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1. The final steps of the recovery are to run a sanity check to determine if all the expected boot files are present on the boot volume un a dissimilar hardware check to determine if new drivers are required for new boot devices Finally 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 Note that recovery logs are also saved to the recovered system to the TBMR installation sub folder Temp e g C Program FilesNCristieNTBMRNTemp Restoring your System 21 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 EBMR Recovery Console starts the automatic recovery wizard which will take you DE through the steps necessary to recover your system EBMR Volume Layout x The original and proposed disk volumes are shown below If required right click on a volume to customise the proposed layout Stored layout Proposed layout LIA VPC WIN2K3R2 EE vec wiNzkaR2 See Disk 0 Size 15 99 GB Fl Gi Sa Disk 0 Size 8 00 GB VMware H a Disk 1 Size 512 MB H a Disk 2 Size 512 MB H a Disk 3 Size 512 MB Copyright C 2006 2009 Cristie Software Limited United Kingdom http fvww cristie com cristic The above example shows a recovery from an original system with 4 physical d
2. Date Current File Mame WINDOAMAASA Microsoft ME T Framewark sv1 1 4322 mscarsn dll Size FB EB Status Progress Files Done 1418 of 2 830 Bytes Done 234MB of 512MB Time Taken 00 01 01 Rate 6472 6 KBrSec iles 50 3 O o Restore Bytes 45 X ancel http A aia cristie 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 Restoring your System 37 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 TBMR Recovery Console TBMR Finish Cancel Urited Kingdom cristie http way cristie com Select Finish and control returns to the next step in the Manual Recovery sequence Make Bootable The next 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 TRMR Recovery Console TEMR Welcome Tivoli Welcome to the TEMA Manual Recovery Wizard which gives greater control and flexibility in restoring your system Select the operation you want to da and select Next to proceed Ti C Access Configuration d Create Partitio
3. B Wi0 2 1 21 share2 Restoring your System 47 Disconnect Network Drives If you need to disconnect a mapped drive for any reason this option allows you to do this Just select the drive that you wish to disconnect from the Unmap a network drive drop down list and then click Unmap Drive 3 Cristie Network Configurator IP Address DNS Servers Network Identification Map Metwork Drive The mapped drive is removed from the list to confirm the operation 48 User Guide Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM Setup DNS Servers DNS server IP addresses are automatically set when the WinPE 2 DR environment boots However options are provided to allow DNS server IP addresses to be manually set if required Note WINS servers are not currently supported by this tool if Cristie Network Configurator E x ehMac Addr cB Load Eg Save Help Ethernet Adapters Network Identification MapMetworkDrive IP Address DNS Servers Obtain DNS Server address automatically Use the following DNS Server address DNS Server w H 1 ol More Select the Use the following DNS Server address button and enter the new DNS IP server address If required select the More button to add several DNS IP addresses Press Apply to activate the new address Restoring your System 49 Setup Network Identification It is possible to setup the Network Identification of the recovering system This allows the WinPE
4. This can be enabled in TSM by adding the line INCLUDE ENCRYPT Ailes to the dsm opt file TBMR works by creating the system configuration into the folder TBMRCFG So the line above would mean that when the TSM backup is created the TBMRCFG folder is also encrypted This is not a problem though but would mean that you will be prompted for the password during the recovery If you wish to avoid this prompt add this additional line to dsm opt after the line above EXCLUDE ENCRYPT TBMRCFG You can also choose to always prompt for the encryption key password or have it stored locally You will be prompted for the encryption key thus Enter File Encryption Key Password You should also select the appropriate encryption algorithm for your backup If the folder containing the TBMR configuration has been encrypted then during the recovery you will be prompted for the password TRMA Recovery Console TEMR TSM Details Please enter the TSM Server and Client details below and select Next to continue TSM Server Details Password Request Data is encrypted using a password Enter the correct password and press OK to proceed Pressing Cancel will abort the operation Cancel Wednesday June 11 2008 33711 AM http wa cristie com If the configuration folder has been excluded from the encryption as described above you will be prompted for the password during the Restore Files phase of the DR Please en
