licence for already purchased Cristie products Mandatory fields are marked with Cristie Data Products Releases CEMA for Windows wel SOL Enhancing and Automating Dissimilar Name Hardy Company My Company Telephane biy usual contact telephone no aa signs enterprise license Events Email hy usual contact email address agreement with Cristie k mare IBM Roadshow System ID B3F5AD7C The System ID field will be the 8 character value displayed in the product splash screen version Trial O Full amp Product Proof of purchase Cristie will be touring the globe in the next three months az part of the IBhd Roadshow an event for IBld and its Business Partners k more The Proof Of Purchase field should only be used when upgrading to full versions If you have purchased the product fram Cristie or IBM this should be your Cristie order number or agreement number If your software was supplied with storage hardware this should be the item serial number Serial number Motes 8 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery After you have completed the full registration of the product an email will be sent to you in the following form E Thank you for registering ID B3F5AD7C Licence information is attached Message P EBS File Edit wiew Insert Format Tools Actions Help i i a Reply Reply to Al La Forward FE EE Esa X AC Snagit j Window evalreg cr
128. ll take you vd through the steps necessary to recover your system amp Starts the manual recovery wizard which wall let you do 2 Individual recovery steps Lets wou run various tools relevant to the recovery CEMR Confirmation Exiting this program will restart your computer Do you really want to exit ets Will close this console and reboot the system 5 13 2007 6 40 10 PM Copyright C 2006 2007 Cristie Data Products Ltd United Kingdom http w cristie cam CEMA Recovery Console Version 5 1 Build 76 cristic Press Yes to the restart confirmation warning or No to continue running the DR console If you choose to reboot the recovered Windows system will start CBMR Complete Thank vou for choosing CEMA as your backup and disaster recovery software LBMH has successfully Finished the recovery You may new restore any recent backups pau have made since the disaster recovery backup to get the mast up to date information on your PC The above dialog is displayed when the recovered system re starts and shows the successful completion of the Disaster Recovery 112 4 CBMR In More Detail The Cristie Cristie Bare Machine Recovery software is a fully featured 32 bit multi threaded disaster recovery and backup software package for all users of Windows 2000 Server 2003 and XP including 64 bit versions Unless indicated otherwise the information in this document applies to all versions of the
129. m NORMAL Backup Files Reset Archive Bit The Normal selection will backup all the selected files and reset the archive bit COPY Backup Files The Copy selection will backup all the selected files without affecting the archive bit DIFFERENTIAL Backup Changed Files The Differential selection will backup all files that have changed or are new since the last Normal or Incremental backup The backup will not affect the archive bit INCREMENTAL Backup Changed Files Reset Archive Bit The Incremental selection will backup all files that have changed or are new since the last Normal or Incremental backup The backup will reset the archive bit Media Options The media options control the way that data is written to the media Overwrite If overwrite is selected the backup will start at the beginning of the media overwriting any existing data Overwrite media with the same label append otherwise Selects overwrite only if the media label matches with the requested media otherwise the data will be appended to the media Getting Started with CBMR 123 Overwrite media with the same label fail otherwise Selects overwrite only if the media label matches with the requested media otherwise the operation fails and no data will be written to the media Append overwrite if not appendable Selects append but if the media is blank or the media contains a non CBMR data set and therefore cannot be appended the media is overwritten A
130. m the email into the CBMR directory on your hard drive which is normally located in C Program Files Cristie CBMR This can be done by right clicking on the attachment then selecting Save As from the drop down menu You will then have to select the CBMR folder Alternatively simply drag and drop the file from the email to the folder Save Attachment saen X d E Ts 2 b ScreenMDL INI ES cbs bm dll ES cbs mls dil chm ini s cbmrLITExE dil cbmr dp dli My Recent E dsierrar lag CEMR Win exe E readmebmr txt Decus CB5 5CH S sDs ATNT DLL ChmrCfg exe bMsm txt ini cbs us ull Wss xp dll Ls Cristie lic al DRWIZ EXE S vss 2k3 dl Desktop E mfs_sdbz dll E SystemState dll Version ini E mam Ext dll ES Iprn dil BME Wizard exe PcBAx E E C Licview exe drdll old sds Esm dil C Hw Wizard exe problems Ext amp fss xp dll InstallIDE inf support txt E SM dll LicProkectar dll Sb dem ini Fss nt dll Launch exe W E DisRest scp A505 vTW dll EP Licenceviewer20000 chm My Computer DisRec scp 77 BsswC EXE E ERRMSG TXT ra ll AME a My Network Places Save as type all Files a When you paste this file in to the CBMR folder a pop up box will appear asking if you wish to over write the file Click Yes to this message Microsoft Office Outlook A The File Cristie lic already exists Do you want to replace the existing File Ye
131. m will prompt for confirmation to perform some actions If you would like the Disaster Recovery module to confirm these prompts for you check this box Confirmation Character The default confirmation character is normally correct for the installed language If your system uses a different character for confirming command line prompts change this setting to match Only relevant when performing Linux based Disaster Recovery Pre restore script Post restore script There may be a requirement to run custom commands before or after a disaster recovery restore operation These commands should be entered into a windows cmd file which can be linked to using these settings Skip final restore If the final post recovery restore should not be automatically run select this option The final restore can be manually run using the DR scripts 132 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Enable logging This option configures the disaster recovery restore process to log status messages 8 1 3 Configuring Backup Locations To use a Backup Location within CBMR you must first configure it The configuration process allows you to give a custom name to your location as CBMR is capable of finding all the directly attached locations automatically not ITSM however CBMR must have at least one location configured in order to operate and backup data Configured locations are listed in the Backup Locations option selected from the Conf
132. machine s operating system files and other important files will be stored under a Filespace in the client node If you need to create a Client node using the TSM Admin Client refer to the TSM Administrator Guide for further information Creating a dedicated node via the TSM Admin client To use the TSM module you must enable CBMR to backup to the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager by creating a dedicated node via the TSM Admin client The settings required for the node are Client Compression setting CLIENT Node Type CLIENT In addition you must consider your password policy If you specify a Password Expiration period you will have to set the password in CBMR every time the password expires Note that automatic password generation for the client nodes is Supported in CBMR 5 and later Help Tu gister a new node Help Node Name PEB amp XDR Password pee Contact TSM Administrator Policy Domain Name STANDARD Client compression setting C YES C NO CLIENT Auto filespace rename setting C TES NO C CLIENT Archive Delete Allowed YES CMO Backup Delete Allowed YES CHO Client option set Force password reset C TES NO Node Type CLIENT NAS SERVER Keep Mount Point C YES NO Maximum Mount Points Allowed B IE you want this chent defintion to be displayed m the network view so that you can lnk to it the UEL for the chent must be specilied URL htip fictient host name
133. me ratios as they were on the old hard disk It is however possible to opt out if this is not desired This will work for hard disks that are both bigger and smaller than the original but the user should bear in mind that if using a smaller hard disk there may be insufficient space to restore all the files If more hard disks are found than were recorded in the configuration file they will not be partitioned the user should partition them manually at a later stage Note that Windows NT boot and system partitions will be resized to a maximum of 4GB in order to use FAT16 file system on them This does not affect Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 boot and system partitions Manual Recovery Manually Partition Option This option is useful if you want to create the partitions manually On selecting this option available hard disks will be displayed in a menu 3 Manua EE Manua deu hda Restoring your System 39 On selecting a disk a simple utility cfdisk will be launched for that disk which will enable you to partition the disk The utility cfdisk is very similar to the DOS utility fdisk but only more advanced A typical screen is as shown below cfdisk 2 1 j Disk Drive dev hda size 17179803648 bytes 17 1 GB Heads 255 Sectors per Track 63 Cylinders 2006 Part Type FS Type Label Size MB hda1 Boot Primary NTFS 6309 79 Pri Log Free Space 8784 60 Bootable 1E a E ee ee A e M I Quit 1 Type 1 Units 1 L W
134. moving any existing disk partitions removing any existing dynamic volume databases re creating the partitions converting to dynamic volumes if required formating to the required partition type The next step is to recover the backups to the target disks partitions A new window appears containing the restore status of recovered files and a progress bar which indicates how much of the backup has been restored This display also shows the recovery statistics in terms of time size and throughput Press Next to continue with the recovery Restore Files The next step of the manual recovery process is to restore the DR backup files Welcome to the CBMR Recovery Console LBMR Welcome Welcome to the CEMA Manual Recovery Wizard which gives greater Flexibility when recovering pour system Select the operation vou want to do and select Next ta proceed xl C Access Configuration d Create Partitions and Volumes Le Restore Files C Make Bootable amp Back Cancel cristic United Kingdom htkpe wy cristie cam Press Next to commence the restore of the backups to the target disks partitions 94 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery A new dialog window opens to allow the location of the backup itself to be selected Welcome to the CBMR Recovery Console LBMR Select Backup Location Select the backup location to be used with this operation fou can manage backup locations by select
135. mpare and Verity Copyright Cristie Data Products 1998 2007 Selecting this option allows the system configuration to be created and saved to a User specified location Note that this could optionally be collocated with the Disaster Recovery backup itself 114 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 7 2 2 CBMR Run or Schedule Disaster Recovery Backup To invoke click on Run or Schedule Disaster Recovery Backup from the CBMR main window Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Software Configuration Tools Welcome to CBMR What do you want to do Setup Disaster Recovery Configuration Create modify system configuration settings including specifying backup locations for kA disaster recovery Run or Schedule Disaster Recovery Backup Specify to run disaster recovery backup now or create a disaster recovery schedule for regular backup View Log Files View lag files of previous operations such as Backup Restore Compare and Verity Copyright Cristie Data Products 1998 2007 7 2 3 Log Files When a backup or restore operation is performed progress messages can be stored in a log file The level of information stored and the name of the log file is set in Backup Selection script properties for backups and in the options dialog for Restore Compare and Verify operations To view existing log files select View Log Files from the main CBMR menu Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Software Config
136. n 10236 MiB with dr Media Details Successfully created all basic disk partitior Volume WINZKSR2 Formatting basic partitions Dataset C Formatted partition with drive letter C labe Dez E Removing any dynamic volumes marked Removing any disks marked as missing Current File Making bootable volumes active Stopping access to Diskpart Execute Details Path C24 Unicode appings sen File CP12357 TXT Creating restore script Success Gize Wes Restore will start shortly in a separate vanc Status Progress Files Done 1 341 of 19 146 Bytes Done a04 ME of 3 732 MB Time Taken 00 02 12 Rate 175 1 MB Min BEBE prz zv COSI COM This process may take some minutes if the backups are large You may select the Abort button to terminate the file recovery process but this may leave the disk or partition in an unpredictable state which may be unusable If any errors occur during the recovery an error message will be shown in the window Refer to the logs post recovery to establish the cause of any error When the restore files step completes the following dialog is displayed Welcome to the CBMR Recovery Console CBMR Finish The system files were restored successtully Back Finish Cancel cCristic United Kingdom http w Cristie cam Select Finish and control returns to the next step in the Manual Recovery sequence 96 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Make Bootabl
137. n restored This display also shows the recovery statistics in terms of time size and throughput All A AL CEMA Console Version 5 1 Build 78 Automatic recovery started on b 1 3 2007 10 63 44 Phi Restore Status 6 Renaming the computer Starting access to Diskpart ee n T Selection Mame bmrrest isk isk 0 Size IB m Creating basic partitions Backup Location MyTSM Creating any partitions an IMI disk 0 ACT Created MBR partition 10236 MiB with d Media Details Successfully created all basic disk partitior Volume WINZKSR2 Formatting basic partitions Dataset C Formatted partition with drive letter C labe Divs E Removing any dynamic volumes marked Execute Details Removing any disks marked as missing Current File Making bootable volumes active Stopping access to Diskpart Path 55 Unicode appings sen File CP1357 TXT Creating restore script Success Sie 1OKB Restore will start shortly in a separate vanc Status Progress Files Done 1 341 of 19 146 Bytes Done S04 MB oof 3 732 MB Time Taken 00 02 12 Rate 175 1 MB Min HE prz zr vM CTESTIE COM This process may take some minutes if the backups are large You may select the Abort button to terminate the file recovery process but this may leave the disk or partition in an unpredictable state which may be unusable 84 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery If any errors occur during the recovery an