5. other than bape lt Back Cancel At the moment only restoring from a TSM node or an online backupset is supported A future release will support restoring from a backupset stored on a disk or removable media Make your choice and press Next gt to continue Restore from Node If you selected Restore from a node then select Next gt This will then display the Enter TSM server details as shown in the next section Specify TSM Details and Recovery Date Time The first step of the automatic recovery identifies the location of the TSM Server and Node used to back up the Client TBMR TSM Details a X Please enter the 75M Server and Client details below and select Mest to continue TSM Server Details Server Address 10 21 20 Port 1500 Backupset Location Browse TSM Client Details Mode Mame NIBELPTBMR NHXHXHXNXX Node Password Pointan time FIT restore Wednesday June 24 2008 10 31 15 AM lt Back Cancel Restoring your System 17 Selecting the Point in time PIT restore mode will allow the system to be recovered to a point closest to the specified date time The version of any files restored are closest to but not earlier than the specified date time If required to restore from an older date selecting the down arrow in the day month field brings up a calendar TRAR BEacover Console TBMR TSM Details Please enter the TSM Server and Client details below an
6. the hardware manufacturer f Scan f r only network and mass storage devices Recommended C Scan for all devices Select only when asked by Cristie support Dissimilar Hardware Wizard Version 5 3 Build 83 Copyright C 2003 2010 Cristie Software Limited United Kingdom http iwy cristie com cristie lt Back Cancel Select the Install Drivers using Plug and Play option DHW Select An Option E X 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 Install Drivers using Plug and Play 54 User Guide Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM The window appears empty to start with The set of drivers located on the recovery CD is the default choice but in practice they should not be used Instead change the driver search path to where you have actually located your drivers for example to a network share or another CD with the Change command button DHW PnP Manager Ep x 1 Select the mmm E Driver u Specify the folder to search for drivers for new devices 2 Press the My Computer Gl 315 Floppy A see OS E fl TBMR622X86_PE1 F Elk CD ROM x RE APPLICATIONS H E DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS F I386 H E PROGRAM FILES Fi VMDRIVERS rre In the example above the driver search path is changed to the VMware drivers on the WinPE boot CD Begin
7. 8 4 Restore from Backupset The system configuration will be restored from the appropriate backupset which is selected from the next dialog TBHR Backupset Selection Please select the backupset for restore Select backupset TEST 21878632 Tes 1221901730 Restoring your System 31 Successful extraction of the configuration from the server is confirmed with the following dialog TBMR Recovery Console TEMR Finish Iunii e configuration data Is successfully retrieved and copie Tivoli Th f tion dat fully ret d and d locally a i Back Finish Cancel Orited Fingdom cristie http ai cristie com Select Finish and control returns to the next step in the Manual Recovery sequence Create Partition and Volumes The next step of the manual recovery process is to configure the target disk partitions and volumes TRMRA Recovery Console TBMRE Welcome Tivoli Welcome to the TEMA Manual Recover Wizard which gives greater control and Flexibility in restoring your system Select the operation you want to do and select Next to proceed wl C Access Configuration Le Create Partitions and Volumes C Restore Files Make Bootable Dissimilar Hardware lt Back Cancel http aia cristie com 32 User Guide Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM Select Next gt to display the Volume Layout dialog TRMRA Recovery Console TBMR Volume Layout The original and p
8. Finish n selecting Finish recovery of your system will start You will be able to monitor the progress in a new window The subsequent recovery continues as described in section Disk Recovery Sequence Disk Recovery Sequence The recovery sequence begins by preparing the disks selected for the recovery Tk dm Ma TBMR Recovery Status Renaming the computer Preparing basic disks INI disk 0 ACT disk 0 Size 1 6384 MiB Cyle 2088 TPC 255 SPT 63 BPS 512 Creating basic partitions Creating any partitions on INI disk 0 ACT disk 0 Created MBA partition 4094 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 Creating partition mount points Creating volume mount ports Making bootable volumes active Stopping access to Diskpart Restore will start shortly in a separate window Updating the target registry Sanity check passed Copying DisRec ini to the Windows dive Success Start Dissimilar Hardware Search new hardware devices in the recovering system There are no new devices found in pour system PANNA COTS COM This involves 26 User Guide Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM disk mapping original layout to new cleaning removing any existing disk parti
9. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager TSM and TIVOLI are trademarks of the IBM Corporation PC Bax Cristie Storage Manager CSM SDB TBMR Bare Machine Recovery for TSM and CBMR Cristie Bare Machine Recovery are trademarks of Cristie Software Ltd Cristie Software 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 Overview 2 Tb CONME MERE 2 1 2 FORCING CS cec MEI MM MAL M M I E 2 13 BaCKUD Fe KOC SS osstost ostundsidarivenedskovuetd Reston a RR 2 1 4 HROeCOVOD BI OGE SS aiisiadiu uasa cei Covenvicsadeicuavarseusccoucumsvetesvicuedaine av sinnen iu vxc aM BU tope va yeu C 3 2 The TBMR Create Configuration Tool 4 2 1 Creating the Configuration Information s ss sssrrrrsssrsrrrrrrsrrrrrrrrrnn rn rr RR rna R RAKA RKA RR nnn nnn ARR nnns 4 3 64 bit Versions of Windows XP Vista Windows 7 2003 and 2008 6 4 Using a TSM Backup for Disaster Recovery 7 5 Encrypted Backups 8 6 Image Backups 10 7 Backupset Support 11 8 Restoring your System 12 8 1 Booting tne DRGOhsole obusdodatumoa teris ra x Rv depu atl adu pube pO QU nan SR vidco ba ped 12 8 2 WinPE 2 Based TBMR Recovery Console eene nnne nennen rna rna 13 8 2 1 TBMR Recovery Console Main MCNU sssserssrarsosrrrsorrrrorrerorrrrerrrrnrrrrnr nnnm nnne nnn nnns 14 8 2 2 Start Automatic Recovery Wizard esee enean nennen nennen aaa d nna 15 8 2 3 Start Manu
10. Size 512 MB 0 048 ED COS NTFS Size 4 00 Hs Disk 2 Size 512 MB E E PartitionE NTFS Size FH Disk 3 Size 512 ATT Partition Details Type Partition File System NTFS Size in MB 12254 Label ili Mount Details Drive Letter Format Cancel El VPCAWINZK3R2 gg ese Disk D Size 15 99 GB The indicator shown next to the disk icon indicates whether that disk will be left intact or not A red exclamation mark 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 section 34 User Guide Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM Press lt Back to return to the previous step Finish to commence the active part of this step or Cancel to abort TBMR Recovery Console TEMR Finish On selecting Finish various disk management tasks will begin Tou will be able to monitor the progress in a new window Cancel Urited Fngdom cristic http w 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 TEMA Co
11. Support for diagnosing WinPE driver problems 60 User Guide Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM 8 4 3 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 TBMR Recovery Console Starts the automatic recovery wizard which will take vou vh through the steps necessary to recover your system Starts the manual recovery wizard which wall let vau do a Individual recovery steps TBMR Copy Logfiles J Specify the location where the logfiles need to be copied F Copy logfiles to the following location E o Browse ERES GMT Daylight Time 5 20 2008 10 44 27 AM TEMA Recovery Console Version 5 3 1 Build 33 Copyright E 2006 2008 Cristie Software Limited C United Kingdom http A aan Cristie com cristic The example shows files being copied to a local floppy drive Note that the logs are automatically written back to the recovered system after a successful DR They are saved to the TBMR installation sub folder Temp 8 4 4 Close Recovery Console and Reboot TBMR Recovery Console Starts the automatic recovery wizard which will take you through the steps necessary En recover your system amp Starts the manual
12. be loaded into the WinPE 2 environment Use this when WinPE 2 does not have a built in driver for your hardware For example if the DR environment does not show any disks to be recovered you can inject a new mass storage device driver for the device and retry the DR wizard You will be prompted for the location of the driver INF file CBMR Dynamic Driver Loading x Specify the location where the driver installation INF file can be found Browse Load Cancel The INF file and other associated driver files Such as the SYS file can be located on a CD USB device or a network share The following confirmation dialog is displayed if the driver is loaded successfully CBMR Information n x 1 Successfully loaded the driver P P nigelp intelINFDrivers jaahci inf OK Restoring your System 59 8 4 2 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 TBMR Recovery Console Starte the automatic recovery wizard which will take you TEMR Logfiles E Highlight a file and select iew ta view its contents Select Close to close this dialog E setupapilog 05 08 10 10 55 28 CBAC_trace log 05 0810 10 38 48 dsmetror log 05 08 710 10 38 46 E LDP trace lag 06 06 10 10 39 40 E CDOP_dump log 05 08 10 10 28 16 E brer sta