138. n script contained in the pcbax scripts directory pcbax ds n options restores all files in dataset n where n is the number of the dataset The first dataset is O and is the default if a number is not supplied For example pcbax ds 2 Restores the files in the third dataset This provides a quick way to restore all the files within a dataset without needing to specify a Backup Selection script pcbax cl media name checks that the correct media is loaded in the Backup Location Getting Started with CBMR 173 pcbax cw checks if the media is write protected pcbax lt script gt cmh creates a new header pcbax sms shows media status pcbax smh shows media header pcbax lt script gt scan scan media into library Modes are lb Backup lr Restore lc Compare N Verify options are sd device Where device is the name of the Backup Location storage device you wish to use to override the default location OR the location specified in the Backup Selections script ver lt date gt The backup version as of lt date gt to use where lt date gt should be in the form DD MM YYYY HH MM SS Ih slIq Disables screen output except s always show stats and q always show questions If questions arise and h is in effect a USER ABORT is assumed s shows statistics during backup in place of file names p lt media password This password overrides any scrip
139. n window click on Setup Disaster Recovery Configuration First you will be offered the choice of where to store your configuration parameters This can be stored as part of the DR backup itself or any local Backup Location floppy USB disk network share etc 22 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 4 1 1 Storing the Configuration Information with the Backup 1 Inthe CBMR main window click on Setup Disaster Recovery Configuration option Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Software Configuration Tools Welcome to CBMR What do you want to do Setup Disaster Recovery Configuration L s Create modify system configuration settings including specifying backup locations for disaster recovery Run or Schedule Disaster Recovery Backup g Specify ta run disaster recovery backup now ar create a disaster recovery schedule for regular backup View Log Files k j View log files of previous operations such as Backup Restore Compare and Verity Copyright Cristie Data Products 1998 2007 1 The CBMR Configuration Welcome page will appear 6 CBMR Configuration Welcome Welcome to the CEMR configuration wizard This will take vou through the steps in configuring CBMP Far recovery on this Select Ehe Next button to continue cme e e The CBMR Configuration Wizard 23 2 Click on Next gt and the CBMR Configuration Select Location page will appear e CBMR Configuration Select Locat
140. nager Class Description SCSI Adaptec 4H4 2940U UWw D r AIC 7881Ll IDE Intel Corp 8280106 ICH4 IDE Controller NETWORE Broadcom Corporation BCM 4401 100B ase T AUDIO Intel Corp 2801 DB DBL DBM ICH4AICH4 LAICH4 M ACS Audio Control USB Intel Carp 82801 DB DBL DBM ICH A ICH 4 L CH 4 USB UHCI Controlle USB Intel Carp 82801 DB DBL DBM ICH4 ICH4 LAICH4 M USB UHCI Controlle USB Intel Carp 82801 DB DBL DBM ICH4 ICH4 LACH4 M USB UHCI Controlle USB Intel Carp 82801 DB DBM ICH4ICH4 M USB2 EHCI Controller VIDEO Intel Carp 828456GL Brookdale G GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device MODEM Conexant OTHER Intel Carp S280 1D B DBL DBM ICHAZICHA LAICH 4 M SMBus Controller li E Cancel During the PCI bus scanning if HWWizard encounters a device for which there is no corresponding Windows driver a New Device Found dialog will be displayed A sample screen is shown below C CBMR New Device Found Found the following new device Far which a driver i needed Enter the full path to the driver file and select Install Select Skip to skip to the next device Select Cancel to step scanning ic Adaptec AHA 2340L ALPw7D 7 AIC 7881U Enter the full path to K Memp arusDrivers MSHDC INF the driver file Install Skip Cancel 66 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery You must enter the correct INF file including the path directly or by selecting the Browse button On selectin
141. nce Select this option to commence a manual DR sequence This option will stop after each step in the DR sequence allowing the DR to be aborted or the step to be repeated with different parameters Locate Configuration The first step of the manual DR sequence is to provide the location of the DR configuration Welcome to the CBMR Recovery Console CEMR Welcome Welcome to the CEMA Manual Recovery Wizard which gives greater flexibility when recovering your system Select the operation vou want to do and select Next to proceed Le Access Configuration C Create Partitions and Volumes C Restore Files Make Bootable amp Back Cancel United Kingdom etistie http w cristie cam 86 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Press Next gt to continue to CEMR Locate Configuration Specify the location where the configuration settings for this computer are stored Stored with the backup data Stored in the following location Path A ADisrR ec ini Browse Network Setup Back Cancel BAA CEE COM Stored with the backup data If the configuration settings were collocated with the DR backup itself select this option You will be required in the next step to identify the source of the backup by creating a temporary Backup Location CBMR New Backup Location Wizard Welcome to CBMR New Backup Location Wizard Please select a category DE SCSI Location C File Loca
142. ndition and the read write heads are clean You are recommended to run Verify 1 When you first use CBMR to do a backup to ensure that the software and the Backup Locations are all working correctly 2 Periodically to ensure the continued accuracy of your backups 8 2 9 Statistics Report Backup Statistics Files Done Files Skipped Errors Bytes Done 38 MB Time Taker 00 01 19 Total Time 00 01 19 When a backup job is completed a Statistics window is displayed which gives you an immediate report on how many files have been backed up skipped errors encountered if any and so on These statistics will be written to the relevant log file provided a log file has been requested in the Default Settings For example backup log for a Backup job restore log for a Restore job 156 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 157 8 3 Restoring Files General Maintaining an efficient backup routine is useless unless the data can be restored correctly A restore routine for day to day files plus for disaster recovery situations is just as important as a backup routine You are recommended to run practice restores to a spare drive to ensure that you are confident using the Restore program BEFORE you need to do it in a real situation Also it is good sense to run restores periodically to check that data is being correctly restored without errors It is possible for hardware errors to occur which are not immediately obviou
143. ng installation CBMR may also be started by clicking on this shortcut 8 1 2 Configuring CBMR CBMR is supplied ready to use with program settings already defined However you should check the program defaults to ensure that they are appropriate to your Disaster Recovery or Backup and Restore requirements Getting Started with CBMR 121 All the information is contained in property pages Each page is dedicated to a different section of the configuration making it easy to locate a particular area if you need to make changes The default program settings once defined will generally remain unchanged If you want to apply different rules for a particular job then you can modify the settings from within the Backup Selection script and these will apply only to the current script Default Settings Configuration To invoke the Default Settings configuration select it from the Configuration toolbar If the Default Settings configuration is invoked from a wizard or other tool CBMR opens the relevant page For example if you are in the Backup Catalogue the Backup Catalogue tab is displayed if you are in Backup Location the Backup Location tab is displayed CBMR Backup Software Program Settings Scheduler Performance Exclude Files Disaster Recovery Backup Restore Backup Location Backup Catalogue Log Files Backup Method For Files NORMAL Backup Files Reset Archive Bit Media Options I venarite Backup Open Fi
144. ng to end ensuring it is readable Byte By Byte comparison After finishing the backup each file on the media will be compared against its disk counterpart and the differences reported Quick File Access QFA This option if ticked will provide rapid access to files during a restore operation Not all drives support this option Save File Permissions ACLs Select this option ticked if you want the security information access control data associated with directories and files as well as the data included in the backup If the option is not ticked then only the data is included The user who is logged on must have the appropriate Right to request security information to be backed up Please check with your System Administrator that your user account has been included in the Backup Operators group If this option is enabled then all the security details access control data are included in the backup as well as the data 124 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Only backup changed portions of files When changes are made to large databases files these are usually very localised That is only certain portions of the files keep changing It is sufficient to only backup the changes as long as the most recent version of the file can be reconstructed with the original version and the changes This saves lots of time and media space but is very processor intensive Caution should be used when using this option
145. nload Modules n List tulip syste Exit Skip set Keyboard Driver Exit Copyright C Cristie Data Products Ltd 2003 2007 42 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Selecting a module from the list will unload the module If a module cannot be unloaded a message will be displayed explaining why List Loaded Modules This option shows a list of successfully loaded SCSI RAID and network modules Size Used by 41246 0 Press any key to continue System Details This option shows various system configuration details like the installed PCI devices hard disks SCSI and network configuration Main Menu Hardware Drivers system Details List PCI Devices List Hard Disks show SCSI Configuration show Network Configuration set Network Configuration Exit 1 List PCI Devices will list all the installed PCI devices and their description Useful to find the correct driver without opening the cover of the machine List Hard Disks will list the available hard disks on the system Show SCSI Configuration will show the available SCSI hosts and targets on the system Restoring your System 43 4 Show Network Configuration will show the network instances their IP address bindings and the routing table entries 5 Set Network Configuration will allow the network interface speed and duplex settings to be changed 6 Exit will take you back to the Hardware Drivers menu Skip Hard Disks
146. ns of dynamic disks are supported i e mirrored spanned striped and RAID 5 NTFS volumes partitions are created natively i e no need to convert to NTFS after a reboot as with the Linux DR console the restored backup contains the original file security information 21 4 The CBMR Configuration Wizard Configuration information can be stored in the following locations Floppy disk Network share Local folder Locally attached USB pen drive Collocated with the DR backup Depending on your deployment strategy you may choose any one of the above As part of this process the details about the hard disks operating system storage and network adapter network settings and the Backup Location to use will be queried and stored You can override some of these details if you wish This phase of the Setup comprises the following stages 1 Specify where the DR configuration is to be stored 2 Specify a Backup Location to hold the DR backup 3 Select the disk volumes to be restored and formatted during the recovery process The next sections discuss these stages in more detail 4 1 Setting up the Configuration Parameters The configuration information can be stored either ona floppy ona local folder locally attached USB pen drive on the network collocated with the DR backup If it is stored in a network share the DR system will need to know the authentication details to gain access In the CBMR mai
147. nvenient and secure means of ensuring vital information can be retrieved in the event of a disaster A disaster in this instance does not necessarily mean a major earthquake or such like Loss of data can be due to relatively common occurrences like accidental deletion data corruption software hardware failure power failure even minimal or theft of equipment If you consider the effect of losing a complete weeks data or even a day or two then you can appreciate the importance of backing up your data Also most companies are legally required to keep data for a period of years and therefore an efficient archive and retrieval procedure releases expensive hard disk space for working data The backup routine you employ depends on several factors how often does the data change how valuable is the data time and money invested in it how much time can be allotted to carrying out the backup Remember that the scheduling option in CBMR provides for unattended backups There are several established backup strategies and you can use the one which suits your working practices best or use one as a basis for developing your own pattern Points to Consider Identify the backup needs of your company and create a suitable backup regime Once established maintain the routine Make use of the CBMR automated routines Identify the backups with meaningful titles so that you can restore your files quickly and with the appropriate version of the data F
148. obs for the configured scheduler service are listed The top bar J obs menu contains all the scheduler related tasks such as creating a job modifying an existing job putting a job on hold and attaching to a scheduled job Similar to other windows you can Sort the job list and change the View large small icons a list or details The Details view allows you to monitor the state of jobs It shows you the most information about a job status run time and the Days Date The icon representation will identify the status of a job For example a scheduled job will have a plain clock icon a running job will have a tick superimposed on the clock and a job requiring user intervention will have a warning symbol superimposed 160 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Bl cristie Bare Machine Recovery Software T m b v Configuration Tools i Help Welcome to CBMR What do you want to do LORE area raters t4 Jobs Sort View Help e Create Mew 1 Test C Program File Waiting n Scheduler Window The Schedule dialog contains all the fields required to define a job to be scheduled to run at a particular time This window may contain an existing schedule with all the fields defined or if you have selected the Create New Job icon or the Create New option in the J obs menu context menu the fields will be blank If the Scheduler tool is using the Windows Task Scheduler service then the Schedule dialog will be a p
149. ollow the maintenance procedures for your tapes and drive tape storage drive head cleaning etc Store tapes in a secure location and maintain copies off site in case of theft fire or flood damage 8 1 Examples of Backup Routines If you maintain efficient backup procedures you should always be able to recover any lost data with minimum effort whether it is due to external causes a fatal malfunction during a backup or just a routine retrieval of archived data Always use meaningful descriptive labels so that tapes can be identified quickly and without confusion Fred s Backup may not be very helpful when the system has crashed and an entire department want their data restored asap There are three typical Backup routines described here but ultimately you need to instigate a routine which best suits your company requirements For specialist advice on backup strategies and how best to secure your data please contact Cristie Data Products 8 2 Three Week Backup Cycle The most basic backup provides three weeks of data On the first working day of the week a complete backup of all files is carried out On subsequent days of the working week newly created files and modified files are backed up This procedure is followed for 3 weeks and on the fourth week the first weeks tapes are re used then the second weeks and so on in a continual cycle Reasonably small computer systems would allow the one full backup and four partial ba
150. ollowing location radio button 2 If the configuration is to be stored on a local drive such as a floppy or USB disk either use the Browse button to navigate to the folder or specify the path like A root folder on a floppy F Configs folder on a locally attached USB disk Saving the configuration to a network share requires a full UNC path to be entered such as NGalaxyNCBMRNConfigs To gain access to the network share you may be required to enter your network credentials Specify your network Domain or Workgroup and a valid network Username and Password 6 CBMR Configuration Provide Authentication Details Please enter the login details For the Following network share where Ehe configuration settings will be saved Network Share Domain Workgroup name User name nigelp Password Hkk Cancel z Back Help 3 Whether the configuration is stored on a network share or on a local drive the selected folder must currently exist The CBMR Configuration Wizard 27 4 Press Next gt and you will now be prompted to select a Backup Location for the DR backup and configuration CBMR Configuration Select Backup Location Select the Backup Location to be used For the disaster recovery backup Backup Location KAE Create Mew Cancel z Back Help 5 The CBMR Configuration Select Volumes to Format page will help you to select the disks and partitions which should be formatte
151. on to Backup Schedules and Backup Selection Scripts Backup Schedules and Selection scripts are used to define a set of instructions relating to a Backup The scripts contain the data tagged for backup the rules to follow during the operation and header information Existing scripts can be viewed modified or deleted as requirements change The scripts can be temporary and used for a one off job or can be saved and used as and when required Once saved you can view modify or delete them as your requirements change Once you have established some backup routines and know what you need to backup and when it is a good idea to create a range of scripts covering all the routine backup jobs CBMR is supplied with a pre defined script called Backup all files on system Boot drive From the main Backup Schedules drop down menu you can change the View icons list or details display and Sort by name date Also from the J obs menu you can perform all the routine tasks such as Modify an existing schedule Run a selected schedule Delete a schedule create a new schedule Create New and access the Default Settings If the Details view is displayed you can also sort the entries in Description File Name or Date Time sequence by clicking in the appropriate column heading Creating a Backup Schedule To create a new DR backup schedule script select the Run or Schedule Disaster Recovery Backup option from the main menu from the Tool top bar men
152. onfiguration Tools Help DIESETT TTL M AMO Backup Locations Backup Location Sork View Help E zireabe Mew Settings Restore CompareJverify Delete Media Utilities Set as Default Backup Location If running from the drop down Tools menu the first step is to choose whether to access the data via the Backup Catalogue or directly via the Backup Location If you are checking the backup immediately after it has completed then you will probably access the data via the Backup Location If you want to check an earlier backup and you are not sure where the data is located then using the Backup Catalogue is the quickest option Verify and Compare dialog The Compare and Verify programs each present a similar screen display The window opens with the top level tape icon and first dataset displayed The other screen features are described below Nest Dataset All Datasets The Scan options are used to scan the tape and display each dataset in turn Each time you click on the Next button the next dataset on the tape is displayed until no more datasets are found Alternatively you can display the complete structure in one step by selecting All Getting Started with CBMR 155 You can confirm the tape that is loaded by checking the media header details Highlight the top level root tape icon and select the Show details button Similarly pressing the Show details button when a dataset is
153. ord pcbax and select OK NOTE It is possible to run this utility in test mode which will not connect to a server and hence no update will take place In this mode the driver installation script will be parsed and any errors will be reported It will create a log file Wizard log in the current folder This will also create a file Driver txt in test mode Both these files should be sent to Cristie while asking for support Automatic driver installation using plug and play On successfully connecting to a just recovering machine the Select An Option screen will be displayed which is shown below CBMR HW Wizard Select An Option yara mashina H Select one of the following options and select Next f Manually Install Drivers Advanced Options Back Cancel Restoring your System 65 i i i and Plau From the Select An Option screen select the stall Drivers using Plug and Play button followed by the Next button The PnP Manager screen will be displayed which is shown below CBMR HW Wizard PnP Manager yara wacning fed Press the Start button to start scanning Select the Start button to start the PCI bus scanning It will scan all the PCI buses for connected PCI devices The devices will be listed in the screen A sample screen is shown below CBMR HW Wizard PnP Manager Sara gdzernirnas faz Press the Start button to start scanning The following devices were found by the PhP ma
154. order to remove any slackness in the tape and ensures that it is evenly wound on the spool and will feed past the read and write heads smoothly A tape should be retensioned if it is new This will ensure that any loose particles left from the manufacturing process are dislodged if left in storage for a period of time When a tape is not used for a long time there is the possibility of print through which means that the magnetic orientation of particles on one layer of tape affect those on the adjacent layer and so causing data corruption 8 9 6 Unload Unload load is option will eject the media from all soft load Backup Locations such as DAT drives 8 9 7 Create New Header Create New Header This option will allow you to create a new media header for the media currently loaded in the Backup Location You can use this option to remove or change a password protected backup 8 9 8 New Media Header This window allows you to create a new Media Header for the media currently stored in the Backup Location Name Enter a meaningful name which identifies the volume contents Comments This field allows you to provide more information about the volume It is not essential but can be useful if you are viewing a volume at a later date Password A password will secure the volume against unauthorised access Make sure it is a password you will remember at a later date because there is no by pass procedure and the data wi
155. ortant that you make regular backups of the registry and understand how to restore it should a disaster occur Important notes 1 To backup or restore the registry you must be logged on to the system as a user with Administrator Rights 2 After restoring the registry there are some files in the pcbax temp directory on the system drive which will be locked and cannot be deleted However after the system is rebooted the registry replacement takes effect and these files can be deleted lt is now safe to delete all the files in the pcbax temp directory 3 If you do not specify the Restore Registry option then none of the active registry files will be restored and a File is locked warning will be issued for each file Enabling the Restore Registry option informs CBMR to replace the existing registry files and causes it to perform special processing on these files 158 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 4 A full backup of the system drive will also contain the registry files assuming the user had sufficient Rights for this The important point here is that if you wish to restore an entire system drive but do not want the registry to be restored then this is possible by tagging all files but not selecting the Restore Registry option Likewise if you do want all files and the registry restored tag all files and select the Restore Registry option there is no need to restore the registry dataset separately 5 The dataset con
156. own scheduling service 8 5 Using Batch Files Windows 2000 XP 2003 There are many occasions when other operations are required for a backup in addition to the actual backup process itself For example copying the log file to a specific location parsing the log file e mailing status etc When additional commands are required you can create a batch file to perform the backup job and specify this as the job to be run by the scheduler When running a batch file it is important to remember that if you want to attach to a running job to interact with it or view the status you will need to specify the d option as one of the parameters on the CBMR command line In addition if you are using the Windows Task Scheduler service instead of the CBMR Scheduler service you must also specify the ts task job option where task job should be replaced with the name of the Windows Task Scheduler job For example to run a Backup Selection script called weekly scp the following batch file could be used rem start of batch file rem other commands can go here rem remember the d option to specify detached mode and if rem using the Windows task scheduler the ts option to rem specify the task this batch file belongs to pcbax weekly b d ts weekly job rem other commands can go here rem end of batch file Note If you do not specify the d option and if using the Windows Task Scheduler ts option or if you run a program other than pcbax
157. p Robotics is the transport mechanism which moves the media in and out of drives and slots in a tape library device Each drive in a library is a SCSI device by itself which should be configured prior to this configuration You have to make a simple association of the Drive in the library to the SCSI device This is required because the Drive and the Robotics can be on different SCSI buses or even on different SCSI Adapters Note that this is a one time setup for a Library backup location A Robotics device can be configured using Robotics Media Handler Setup dialog PC BaX Media Handler Setup Mame lIBMediaHander Inquiy T amp NDBERGTDS 1440 145 Category Media Handler SCS ID Adapter adpulB ml 00000 SCSI LUN Cleaning T ape Slot Drive Elements Status Drive Associated Device Drive O v c Drive 1 Drive 2 Mot Present Drive 3 Mot Present 0k Cancel Hep The various screen fields and their purpose are listed below Getting Started with CBMR 139 The friendly name of the backup location Any valid character sequence up to 79 characters is acceptable The name should be unique and you cannot specify the name of an existing backup location The device specific SCSI IDE Inquiry string returned Inquiry from the device May be useful to find the firmware revision of the device etc The category of the Backup Location It will be Media Category Handler in this case The name of th
158. p location you must set up the individual components 140 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Setting up robotics page 138 not required for autochangers setting up the SCSI drives page 135 Each library device consists of any number of available slots Slots may not be shared between libraries but drive devices can For instance if you have a library with a single drive and 20 slots you could use the first 10 slots for Manufacturing backup and the next 10 slots for Marketing backup In this case you will create one backup location with name Manufacturing with slots O through 9 selected and another with name Marketing with slots 10 through 19 selected With a single device shared between two libraries you cannot perform the Manufacturing and Marketing backups simultaneously If you have two 2 drives available each library could have its own drive and they can be backed up in parallel The slots of a library device need not be contiguous You can have slots O 2 4 5 etc in a device configuration In this case the backup will continue from Slot O to 2 etc You must have media in all the selected slots of a library device in order to use it Library Backup Location Configuration Dialog PC BaX Mew Storage Device Wizard M ame Marketing Robotics TE Media Handler Drive Drive 0 T2 Use By tf Slot Position f Barcode Tape Slots Status Element Barcode Media Status el Slot
159. ppend to media with the same label fail otherwise Selects append only if the media label matches with the requested media otherwise the operation fails and no data will be written to the media Backup Open files By selecting this option CBMR will use OFM if installed and running while backing up open files If OFM is not installed or the option is not selected then the option to Automatically retry the open file Skip the open file or Ask the user what to do can be selected from the list box If the OFM is in use then a further option is available to enable multiple drive monitoring Note that OFM is only used on Windows 2000 platforms Compression Type The type of data compression can be selected to be None Data is not compressed Software Data compression will be performed by the CBMR software before the data is written to the Backup Location Hardware compression if available otherwise none This option will attempt to make the Backup Location perform the data compression If compression is not available on the hardware the data will remain uncompressed Hardware compression if available otherwise Software By preference data compression will be performed by the hardware if it is possible otherwise compression will be done by CBMR software Verify After Backup Checks the validity of the recorded media None Does not perform any checks Check Integrity alone After finishing the backup the media will be scanned from the beginni
160. ppended to the previous one Info Level Full Partial Brief None A Full logfile contains a list of all files errors if any and statistics A Partial log file contains sub directories errors if any and statistics A Brief log file contains errors if any and statistics If None is selected then no log file is created Keep Separate Error Log If this option is ticked an additional log file is created which lists errors only Similar to the other log files it takes the name of the current operation but with an extension of err E g backup err Errors will still be written to the Full Partial or Brief log file if you have requested one of these 128 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery CBMR Scheduler Properties The CBMR Scheduler tool can be configured to use one of two scheduling services the Windows Task Scheduler service or the CBMR Scheduler service The Windows Task Scheduler service allows more flexible schedules to be configured but is not as tightly integrated into CBMR as the CBMR Scheduler service CBMR Backup Software Program Settings Backup Restore Backup Location Backup Catalogue Log Files Scheduler Performance Exclude Files Disaster Recover C Use windows Task Scheduler f Use CEMA Task Scheduler You can request the scheduler to issue a prompt before it begins a scheduled backup This can be useful if you need to put a job on hold cancel a job check the schedule and