13. 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 20 User Guide Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM You may right click on any disk shown in the right hand panel to select whether the disk will be formatted or not TBMR Recovery Console TEMIR Volume Layout The original and proposed disk volumes are shown below If required right click on a volume to customise the proposed layout Stored layout Proposed layout Ek Bl ypc CEMR Disk Partitioning Tes partition this disk 2 CA UTION You will lose all the data in this disk No do not partition this disk Existing data may be safe Coe In Back Next gt Cancel Urited Kingdom cristic http iwy cristie com Any attempt to turn off formatting incorrectly will result in this error Stored Fauni Pranns T CEMR Disk Partitioning DES EF CEMR Error This disk must be repartitioned as the existing disk doesn t match the original disk s layout LIF ance 4 lis Restoring your System 21 You may also right click on a partition to allow you to selectively modify the partition parameters or to remove it altogether TBMR Recovery Console TBMR Volume Layout The original and proposed dis
14. the Client and the Server Other TSM communication methods are not currently supported Press OK gt to proceed Select Filespaces To Restore The next step prompts for the filespaces to restore Generally each filespace represents a disk partition or volume Put a tick against each filespace that should be restored TBMR Select Filespaces to Restore xj The Windows boot and system drives will always be restored You can select additional drives to be restored by ticking the check box next to the drives ec Yes Yes wvpcwinzk 3r2 cS NTFS a E Nwpc win2k3r2es NTFS lt Back Next gt Cancel Note that the system and boot partitions even if on different partitions will always be restored by default Click Next gt to continue to the next step Confirm Volume Layout The next step in the automatic recovery shows a list of the disks and partitions to be recovered TRMRA Recover Console TBMR Volume Layout The original and proposed disk volumes are shown below IF required right click en a volume to customise the proposed layout Stored layout Proposed layout aV PCAWVINZK3RZ m Bl vPCAVIN2K3R2 i Toe Disk O Size 15 33 GE B o Disk O Size 15 99 GB VMwan ie Disk 1 Size 512 MB i gg c Disk 1 Size 509 MB VM ware a Disk 2 Size 512 MB gg Sr Disk 2 Size 509 MB VMware Fu Disk 3 Size 512 MB gg c Disk 3 Size 509 MB VMware Icon Help x Back Cancel http cristie com Restoring yo
15. the sequence Press Cancel to abort the recovery sequence at this point You will then be presented with a dialog prompting you to select the type of the TSM restore Select Re store Type iF oo Fri 3 harli akt ekrir an 2 dick mr rarm ghle muda Restore from a backopset stored om a disk oF removable media otmen eh ape At the moment only restoring from a TSM node or an online backupset is supported A future release will support restoring from a backupset stored on a disk or removable media Restoring your System 29 Press Next gt to continue to TEMR TSM Details EF x Please enter the 75M Server and Client details below and select Mest to continue TSM Server Details Server Address 10 21 20 Fort 1500 Backupset Location Browse TSM Client Details Node Name NIBELPTBMR HHA AAAS Node Password Foint in time FIT restore Wednesday June 24 2008 10 31 15 AM lt Back Cancel Specify the location of the TSM Server and Node used to back up the Client Selecting the Point in time PIT restore mode will allow the system to be recovered to a point closest to the specified date time The version of any files restored are closest to but not younger than the specified date time If required date is not the current WinPE date selecting the down arrow in the day month field brings up a calendar TRMHE Recovery Console TEMR TSM Details Please enter the TSM Serv
16. when you are trying out different combinations of NIC parameters Use the Load Load button to restore saved configurations Dissimilar Hardware Wizard A restore to dissimilar hardware is normally detected during the Automatic or Manual DR sequence and drivers will be injected automatically at the end of the restore sequence if a source location has been provided However if this process has failed for some reason or additional drivers are required to be injected into the recovering machine then this Dissimilar Hardware Wizard tool is provided Note it is only necessary to load the drivers for the hard disk NIC and rarely the HAL Drivers for the hard disks and NIC 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 Restoring your System 53 If you wish to scan for just Mass Storage and Network devices the minimum required to boot a dissimilar system select Next gt to continue to the next step of the Wizard This is the recommended option Under the guidance of Cristie Support you may be asked to scan for all devices In this case tick the Scan for all devices box before selecting Next gt DHW Welcome E E x welcome to Dissimilar Hardware Wizard This will take you through the steps to install the necessary drivers f r your new hardware You may need the installation media from