161. pt For example Modify Delete Create New There is a pre defined script supplied with CBMR called Backup all files on system Boot drive filename system scp When you run this script the system identifies which drive the Operating System was booted from and backs up all the files on that drive This means that should there be a need to recover the system you have a copy of all your system files Modifying an Existing Selection Script 1 Open the Backup Selections tool 2 Double click the script you want to change or highlight it single click and select Modify from the Script top bar menu Make the changes to the selections file changes Backup options etc Select Save from the top bar menu and press OK to close the script window If you decide you do not want to save the changes you have just made then press Cancel button Getting Started with CBMR 149 Deleting a Backup Selection Script 1 Open the Backup Selections tool 2 Highlight the Backup Selection script you want to remove single mouse click on the relevant script 3 Select Delete from the Backup Selection Scripts top bar menu or press the Delete key Backup Selection Script Properties The Backup Selection Script property sheet allows you to define all the details which should apply for this particular backup You can create as many different backup scripts as you need to cover all backup situations 8 22 Running a Backup Using an Existing Selection Sc
162. r This can be invoked by selecting the Media Utilities menu option for a Media Handler device PC BaX Library Control Panel ua Name TB Media Handler Inquiy TANDBERGTDS 1440 115 L2 c2 Categor Media Handler SCSIID 4 Adapter adpulB ml SESI LUN JO Cleaning Tape Slot 0 Drives IO Ports Status Drive Associa Status Element Bar Status Element Barcode Drivel x Slot 0 L Fart 0 ad Drive 1 Slot 1 7 Drive 2 sa Slot 2 Drive 3 Not Pr Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 5 Slot amp Slot 7 Slot 8 Slot 8 CI r r1 ji jj Status Inventory Help The presence of a tape icon in the drive status indicates that there is a media in that location The Media Handler Robotics device must have been configured earlier i e SCSI devices are associated with its drives Importing Media To import media to an empty slot or an empty drive click an IO port slot using the left mouse button and drag it to the desired drive holding the left mouse button The valid locations which can accept a media will be highlighted automatically Once you have highlighted the desired drive or slot release the left mouse button If there is already a media in the IO port it will be moved to the specified drive or slot If there is no media in the IO port it will be extended and wait for a media to be placed The default timeout is 20 seconds Once a media is placed it will be moved to the specified location An inventory will be per
163. r Client available valid Far 30 daytsy Library Support Module Basic inot available Library Support Module 4dyanced not available Library Support Module Unlimited available walid For 30 davy s f m Copy protection activatedi3 y Licence File ID 7208 m Licence File Version 2100 3 Licence File Date 16 08 2006 10 54 25 ES bl Wel be From this screen you are able to see all the licences held on this machine that relate to CBMR To update your licence code you click on Activation Key this then will produce a pop up box Enter Activation Key Then enter in the activation key that sales support has supplied actual value not shown and press Ok Enter Activation Key What you need to do to use CBMR 11 When a correct activation key has been entered the following dialog box is produced This will confirm that the activation key has been applied successfully Licence iewer Lag 1 J The Activation Key has been applied successfully To check that the product is now fully activated when you restart CBMR the only dialog box shown is the initial splash screen running on Windows XP in this example The License Manager dialog will no longer be displayed Windows XP a Ji 5 F COE a E Ls j m a a vire 54 P F r Fic z wizi k je rao rb ig mpg C LE A rae zr z nec ring Par Fy mat f af cristie CBMR Backup And Recovery Software Server Edition 5 1 0 Cli
164. r Recovery Works CBMR makes the job of recovering a computer system running Windows 2000 XP or Server 2003 after a disaster such as a major disk crash much easier Configuration Information The key is a set of files containing the system configuration This includes information about the system particularly about the hard disks how they are partitioned logical disk drive allocation the network and storage adapters to use and so on Disaster Recovery Backup You also need to make a special disaster recovery DR backup that contains essential files for the operation of your system and network if relevant such as the Windows and boot directories and registry CBMR determines the minimum list of files to back up for you Optionally the media can also contain a backup of as many extra directories as you like This is called the DR Backup CBMR supports a wide range of Backup Locations such as SCSI IDE File Device IBM Tivoli Storage Manager TSM Server and Cristie Storage Manager CSM How the Recovery Works CBMR uses a two stage DR process to recover any Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 system In the first stage the emphasis is on bringing the essential operating system back up and running In the second stage all other disk partitions are formatted and the data restored to bring the system back to the pre disaster state Stage one of DR is carried out by using a Cristie recovery console based upon a standalone minimal version of
165. ram The settings in this file are used by the CBMR exe and pcbax exe programs for Backup Restore Compare Compare and Verify operations Getting Started with CBMR 175 USERSHAR INI This is an editable text file is used to define user defined shares USERINFO INI This is an encrypted file containing user names and passwords DTEXC INI This is an editable text file which may be used to exclude any desktop resource by name 176 8 9 Media Utilities CBMR provides a number of media maintenance utilities such as retensioning initialising or erasing a tape Not all options are applicable to every Backup Location type a message will be displayed if you select an option which is not relevant to the connected location Select the Backup Locations option from the Configuration drop down menu option in the CBMR main menu Right click on the Backup Location and select Media Utilities 8 9 1 Media Management Media Utilities Destructye Functions Create New Header Retension Security Erase Unload Initialise OF The utilities in this window allow you to carry out maintenance tasks on the media Notice that the utilities are divided into Non Destructive and Destructive functions The non destructive functions do not have any affect on the data stored on the media The destructive functions will destroy any data currently stored on the media The window is divided into two sections These are Non Destructive Funct
166. rate library device for each workstation using a dedicated tape slot and back the workstation up to that device The procedure would then be the same as backing up to an isolated tape library page 141 or Back the workstations up to the server as in the simple network example and then back the server up to the tape library as in the isolated tape library example page 141 In this case you could either Create a single library backup location for the tape library and then back the server up to it Create separate library backup locations for each workstation and the server in the tape library and then back the appropriate areas of the server to the specified library backup location TSM Backup Location Setup CBMR TSM Backup Location Setup dialog will enable you to define the TSM client options that CBMR should use to access the TSM server CBMR New ITSM Location Wizard Setup ITSM Location Provide Mame enter ITSM Server and Client information Mame MyTSM ITSM Server Details Communication Method TCPIP Server Address 10 0 0 15 Fort 1 S00 ITSM Client Details Mode Name IS102 BF Made Password Filespace Mame SAT URNI Back Finished Getting Started with CBMR 143 The various values which you can set using this dialog are listed below Description The friendly name of the backup location Any valid character sequence up to 79 characters is acceptable The name should be uniqu
167. ration log e g disks partitions created summary etc setupapi log contains a summary of the PlugNPlay devices detected by WinPE as it boots Useful for diagnosing WinPE driver problems 6 4 6 Copy Log and Error Report Files Since all log and error files generated during the recovery are only transitory i e they are lost as soon as the Windows PE environment exits this option allows you to copy the to a local device or remote network share for permanent record Use the Cristie Network Configurator Tool http www to setup a network share Welcome to the CBMR Recovery Console Starts the automatic recovery wizard which will take you 2 through the steps necessary En recover your system amp Starts the manual recover wizard which will let you do T Individual recover steps CEMR Copy Logfiles Specify the location where the logfiles need to be copied Copy lagfiles to the following lacatien TN GMT Daylight Time 6 18 2007 10 38 40 AM CEMA Recovery Console Version 5 1 Build 80 Copyright C 2006 2007 Cristie Data Products Ltd C United Kingdom tho Ivan cristie com cristic The example shows files being copied to a local floppy drive Restoring your System 111 6 4 7 Close Recovery Console and Reboot After a successful recovery select this option to exit the Windows PE environment and boot the recovered system Welcome to the CBMR Recovery Console Starts the automatic recovery wizard which wi
168. removed from the system One or more hard disk is replaced with a bigger or smaller capacity disk Network adapters are changed Mass Storage Controllers like SCSI RAID are changed Motherboard is different One or more CPUs are added or removed The CPU could also be a different model 6 3 3 Current Support CBMR addresses the different hardware dissimilarity situations as follows a One or more new hard disks are added or removed from the system If more disks are added they need to be partitioned and formatted manually using Windows disk management tools b One or more hard disk is replaced with a bigger or smaller capacity disk The disks may be scaled up or down in proportion to the original disk layout C Network Adapters are changed The drivers will be loaded automatically and can be selected manually in the Linux mode recovery Windows drivers will be installed automatically if they are PnP capable d Mass Storage Controllers like SCSI RAID are changed The correct drivers must be installed using a Cristie utility HWWizard exe which must be run from a networked Windows system when using Linux DR or run locally when run using WinPE DR 6 3 4 Linux Based Recovery How does it work The following discussion relates to a dissimilar recovery using the Linux recovery environment 60 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery In a dissimilar hardware situation the original Windows operating system as restored from the
169. ript From the Backup Selections tool you can highlight a script and select Run from the Script top bar menu Or Double click on the script to view modify it and then press the Backup button or From the CBMR tool select Backup Using Existing Script from the Tool top bar menu This will open the Backup Selections tool Double clicking on a script will then run it Once the script has finished the Backup Selections tool will also close When editing a Backup Selection script the Estimate button which also available from the Tool top bar menu will estimate the size of the backup you have defined the number of files and the size in Bytes This could be useful if you need to know in advance how much capacity you require for this backup or estimate how long the job will take to run The Backup Status window displays a running report on how the backup is progressing The information is divided into three headings Media Details shows the header information Current File details of the file currently being written to the backup Progress how many files have been backed up time taken and so on 8 2 3 Dataset Settings A dataset is created for each drive that is backed up on the volume If you do not provide dataset header settings CBMR will automatically assign the drive letter as the default header In the CBMR Enterprise Edition the default header is the UNC path You can password protect a dataset This provides increased
170. rite J Toggle bootable flag of the current partition Once all the partitions are created exit cfdisk by selecting Quit Manual Recovery Format Option This stage of recovery formats all the partitions that are required to bring up the Windows operating system This will be either one or two partitions depending on how Windows was installed Note that Linux mode DR does not support writing to NTFS partitions so all NTFS partitions are created as FAT16 for Windows NT and FAT32 for Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Conversion back to NTFS is done by Windows at a later stage Partitions that are not required for restoring the Windows operating system are not formatted at this stage this is done at a later stage in Windows Manual Recovery Setup Network Option Allows you to start the network if not already started IF DHCP is configured then it will be used to provide an IP address and network mask Manual Recovery Restore Option This stage of recovery restores files from the backup media onto the hard disk All the files backed up as part of the DR backup will be restored A list of files and directories being restored will scroll up the screen as they are read from the media and written to disk Files and directories which are skipped will be prefixed with a minus sign Manual Recovery Setup New Hardware Option Option not implemented yet Manual Recovery Make Bootable Option This last stage of recovery makes the recovered h
171. rite rather than append then existing data will be overwritten 8 2 8 Verify and Compare Restore Verify and Compare are related functions which use a common interface These commands are accessible from the Tools drop down menu Verify and or Compare should be run after every backup to make sure that the tape is in good condition the read write heads are clean and the data has been reliably recorded Verify checks that the data can be read back from tape it will not check the data for accuracy Compare checks for data accuracy The program performs a byte by byte comparison of the backed up data on the tape with the source data on disk For this reason it will take considerably longer to complete than a Verify 154 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery You are recommended to run both programs when you use CBMR for the first time to ensure that the software and the Backup Location storage devices are working correctly Verify and Compare Programs The Restore Verify and Compare programs can be run from the CBMR Tools drop down menu click the Restore Verify or Compare icon Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 5oftware lools X Configuration Welcome to CBMR Restore What do you want to re L On Ip are setup L m Backup Catalogues disaster reg ENTE ace or from the Locations top bar menu in the Configuration Backup Locations option e Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Software C
172. river Adaptec AHA 1502 SCSI Host Adapter Adaptec amp HA 154 AHA 154x SCS Hast Adapter Adaptec AHA 2340L 2340 Uwy2940D PCI SCS Controller Adaptec AHA 3850 Ultraz SCSI Adaptec AIC 7899 Ultral60 PC SCSI Card Once you have highlighted the required driver select Next gt This will show a confirmation dialog Selecting Yes from the confirmation dialog will copy the files across and make the necessary registry changes to the just recovering system If it can t find the necessary files on the installation location it will prompt you for the files Upon successful installation you will get the following Finished Screen You can quit the wizard by pressing the Finish button If you wish to install more drivers you can select lt Back and install more drivers CBMR HW Wizard Finish ara waening fa The selected driver is successfully installed IF pau want to install more drivers select the Back button and select the new drivers IF vou are finished with the drivers select Finish and the wizard will exit You may now reboot the jst recovering server For the changes to take effect Cancel You can install as many drivers as you wish without rebooting either of the systems Once the drivers are installed you should exit from the CBMR Recovery Console of the just recovering system and reboot Now Windows will boot from the possibly new hard disks and the recovery will continue in Windows mode Restoring your System
173. rnveru wizard which will take you Tools Window X P recover your system Configure the network ard which will let you da Welcome to CBMR New Backup Location Wizard Please select a category DEZSCSI Location File Location Cascaded Location C Librarj amp uto changer Location TSM Location Click Next to proceed lt Back Finished Select the device category from the list and enter all the parameters required to define the location Refer to Locate Configuration http www for further discussion 6 4 5 Show Log and Error Reports This main menu option allows the log files produced during the recovery to be viewed using notepad Normally viewing this information is only required to diagnose a problem with the recovery Welcome to the CBMR Recovery Console CEMR Logfiles Highlight a file and select view to view its contents Select Close to close this dialog Icon Name Date Time Ske E dsierror log 24 07 06 16 04 32 bmrrest lnq 24 07 06 15 04 32 g brir_status log 24 07 06 16 05 08 g bmrrest E rr 24 07 06 15 04 32 United Kingdom http aia cristie com cristic dsierror log ITSM interface log information bmrest log backup restore summary information e g number of files restored skipped time taken etc 110 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery bmresterr log of errors encountered during the backup restore bmr status log restored disk and registry configu
174. roperty sheet with 3 pages The first page details the job that will be run the second page details the times that the job will be run and the third page details various advanced settings such as how long the job will be allowed to run NOTE To configure which scheduling service is used by CBMR go to the Scheduler page of the Default Settings tool 8 5 3 Creating a New Scheduled Job 1 Click on Run or Schedule Disaster Recovery option on the main menu or select Backup Schedules from the Configuration drop down menu 2 Double click on the Create New J ob icon in the Scheduler tool or New J ob from the J obs top bar menu sy lt Create New gt 3 Ifthe Scheduled Jobs tool is using the CBMR Scheduler service then the Schedule dialog will be displayed Enter the job details and press the OK button The new job will be added to the schedule list The Scheduler dialog contains all the details you need to define for a job to be scheduled to run at a particular time This window may contain a schedule which you may want to modify or the details are blank when you select the Create New Job icon or the Create New option in the Jobs menu context menu Getting Started with CBMR 161 1 Ifthe Scheduled Jobs tool is using the Windows task Scheduler service the the New Task wizard will be displayed Enter the required details on each page of the wizard The new job will be added to the schedule list NOTE To configure which scheduling se
175. rotected 6 1 7 Advanced Options There are several advanced options available from the DR console As the name suggests this is for users who have some fluency in the Linux operating system and the internals of how CBMR DR works Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Main Menu Advanced Options Linux Bash Shell 2 set Dataset Humber Edit Restore Script Log Files Dissimilar Hardware Server UBax Custom Commands sett ings Exit 1 Li a i ds b Ta WO Oo J Cn CD A cO Redraw L Copyright C Cristie Data Products Ltd 2003 2007 Linux Bash Shell gives you a bash shell Set Dataset Number allows you to set a dataset for recovery purposes Edit Restore Script allows you to edit the final script to include and exclude files A c N Log Files allows you to view and store various log files created by DR Restoring your System 53 5 Dissimilar Hardware Server starts a server process so that various Windows drivers can be installed from another Windows workstation running on the same network 6 UBax provides a direct link to UBax the underlying backup restore engine used by CBMR for Linux Custom Commands allows you to select custom commands and scripts Settings will allow you to modify disrec ini remote ini devices ini This is recommended for advanced Users only 9 Exit will take you back to the main menu Bash Shell This option provides the user with a Linux bash shell in which to execute commands Th
176. rovide Mame category and Locations to be cascaded Mame oo Categor 5C5I Tape id Locations Available Locations r The screen fields with their description are explained below Description The friendly name of the backup location Any valid character sequence upto 79 characters is acceptable The name should be unique and you cannot specify the name of an existing backup location Gives you a list of location categories in which cascading is permitted Cascading is allowed in the following Backup Location categories SCSI Tape IDE Tape File Device Changing the category will list the available locations for that category and you will loose any previous selections Gives you a list of backup locations configured under the Locations selected category Highlight a location and press the gt button to remove a location from the chain Gives you a list of available locations under the selected Available category Highlight a location and press the lt button to Locations add it to the chain Pressing OK will save the location and Cancel will discard the changes you have made Pressing Help will display this topic 138 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Note Though CBMR does not prevent you from cascading dissimilar backup location devices for example a DAT drive to an AIT drive the backup operation will fail while trying to access the next backup location Robotics Media Handler Setu
177. rsioning Node To set up a TSM Node to allow multiple versions of the a DR backup to be stored follow the following steps 1 Define a Management Class MC which contains a Backup Copy Group BCG and an Archive Copy Group ACG 2 Register your node needs to be registered to use the MC The parameters of the BCG to be considered are Versions Data Exists 2 Versions Data Deleted 1 Retain Extra Versions 30 Retain Only Version 60 In this example there can be 2 versions of an object If there is more than one version and you ve deleted one of them then the deleted one will be kept for 30 days the only remaining copy of the object will be retained for 60 days AFTER you make it inactive These parameters should be set according to your preferred use of TSM Set a Default Backup Location You can make any backup location the default location which will be used in Backup Restore Compare Verify jobs The Executive window Restore Compare and Verify always use the default backup location 1 Select a backup location 2 Select Setas Default Backup Location from the Location top bar menu or right mouse context menu The new default will be reflected in the Backup Location page of the Default Settings dialog NOTE Individual backup selection scripts can be configured to use the default backup location By changing the default location individual scripts will use the new location without the need to edit individual scripts
178. rtition Option 38 Restore Option 39 Setup Network Option 39 Setup New Hardware Option 39 Manual Recovery Option 35 37 Map a Network Drive 99 media handler 138 Media header 180 Media Management 176 Media Utilities 176 Modifying an Existing Selection Script 148 Modifying the Level of Catalogue Information 167 Multiple Backups 159 Name 177 New Backup Location 133 New Backup Location Wizard 135 New Backup Location Wizard Listing New Backup Location Found Dialog 134 New Media Header 177 Non Destructive 176 O On line Help 112 Open File Module OFM for CBMR 180 Operating the Scheduler 159 Options 162 Overview 59 112 p Password 177 PC BaX 181 pcbax exe Command Line Options 172 pcbax ini 146 PCBAX INI 174 Performance Page 128 Proceed With The Recovery 81 Product Licensing 6 Program 161 Program Title 160 161 Putting a Job on Hold 162 Q QFA 181 R Read Configuration 44 Read Configuration From Backup Location 52 Read Configuration From Local Disk 50 184 Index Read Header 176 177 Read Only Files 124 Rebooting after installing the drivers 69 Releasing a Held Job 162 Remove CBMR 19 Restore 157 Options 124 Restore Properties 124 Restore Files 93 Restore Properties 124 Restoring 157 158 Restoring Data via the Backup Catalogue 168 Restoring Files 157 Restoring Files
179. run until released The icon representation will change to identify the status of the job If a detailed view of the Scheduled Jobs tool is displayed View Details you will see the job status Held Waiting or Running Releasing a Held J ob 1 Select the job s that are on hold If you display the detailed view of the Scheduled Jobs tool View Details you will see exactly what status each job is at Held Waiting or Running Getting Started with CBMR 163 2 Select Release Selected from the J obs top bar menu You can also apply Release to all jobs by selecting Releasel All Deleting a J ob 1 Select job s from the scheduled jobs list 2 Select Delete Selected from the J obs top bar menu You are prompted to confirm the delete action Running a J ob Immediately If you need to run an ad hoc job or test a job you have set up then select the Run option and the job will run straight away This will not affect any time date parameters that you have already defined If you have set the job to run nightly at 10 o clock it will still do so 8 5 6 System dependent information The Scheduler Service Windows 2000 XP 2003 Only CBMR can schedule jobs to run with no user interaction These jobs are configured to be executed by a special type of program known as a service The main reason for this is to allow scheduled backups to run even when a user is not logged on to the system What are Windows Services Windows 2000 XP 200
180. rvice is used go to the Scheduler page of the Default Settings tool Program Title Enter a descriptive name for the job This name will appear in the job list Program You can choose to run a job with a Backup Selection script file or a command file CBMR works quite happily with both so it is a matter of what best suits your way of working Type the full path and script name or command file name If you are not sure what to enter in this field use the Find button to select a script or to locate and specify a command file Using a Backup Selection script f Script To use a script select the Script radio button Pressing the Find option displays a list of available scripts Using a command file There are some benefits in using a command file For example you could include several scripts which would run one after the other as opposed to using the script file option where only one job can run at a time To use a command file select the Cmd file radio button Smd file Pressing the Find option with the command file option opens the Select File To Run window From here locate the command file and select the Open button Day Date To Run Program In this section of the window you can set when you want the job to run There are several options you can set here Weekdays Monday to Friday are ticked in the list All days Sunday through to Saturday is ticked A job can be run on a weekly basis For e
181. ry Option If the Automatic Recovery option does not work or if you want to re arrange the partitions on the recovered system then it will be necessary to perform a Manual Recovery When the Manual Recovery option is selected a further menu appears Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Main Menu Manual Recovery Automatically Partition 2 Manually Partition Format setup Network Restore setup Meu Hardware Make Bootable Exit Copyright C Cristie Data Products Ltd 2003 200 This enables you to manually Partition Format and Restore your computer system It is advisable to have a good working knowledge of the Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 disk architecture before selecting these options When the Restore option is selected then everything contained in the backup will be restored This could have been a full backup or a minimal DR backup 38 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery NOTE None of the other drives will be restored at this point Other drives can be restored manually using CBMR in Windows mode after the initial restore has been completed Manual Recovery Automatically Partition Option This stage of recovery creates the machine s partition table The existing partition table will be overwritten If the hard disk geometry is not the same as the geometry written to the configuration file eg if a new hard disk had been installed after a failure the partitions will be resized in the sa
182. s This license file will extend the trial licence period to a total of 45 days from 30 days 9 10 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery The final part of the activation process is processing the Activation Key Entering this will fully enable CBMR functionality The Activation Key will come as another email containing a text file attachment Currently the validation of your registration request is handled manually so it may take two working days to issue it for a valid application To apply the Activation Key click on the View licences button This will then take you to the CBMR Licence Viewer A cristie Licence Manager 1 03 CBMR Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Trial Version Expires on Thu Sep 14 01 00 00 2006 WARNING Any attempt to extend the trial period of this product iz illegal System ID B3F5AD 7C Cristie Data Products Limited United Kingdom Tel 44 1453 847000 Fas 4401 453 847001 e mail salesceXcristie com Web site http iwi cristie com Ba Licence Viewer Cristie Data Products Limited UK Mv Company Code 1 EF56175D Code 2 B3F56505 crete ren CEMR Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Number of licences per Computer 1 thereof D are available Licence is valid until 14 09 2006 j Cristie Disaster Recovery Module CDRM available ITSM Support Module available Open File Module OFh Number of licences per Computer 1 thereof 1 are available Cristie Storage Manage
183. s but which may corrupt the data Restoring data means that files are written from the backup media to the disk There are a number of ways of restoring files The Restore Wizard can be run by selecting Restore from the Tools menu This will guide you through the restore process The media in a specific Backup Location can be browsed by highlighting it in the Backup Locations Tool and selecting Restore Compare Verify Data can then be selected and restored A Backup Catalogue Volume can be browsed by highlighting it in the Backup Catalogue Tool and selecting Open from the top menu bar 8 3 1 Restoring From the Backup Catalogue If you click on Use Backup Catalogue then the screen displays a listing of the Backup Catalogue contents Use the Backup Catalogue options to view the catalogue information and make your selection Before the operation takes place CBMR checks the Backup Location and the media header selected from the Catalogue against the connected location and the loaded media If either items conflict then an error message is displayed and you are prompted to correct the situation Please refer to the section on Restoring Registry Files page 158 8 4 Windows Registry General The registry is a hierarchical structured collection of settings that control the operation of virtually all of the components within a Windows system This includes the operating system applications and user preferences It is very imp
184. s from within a Backup Selection scripts Backup Options page Viewing a Log File Highlight the relevant logfile in the Log Files window and select View Logfile from the Logfile top bar menu Or Double click on the required logfile The logfile will be opened using the Windows Notepad application If you want a printed copy of the file select the Print file option from the File menu in Notepad Deleting a Log File 1 Open the Logfiles tool 2 Highlight the relevant logfile single mouse click 3 Select Delete from the Logfile top bar menu You are prompted to confirm the delete action 8 2 0 Start Backup When you have defined the Backup Selection script you can run it immediately by selecting the Backup button The Backup Status window keeps you informed about how the backup is progressing You will get a format warning message if the loaded tape has been recorded in a different format from CBMR You are prompted to overwrite the tape Yes No Select No and the backup is aborted select Yes and the tape will be treated as a new piece of media a new media header is created and existing data overwritten NOTE There is an Estimate Backup Size option in the Selections top bar menu which will detail the size of the backup you have defined This could be useful if you need to know in advance how much capacity you require for this backup Status Window While a Backup Restore Compare or Verify is running a status
185. s g Drwer Path NISENIMNF Press the Start button to start scanning FLI Display Standard YGA Graphics Adapter a FCI HA Multimedia Audio Controller FLI HA SCSI Controller PCI H PCI ta 5A Bridge PCI M IDE Controller PCI M Universal Serial Bus USB Controller PCI H PCI HOST Bridge PCI H PCI ta PCI Bridge Installing drivers for the newly found devices Installing driver Far SCS Controller Installed Finished installing divers Far the newly found devices Back Cancel Restoring your System 107 Manual Installation Normally you would only manually install a driver for a CPU HAL change Select Browse CEMR HW Wizard Select A Driver eristig bara wacning Select an Installation File Browse Select a manufacturer Select a driver lt Back Next gt Cancel Find the driver that you need by browsing to the appropriate folder that holds the inf file for the driver you wish to load If you need to load the driver from another machine then you can browse to a share on that machine and then to the appropriate folder CBMR HW Wizard Select A Driver waer irz srs Select an Installation File Browse Scr supp U7 lnstallationS oftwaresD rreerssCPLI H amp Ls sCapricarn Test machines CPU HAL xP hal inf Select a manufacturer Standard computers m Select a driver ACPI Uniprocessor PC Advanced Configuration
186. scrollable window Check that all your selections are correct 1 If you need to modify any of these settings choose the Back button and modify your selection 2 If you are happy with the selection choose the Finish button and the DR Setup will add your system configuration data to the configuration location of your choice 31 5 Creating a Disaster Recovery Backup 1 For locally attached physical Backup Locations i e non ITSM insert a clean tape in the tape drive or ensure there is enough space on the backup disk 2 Click on the Run or Schedule Disaster Recovery Backup icon in the CBMR main window L Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Software Configuration Tools Welcome to CBMR What do you want to do Setup Disaster Recovery Configuration 3 Create modify system configuration settings including specifying backup locations for disaster recovery Run or Schedule Disaster Recovery Backup g Specify to run disaster recovery backup now or create a disaster recovery schedule for regular backup View Log Files View log files of previous operations such as Backup Restore Compare and Verity Copyright Cristie Data Products 1998 2007 The CBMR Backup Wizard appears The selected Backup Location is shown and all the settings used for the backup are those that are currently specified for the CBMR application ff CBMR Backup The Files necessary bo recover Windows alone in the event of a Fatal Failure
187. sections explain each option in more detail Setup Network Use this menu option to setup the local network interface settings for the recovering machine Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Network Settings IPAddress 10 0 10 10 SubnetMask 255 0 0 0 Gateway Nanmeser ver on From Remote Share HetuorkInterface etho From Local Disk OK Cancel ion From Backup Location Redraw L Copyright C Cristie Data Products Ltd 2003 200 IPAddress This should be set to the local IP address to be used for the local network interface setup for connecting to the share containing the machine configuration Note that this IP address need not be the same as the permanent IP address for this machine and a single address could be used for many machines providing that they are not used at the same time This field can take the value DHCP if a DHCP server is to be used S ubnetMask This field specifies the subnet mask for the network interface This field can take the value DHCP if a DHCP server is to be used 46 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Gateway This field specifies the gateway to be used to connect to the remote share If no gateway is required this field can be left blank This field can take the value DHCP if a DHCP server is to be used Nameserver This field specifies the nameserver to be used for hostname lookup If hostname lookup is not required this field can be left blank Network Interface This
188. selected will display the dataset header details You can also display Header details by double clicking on the root icon Media header or individual datasets Dataset header Tag or untag files and directories as required To begin a Restore Verify or Compare operation click the appropriate button at the top of the window CBMR displays a progress report and will warn you if any problems occur The window title reflects which program is running Restore Compare Status or Verify Status A Statistics window is displayed when the job is completed This information is written to the relevant log file restore log compare log or verify log if one has been requested Redirecting files has no purpose in a VERIFY or COMPARE job Introduction to Compare Compare is different from Verify in that it performs a byte by byte comparison of the backed up data on the tape with the source data For this reason it will take considerably longer to complete You are recommended to run Compare 1 When you first use CBMR to do a backup to ensure that the software and the Backup Locations are all working correctly 2 Periodically to ensure the continued accuracy of your backups Introduction to Verify It is good sense to verify your data after a backup to ensure that it can be restored Verify checks the data for readability it does not guarantee its accuracy Verify should be run after every backup to make sure that the tape is in good co
189. sescoaseetess 85 omar M Fool prett T TMT 2 97 61 5 Show Eos and Error REDO as venei a e excute a EA 109 6 4 6 Copy Log and Error Report Files 1211s eeeeeeee eere eee e rere eene enne nnn nnns 110 6 4 7 Close Recovery Console and ReDOOT cccccssssececcessseereeccesseeeeccassesenccassesesccasserees 111 2 Contents CBMR In More Detail 112 1 1 One aks se CTETUR 112 1 2 CEMR USeFIDEIGET ACS osea hebreo stc eva eadem a bet uid m iredua ea a 112 7 2 1 CBMR Setup Disaster Recovery Configuration cccccccssssseeceeeeeseessseeeeeeeeesseasseeeeeeeens 113 7 2 2 CBMR Run or Schedule Disaster Recovery Backup eee 114 Teli EOS PICS m 114 0 24 CBNMBRTOO S ideae Gui Pese Vati CREDE FR Co eMe rd uctus Vut v CRM Da 115 12 5 CBMR Backup Selection TOO ssdtensiesdeytavat Mese tendum adeste aeaa 115 sc eae Tee 116 2d PCR OO E dasa a prre aui cesa era pinea P v a Died RR anne duanweanton d a ERE 116 f 2 0 Backup LOCATIONS ss reine dax Eos edel bus ee vu ed v GN eER uua REOS RT oo du VIDE a TUR PUE 117 1 29 CBMR Default Settings WIDGOOWugdostetnc ete Dette o v y du S Pe E ol b or eds 117 2 Oe OUPO n SIE DELE LITE MM mM M EMEN 118 122 LT COMLACE NUmbDOlSssbsgedalviettq bU us ut tU MERI nt vation Mc aU dut RvdbuU S 118 1 2 12 dJsernilanialasssescscios s dod a mb Op CD e oa edv OE Er b
190. since the original file backup and all the fragments of the file are needed when restoring file Restore Properties This page allows you to set the default actions which will apply during a Restore job The defaults can be over ridden when performing individual restores CBMR Backup Software Program Settings Scheduler Performance Exclude Files Disaster Recovery Backup Restore Backup Location Backup Catalogue Log Files Existing Files SEE TE Later Files Overwrite Read Only Files D verwrite W Restore File Permissions ACLs Iw Restore Mounted Drives Existing Files If any files being restored already exist on disk then you can direct CBMR to respond in one of the following ways Skip any file it encounters which already exists Ask whether it should overwrite or skip the file Overwrite the existing file with the file from the backup Later Files If any files being restored are found to be later versions than those already existing on disk then you can direct CBMR to respond in one of the following ways Skip any file it encounters which are later versions Ask whether it should overwrite or skip the file Overwrite the file on disk with the later version from the backup Read Only Files If any read only files being restored already exist on disk then you can direct CBMR to respond in one of the following ways Getting Started with CBMR 125 Skip any read only file it encounters whic
191. so on Performance Page CBMR has control over some performance related parameters like the number and size of read write buffers The basic unit of data which can be read or written to the tape called a block is determined by CBMR depending on the Backup Location device and media type in use Most recent tape drive manufactures recommend bigger block sizes for better performance As a result in version 4 the following configurable parameters were introduced Tape Block Size It is possible to set individual block sizes for each Backup Location used by CBMR This could be done using the Backup Locations dialog CEMR Backup Location Setup M ame SonyT ape Block Size d KB Inquire SONY SDe 3000 0400 Category scsi Tape SCSI ID o Adapter adpul 601 SCSI LUN 0 Cancel Help Getting Started with CBMR 129 Minimum Buffer Size The minimum buffer size can be set using the Default Settings property sheet Performance page This only sets the minimum buffer size It is guaranteed that a buffer size over this limit will be used The buffer size should be in multiples of the tape block size in use Since it is possible to set block sizes individually for locations CBMR will calculate the next integral multiple block size over this limit Number of Buffers At least one buffer is required for any read write operation Increasing the number of buffers will increase the performance of the locations with high latency
192. stall drivers for hard disks select the Plug and Play option CBMR HW Wizard Select An Option x erisftia dara wasnina me l a U Select one of the following options and select Next Install Drivers using Plug and Play C Manually Install Drivers C Advanced Options lt Back Cancel Plug and Play Restoring your System 105 The window appears empty to start with The set of drivers located on the recovery CD is the default choice It is possible to change this to a network share or another CD with the Change command button Begin the PnP driver detection by clicking Start CEMR HW Wizard Select A Driver erigtis ara wacning ga Select an Installation File Browse Select a manufacturer Select a driver lt Back Herts Cancel The process checks the devices that it can detect and when it finds one that does not have a driver loaded it will offer to install it CEMR HW Wizard PnP Manager 21g Sara mashina Driver Path 2 NSBENSMF Press the Start button to start scanning FLI Met AMD PONET Family PCI Ethernet Adapter PCI Display Standard YGA Graphics Adapter PCI M Multimedia Audio Controller PCI M SCSI Controller PCI M PCI to 54 Bridge PCI HaA IDE Controller FCI HA Univerzal Serial Bus USB Controller PCI HA PCI HOST Bridge PCI HA PCI to PCI Bridge Installing drivers for the newly found devices
193. t Windows Server 2003 operating systems as well as a mechanism for creating consistent point in time copies of data known as shadow copies CBMR makes use of this technology Windows Pre Installation Environment WinPE Glossary of Terms 181 The Microsoft Windows Pre installation Environment Windows PE or WinPE is a powerful replacement for the Microsoft MS DOS operating system in OS deployment processes test and diagnostic tools development and system recovery processes Windows PE is a minimal Windows system that provides limited services based on the Windows XP Professional and the Windows Server 2003 kernels It also provides the minimal set of features required to run Windows Setup access and install operating systems from the network script basic repetitive tasks and validate hardware Cristie is fully licensed by Microsoft to deploy its DR console software based upon Windows PE 10 Index A Aborting a Backup 153 Adapter definition 180 Advanced Options 36 52 68 Archive bit 180 ASPI 180 Assign Static or DHCP IP Settings 98 Attaching Detaching Jobs 162 Automatic driver installation using plug and play e 64 Automatic Recovery Option 35 37 Backing up Data 147 Backup Catalogue 116 Backup Catalogue General 120 165 Backup Catalogue Properties 126 Backup Location Entry Information 168 Backup Location Properties 125 Backup Location Search 168 Backup Location
194. t specified password lunload Unloads media at end of operation registry Replaces registry files if found during restore lerase Performs a security erase on the media retension Performs a retension operation on the supported location media initialise Performs a partition operation on the supported location media ts lt ScheduleName gt identifies the Windows Scheduler task If CBMR is being run from the Windows Scheduler as opposed to the CBMR Scheduler Service then this parameter is required to enable the CBMR graphical user interface to communicate with the scheduled job while it is running lt ScheduleName gt must be replaced with the exact name of the Windows Scheduler job including the job extension 8 83 CBMRwin exe Command Line Options CBMRwin exe is the graphical based application You can run some command line options with the GUI version In a command window change directory to where CBMR is located At the prompt type CBMRwin for a list of commands and description of usage 174 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Usage CBMRWin exe lt backup selection name gt options gt backup selection name Mame of Ehe backup selection ib Backup default lr Restore fc Compare lv Verify isd location name gt Mame of the location iver lt date gt The backup version as of lt date gt to use where lt date gt should be in the Farm OD MM YEY Y HH ML 55 8 8 4 CBMRCfg exe
195. tact Cristie by e mail cbmrQcristie com mailto cbmrQGcristie com We will value your suggestion 6 4 WinPE Based Disaster Recovery Console If the WinPE DR Console is selected then a Windows installation like boot procedure is started Early on in this process you will be prompted to optionally inject new Mass Storage disk drivers if required this will be useful during dissimilar recovery by pressing F6 Ignore this option if no new drivers are required Upon successful boot the following licence Agreement will be displayed 72 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Licence Agreement Cristie Data Products Limited Licence amp greement PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING LICENCE AGREEMENT BEFORE INSTALLING OF USING THIS SOFTWARE CONTINUING WITH THIS PROCESS INDICATES THAT YOU HAVE READ AND ACCEPTED ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS IN THE AGREEMENT PROMPTLY RETURN THIS PRODUCT FOR A REFUND This software is a proprietary product of Cristie Data Products Limited and is protected by copyright law Any confidential information inherent within the software belongs to Cristie Data Products Limited who retain title to the ownership of the program You are licensed to use the software on the following terms and conditions This licence rs non exclusive and Cristie is free to license other parties on terms it o fit i This software may only be used on a single computer unless a
196. taining the registry files is a standard dataset containing ordinary file images The registry is not backed up as any special data type This is done to facilitate disaster recovery operations and also to allow advanced users to be able to restore individual user profiles 8 4 1 Structure of the Registry The registry is composed of many files and the names of these are dependent on the version of operating system that is running Most of the files are normally located within the system32 config directory below the main Windows System directory User Profiles User profiles are automatically mapped to the registry when a user logs on to the system At this point the file s that hold the user profile information are locked and become unavailable for normal file backup Active user profiles can only be accessed using the registry API functions 8 42 Howitis backed up CBMR provides the user with a simple and easy to use method of backing up the registry files by showing the registry as a separate resource that can be selected along with the available drives If this resource is selected a separate dataset will be created containing all of the files that comprise the registry In addition all user profiles are backed up into this dataset this includes both active and inactive profiles 8 4 3 Restoring Restoring the registry needs to be given careful consideration because any changes that have been made since the registry was backed up wi
197. th a full backup is taken The monthly tapes are re used on the corresponding month of the following year A weekly backup is taken on an appointed day each week typically the first working day The weekly tapes are re used on the corresponding weeks of the following month Again the month is regarded as a four week cycle Daily backups are taken and the tapes reused on corresponding days the following week The monthly weekly and daily tapes should be kept in a fireproof safe The yearly backup should be stored off site You now have substantial coverage should you need to recover data There is data for each individual day plus weekly and monthly and annual backups 8 8 Running CBMR from the Command line CBMR can be run as a console based application using the program pcbax exe In a command window change directory to where CBMR is located At the prompt type pcbax for a list of commands and description of usage Usage pcbax script lt mode gt options lt script gt omit the scp extension is any Backup Selection script contained in the pcbax scripts directory 172 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery pcbax ds n options restores all files in dataset n where n is the number of the dataset The first dataset is O and is the default if a number is not supplied For example pcbax ds 2 Restores the files in the third dataset This provides a quick way to restore all the files within a
198. thout rebooting either of the systems Advanced Options Advanced Options let you do operations on the server other than installing drivers On selecting this the following screen will be presented CBMR HW Wizard Advanced Options Haea wagina pe Fixes the logon problem where soon after entering the corect login details vau are logged aut with the logon screen shown again Back Finish Cancel Currently Fix Logon is the only option available More options will be added later Restoring your System 69 After the Linux mode restore some times it may not be possible to login to the system Either the system will log you out immediately after entering the correct credentials or you may get an error like the following if Citrix Presentation Server is installed User Interface Failure The Logon User Interface DLL A AWINA T Saystem se ctegina dll Failed to load Contact your system administrator to replace the DLL or restore the original DLL In this case Fix Logon will make necessary changes to the system registry so that you can logon to the system successfully Upon successful completion you will get the following message HW Wizard Information 1 j Successfully completed the operation You should exit the wizard and restart the recovering machine Now you should be able to logon normally using the local Administrator account and complete the restore process NOTE It is important you must
199. tinues from the date of the first installation If you wish to use the software beyond the trial period you must register and purchase a license from Cristie Alternatively and in special circumstances Cristie will normally extend the license period if you wish to trial the software beyond that period If you purchase the product then a new license file and activation key will be sent to you The following sections discuss this is more detail 2 1 1 Trial License Unless a full license has already been purchased from Cristie and copied to the program folder when starting CBMR for the first time the following screen will be shown Al Cristie Licence Manager 1 03 CBMR Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Trial Version Expires an Wed Mar 30 01 00 00 2005 WARNING Any attempt to extend the trial period of this product is illegal cristie System ID B3F5BASE Trial Cancel Cristie Data Products Limited United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1 453 847000 Fas 44 0 1453 647001 e mail salesficrshe com Webs site Ato au cristie com Select Trial to begin the CBMR trial period of 30 days This dialog will be displayed every time the software is started until either the 30 day trial period expires or the Customer purchases and loads a valid license file 2 1 2 Full License Before the trial period has expired and you have purchased CBMR you will be sent a contract which contains the serial numbers that you are entitled to use To
200. tion Cascaded Location Library4uto changer Location Click Next to proceed Back Finished Restoring your System 87 Select Next gt and setup the Location details The example shows a temporary ITSM Location being defined This will exist for the duration of the recovery CBMR New ITSM Location Wizard Setup ITSH Location Provide Mame enter ITSM Server and Client information Mame ITSM ITSM Server Details Communication Method TCPIP Server Address 10 0 0 15 Pott 1500 ITSM Client Details Node Name winzk3 Filespace Mame CBMR Back Finished Note that it is possible to change the temporary Location s details by selecting Modify on the menu Stored in the following location The example shown above will retrieve the configuration from the local floppy disk A USB disk would be identified in the same way Note 1 USB devices must be connected to the system and powered if required BEFORE booting the Windows PE recovery environment This is a restriction of Windows PE Note 2 The configuration filename disrec ini must be appended to the path name 88 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery If the configuration is held on a network share use the following syntax in the Path field ice Recovery Console LBMR Locate Configuration Specify the location where the configuration settings for thi computer are stored Stored with the backup data Stored in the
201. tion The current level will be None if this is a new volume or if you are modifying a Catalogue entry the existing level will be quoted which of course could also be None if that is what is defined in the backup selections script The levels of information are as follows Headers Only Volume and Dataset headers This is a minimal level of information and takes up little space Headers and Directories Volume Dataset and Directory details Full Information All the above plus File information This will be significantly larger than Brief or Partial entries 8 6 Creating a New Catalogue Volume You can add new volumes to the Backup Catalogue For example if a backup job specified no entry in the Backup Catalogue at the time it was run or Backups which were created prior to using CBMR CBMR is compatible with Cristie s SDB Backup and Recovery Software 1 Insert the media into the Backup Location storage device Select New from the top bar Backup Catalogue menu You are prompted to select a Backup Location storage device and define the level of information you wish to record 4 Select OK when the operation is complete the entry is added to the catalogue listing 8 6 5 Deleting a Volume From the Catalogue Select the Delete Selected Volumes option from the top bar Backup Catalogue Volume menu You are given the opportunity to cancel the action or to continue This is only deleting a catalogue entry and has no bearing on the
202. tion in the Backup Locations dialog and selecting Restore Compare Verify from its context menu 126 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Backup Catalogue Properties This page allows you to define the level of information which is recorded in the Backup Catalogue when a backup is run CBMR Backup Software Program Settings Scheduler Performance Exclude Files Disaster Recover Backup Restore Backup Location Backup Catalogue Log Files Info Levet There are four different levels 1 Full Media and Dataset headers Directories plus File information This level of detail will use a significant amount of disk space Partial Media and Dataset headers plus Directories Brief Media and Dataset headers only None No details of the backup are recorded in the Backup Catalogue Getting Started with CBMR 127 Log File Properties Log files are a useful source of information and will list any error messages Log file information can be important if problems have occurred CBMR Backup Software Program Settings Scheduler Performance Exclude Files Disaster Recover Backup Restore Backup Location Backup Catalogue Log Files Mode Site Info Level Full Iv Keep Separate Error Lag The following options are available Mode Overwrite Append If Overwrite is set then each time the log file is created it overwrites the existing one If Append is set then each log file is a
203. tition to allow you to selectively modify the partition parameters or to remove it altogether LBMR Volume layout E a X The orginal and proposed disk volumes are show below If required right click en a volume to customise the proposed layout Stored layout Proposed layout Bl wiN2K3R2 Bl wiN2K3R2 Zg Disk O Size 74 56 GB g Sa Disk O Size 15 99 GB z C OS NTFS Size 10 00 GI CIOS NT lt Back Cancel You may Modify the following partition parameters size in MB label format yes no The screenshot below shows this Yolume Partition Details Type Partition File System s ox Size in MB xm mm Label jos Mount Details Drive Letter z Iv Format cancel Select Delete to remove the partition completely If you attempt to either not format or delete a Windows system partition an error such as this will be displayed CBMR Error E E X e You can not delete the Windows boot system partition At this stage nothing has happened to the disks Press Next gt to continue with the recovery Restoring your System 81 Proceed With The Recovery Before continuing with the actual recovery a final warning screen is displayed ee NW ERR ON ons m 1 E Dc Ol on ee a ee ee CBMR Finish On selecting Finish recovery of your system will start ou will be able to monitor the progress in a new window WARNING All existing data from connected disks
204. toloaders It will not detect TSM devices 2 Select Location will allow you to select a Backup Location for restore By default the location stored in the configuration file Disrec ini file will be used for the restore This is useful if you maintain different versions of data under different locations 3 Update Password will allow you to update the TSM Backup Location with a new password It is possible you periodically change the password to your TSM client node In this case the original password stored with the configuration information file Devices ini will no longer valid Using this option it is possible to update the password Restoring your System 51 NOTE Passwords are always encrypted using Cristie s proprietary encryption algorithm before storing 52 Read Configuration From Backup Location Once the Backup Location has been created select option 7 to read the configuration from the designated backup device setup from option 6 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Main Menu Read Configuration setup Network setup Remote Share select Configuration From Remote Share setup Local Disk Read Configuration From Local Disk setup Backup Location Read Configuration From Backup Location Exit Cosy Ch OF ee CO DEB Copyright C Cristie Data Products Ltd 2003 200 This will result in the backup being accessed to retrieve the configuration details You may be prompted for a password if the backup is password p
205. u in the Backup Selections tool Or double click the Create New icon in the Backup Schedules drop down menu Or 148 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery double click the Backup Now option in the Tools drop down menu Any one of these methods will invoke the Backup wizard This will take you through the steps required to create the new Backup Selection script Backup Wizard Welcome Welcome to the Backup Wizard These pages will enable you to define a Backup Selection Ihe data to be backed up along with backup options The Backup Selection may be run immediately and may also be saved and scheduled to run at a later date f Cancel Viewing Existing Backup Selection Scripts To display existing Backup Selection scripts click on the Backup Selection button on the toolbar or select Backup Selections from the Tools top menu The View top bar menu provides different display options Large Small icons a List or a Detailed view The Details View provides some extra information about the scripts It details the name the entry in the Description line the filename the entry in the File line and the date time created The Sort top bar menu allows you to arrange the scripts in alphabetic sequence Sort by Name or in date sequence Sort by Date When in Details view you can also sort the scripts by clicking in the column headings The Script top bar menu contains all the operations you might perform on a scri
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207. ume and Dataset headers This is a minimal level of information and takes up little space mea Volume Dataset and Directory details All the above plus File information This will be significantly larger than Brief or Partial entries Select None if you do not want this particular backup recorded in the catalogue Getting Started with CBMR 151 8 2 5 CBMR Log Files Overview Log files are a record of completed CBMR operations You can check the content and determine whether the job was successful A logfile can be a useful source of information if a problem occurs You can request a log file to be created during a Backup Restore Compare Verify and by the Scheduler The files are named according to the operation Backup log Restore log and so on and stored in the CBMR directory If a Backup log Restore log etc already exists then logging information is appended to the relevant file for each subsequent operation The file can grow rapidly If you need to retain the information save it to a new name Save as is available from the File menu in Notepad when you View the logfile If not delete it and a new file will be created next time the operation is carried out The View top bar menu allows you to control the log files display window The files can be displayed as large small icons as a list or as a detailed listing which includes date time and size details The Sort top bar menu allows you to sort the files in alphab
208. ur System 99 This feature will also allow the DHCP lease to be released or renewed as required Map a Network Drive In order to simplify access to network resources the Network Configurator allows you to map a network drive to a network share We C Cristie Network Configurator version 2 20 Networ hk rives File Sharing a Refresh Hap drives and browse network IP Addresses s a all Obtain an IP address automatically O Use the following IP address IP Address g More Subnet Mask Use static gateway addresses DNS amp WINS x Network Identification 44 p 55 Network Drives l Map Network Drive Browse Network e Select a drive and enter a network ca Enter a Domain or Computer path to map the drive to name to browse its resources Network Path User Name Password Cf Map Drive Mapped Network Drives Drive Network Path Refresh Ww Disconnect 100 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Select the drive letter that you wish to allocate from the Drive drop down box and type in the share name that you wish to associate with it Also specify the network credentials to be used to access the share Press Map Drive to confirm the share operation If successful the share will be added to the Mapped Network Drives table see below Network Drives Map Network Drive Browse Network Select a drive and enter a network l Enter a
209. uration Tools si Help Welcome to CBMR What do you want to do Setup Disaster Recovery Configuration Create modify system configuration settings including specifying backup locations for disaster recovery Run or Schedule Disaster Recovery Backup Specify to run disaster recovery backup now or create a disaster recovery schedule for A regular backup View Log Files View lag files af previous operations such as Backup Restore Compare and Verify Copyright Cristie Data Products 1998 2007 If you request a log file to be created the file is automatically saved and can be viewed using this option You can view or delete existing log files CBMR In More Detail 115 Please note that there will be no log files present unless you have previously run a Backup Restore Compare or Verify which requests one to be created Cristie s Support personnel may ask for a CBMR version log to help in diagnosing problems with your CBMR installation This is a text file containing a list of components and their corresponding version nos To do this select Log Version Details from the main Help menu amp Help About CEMR User Guide Log Version Details Support Details V LEES E AL GFI in settings including specitvir A file called version log is created and can be viewed using the View Log Files option as before 7 2 4 CBMR Tools The CBMR Tools presents the Backup Now Restore Compare Verify Backup Catalogu
210. ve The file can be located on a removable disk a local fixed disk or located on a remote server share A File backup location can be created using the Create Backup Location dialog in xubax or gubax It is possible to specify a size limit on the file itself in which case on reaching the specified size an end of media condition will be created Itis nota good idea to place the VTD file on a local disk that will be destroyed during a DR operation Cascaded Backup Location Setup Cascaded backup location in CBMR are special Backup Locations which allow you to cascade two or more similar Backup Locations Cascaded locations can be regarded as a simple library device which eliminate the need for a media change on encountering a end of media condition on a device If you have two identical tape devices attached to your system and your backup requires 2 media you can cascade the 2 devices The backup will continue on device 2 on reaching the end of tape in device 1 You can setup a Cascaded Backup Location using the Cascaded Backup Location Setup dialog Getting Started with CBMR 137 The order of the backup locations in the chain is important as the first location in the list will be accessed first You can double click on any location to remove it from the list and add it to the other list You can drag and drop using the mouse to re arrange the locations in the Locations list CBMR Mew Cascaded Location Wizard Setup Lascaded Location P
211. vel Info level Set Set by user at backup user at backup st Location ia ERR Location holding the backup datasets Getting Started with CBMR 167 8 6 3 Modifying the Level of Catalogue Information You can change the level of information held by the Backup Catalogue Select the Change Info Level option from the top bar Volume menu in the Backup Catalogue tool The Current Info Level tells you the information level of the selected volume The Current Info Level will be None if you are creating a new entry If you want to down grade the level of information for example from Full Information to Headers and Directories or Headers Only then just click on the required option You are given the opportunity to cancel the action However if you are up grading the information level then you need the media loaded so that the relevant information can be read from the media and written to the catalogue entry You will be prompted to select a Backup Location to use When you select the Backup Location storage device to use for this operation CBMR checks the location compares the media header with the selected header in the catalogue entry and if correct proceeds with the upgrade You will be prompted to connect the correct location or insert correct volume if either does not agree with your selection You are informed when the update is complete Select Required Info Level You can choose to store any one of three levels of informa
212. very Console j Starts the automatic recovery wizard which will take you through the steps necessary to recover pour system Starts the manual recover wizard which will let you do Individual recovery steps Lets You run various tools relevant to the recovery Shows a list of log and error report files fram which individual ones can be selected for viewing in notepad Lets You copy all the log and error report files to a removable media or network location for support purposes Will clase this console and reboot the system Serihe umezonecndimes PAn nir UO DO BM CEMA Recovery Console Version 5 1 Build BU Copyright E 2006 200 Cristie Data Products Ltd C United Kingdom http w cristie com cristic You may configure the displayed date time and the keyboard layout by pressing the icon Es rel m b k EL P aml LMF English UK X English US TOr ing French France French Switzerland German German ae y sort German Switzerland Italian 5witzerland Japanese idre Swedish Date Time and Time Zone zone and time Le cristic 74 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery By default the standard display uses US layout but this may be changed to one of the listed alternatives Select Date Time and Time Zone to configure the locale Date and Time Properties Date amp Time Time Zone Internet Time Time 10 43 44AM H Current t
213. will be destroyed Cancel Help BAA CPST COM If you are happy with the recovery configuration press Finish This will commence the actual recovery Note This procedure will completely destroy any existing data on the disks selected for recovery Disks or partitions tagged as no format will however be retained 82 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Disk Recovery Sequence The recovery sequence begins by preparing the disk selected for the recovery T VUA ees La An a Mk ET DT anna LBMR Recovery Status CEMA Console Version 5 1 Build 78 Automatic recovery started on 6 13 2007 10 53 44 PM Renaming the computer Starting access to Diskpart Preparing basic disks INI disk 0 ACT disk 0 Size 16378 MIB Culsz2088 TPC 255 SPT 63 BPS 512 Creating basic partitions Creating any partitions an IMI disk 0 ACT disk poe MBA partition 10236 MiB with drive letter C labelled L15 Abort ase This involves Restoring your System 83 disk mapping original layout to new cleaning removing any existing disk partitions removing any existing dynamic volume databases re creating the partitions converting to dynamic volumes if required formating to the required partition type The next step is to recover the backups to the target disks partitions A new window appears containing the restore status of recovered files and a progress bar which indicates how much of the backup has bee
214. wn scheduling service or the Task Scheduler service provided with Windows Which service is used depends on an option in the Scheduler page of the Default Settings tool The service that CBMR is using will affect the dialogs and wizards that are presented to create and edit scheduled jobs The Windows Task Scheduler allows more flexible schedules to be set up for instance every 10 minutes from 09 00 for 1 hour every Mon Wed of every 2 weeks However Windows Task Scheduler is not integrated as tightly into CBMR NOTE To configure which scheduling service is used by CBMR go to the Scheduler page of the Default Settings menu option 8 5 1 Multiple Backups You can easily maintain a daily weekly and monthly backup routine by creating a job for each backup and adding it to the schedule list You can use the same Backup Selection script or command file for several jobs but each must have different time date parameters CBMR will not allow two jobs of the same specification to be created 8 5 2 Operating the Scheduler The Scheduler tool is accessed by Selecting the Backup Schedules menu option on the main CBMR Toolbar or 1 selecting the Backup Schedules option from the Configuration menu The CBMR Scheduler tool allows you to manage scheduled jobs Jobs are scheduled either through the CBMR Scheduler service or the Windows Task Scheduler service Which service is used is configured through the Default Settings tool All scheduled j
215. work If you have kept the network details on the configuration floppy 1 Select option 5 READ CONFIGURATION Select option 3 SELECT CONFIGURATION FROM REMOTE SHARE from the READ CONFIGURATION menu Select the Copy Files option to copy the configuration files from the network server to the floppy With no configuration floppy available or collocated with the DR backup 1 Select Option 5 READ CONFIGURATION 2 Select option 2 SETUP REMOTE SHARE from the READ CONFIGURATION menu Then provide the network location of the local machine and the network server where the files are stored 3 Selectthe Copy Files option to copy the configuration file from the network server to the local machine NOTE Store the DR System CD or disks and the DR backup tape in a safe location It is a good idea to keep more than one copy and store them in different locations 34 6 Restoring your System If the situation arises where you need to recover your system you have all the necessary information on the DR System CD the DR Configuration Disk or file and the DR Backup to get your system up and running in minimal time The restore process requires little user intervention 6 1 Linux Based Disaster Recovery Console 1 After the system has booted into Linux mode the following prompt will appear Press f to use CBMR configuration floppy disk Press u to use CBMR configuration USB device Press ENTER otherwise Configuration information on floppy
216. xample to run a job every Thursday tick the Thursday box set the time option and set the Repeat option box ticked A job can be run on a monthly basis For example you could select Monday and Monthly plus the Time setting and set the Repeat option box ticked This means that the job would run on the first Monday of the month at the time set In actual fact the program runs on the first Monday it encounters So if your machine was switched off over the first two weeks of the month the job would then run on the first Monday encountered after you switch it back on A job can be set to run on a particular date When the Date box is ticked press the Set button to display the calendar Select the date you require the current date is the default The arrows at the top of the calendar allow you to change Month and Year gt changes the month forward gt gt changes the year forward lt changes the month backward lt lt changes the year backward 162 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery If the Repeat box is checked when a Date is set the date automatically increments to the next day after the job has run Time To Run Program The time is set by selecting the up down arrows next to the Hour and Minute boxes Options You can run a job on a regular basis by setting the Repeat option the box is ticked when active When this box is ticked the job will be repeated until you cancel the Repeat option For example if
217. ystem rc SystemDisk NTFS OE WindowsInstallDistri MTFS Cancel z Back Help The Windows boot and system partitions will be selected by default and you cannot exclude them All other volumes and partitions can be selected or de selected by clicking on the selection box which toggles the current selection 1 Select Next when you have finished your selections 4 4 Booting the DR Console from CD ROM Insert the bootable DR CD ROM and reset the machine You will be initially prompted to choose a DR environment Linux or WinPE Choose the appropriate recovery mode Both environments are compatible with the configuration file and DR backup 30 Technical Reference Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 4 5 DR Setup Finish Dialog You have almost completed the DR Configuration setup The location for the configuration may be a floppy disk a network share a local folder or collocated with the DR backup itself CBMR Configuration Finish Your configuration information will be updated with the Following details Select the Finish button to proceed You can ga back and make changes by selecting the Back button The Windows drive is C and the boot drive is C Configuration will be stored with the backup istselF The Backup Location to be used with the recovery backup is MyTSM The valume s C will be Formatted during recovery Cancel z Back Help All of the configuration selections are shown in the

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