17. 2 hostname and Primary DNS suffix to be changed during a DR session These details are transient and only apply while the WinPE 2 DR session is running They are not applied to the recovering system when it reboots after the DR session 50 User Guide Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM Enter the new Computer Name and press Set to confirm the change Bil VMware Accelerated AMD PCNet Adapter Restoring your System 51 Display MAC Address It is possible to display the local MAC address of the recovering system Select the MAC Address L Im SUGHED Mask perat gateway Lise static ga Note it is not possible to change the MAC address 52 User Guide Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM Save Restore NIC Configuration Parameters During a WinPE 2 DR session it is possible to save the current network configuration to a local file Select the Save E save button to do this Enter a suitable filename This file is transient and will only exist for the current DR session ff Cristie Network Configura IOl x ehMac Addr cE Load Eg Save Help Ethernet Adapters VMware Accelerated AMD PCNet Adapter Speed 1073 7 Mbps Settings Update ox Save To File Provide file name to save the settings if Savedsettings n Save Cancel IP Subnet Mask Default Gateway i Use static gateway address This avoids the need to manually re enter parameters
18. E environment so allowing external VNC clients to remotely connect during the DR session The start process will provide you with the current IP address of the PE environment which you will need to specify in the VNC client Note that the VNC connection is also password protected The VNC feature is intended for diagnosing DR problems under the guidance of Cristie Support who will provide the password upon request Set trace levels allows the DR log file trace to be increased or decreased as required Tracing Levels x Do not set any trace levels unless instructed to do so by Cristie support Trace levels can seriously affect the performance of the recovery CDP Trace Level FEN SDS_TSM Trace Level o CBAC Trace Level SDS_SEP Trace Level DSMC Trace Level YES5A Trace Level CAWC Trace Level CXCC Trace Level Net Worker Trace Level EFi Trace Level Cancel It is recommended that the trace levels are only changed when advised to do so by Cristie Support staff This is because they could have a severe impact upon the performance of the backup restore process Advanced options should only be selected when advised to do so by Cristie Support staff Advanced Options E x WARNING Do not change these settings unless directed by Cristie support Map disks automatically Update boot ini Omit LOM reservation Cancel Cristie Network Configurator Tool This is a very powerful tool that provides extensive fa
19. IP Address DNS Servers Obtain an IP address automatically LJ usen un Use the following IP address IP Address 10 10 11 43 More Subnet Mask 25 0 0 0 Default Gateway iD 0 1 1 More Use static gateway address Set the new IP address subnet mask and gateway IP address The More button will allow the system to have more than one static IP addresses Click on Apply to confirm the settings for the selected adapter 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 Restoring your System 45 Start the Cristie Network Configurator from the Tools menu and select the Map Network Drives tab 46 User Guide Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM 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 Unmap a network drive drop down list see below IP Address DNS Servers Network Identification Map Network Drive Map a network drive Drive le gt Network Path 10 2 1 21 share2 Domain Username nigel m 2 Password So
20. NT Desktop LSI SCSI 4KB Setup Information 5 13 2005 2 23 PM YMSCSI 2KB Setup Information 12 1 2005 2 30 AM hu Documents Mv Computer L TOTEM File name vwscsi Files of type Driver installation files Cancel Here we are selecting the VMware SCSI controller driver DHW Select A Driver Select an Installation File X WMDRIVERSN32 BITSVMSCESILINF Select a manufacturer v ware Inc Select a driver VMware SCSI Controller lt Back Mest gt 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 H Wizard Question 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 if required 58 User Guide Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM When the drivers have been installed the wizard allows you to go back to install another device driver or finish the process DHW Finish E x The selected driver is successfully installed IF you want to install more drivers select the Back button and select the new drivers IF You are finished with the divers select Finish and the wizard will exit You may new reboot the just recovering server Far the changes to take effect lt Back Cancel Load a Driver Allows a new mass storage or Network card driver to
21. TBMR Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM User Guide August 2010 cristie Cristie Software Ltd Cristie Data Products GmbH Cristie Nordic AB New Mill Nordring 53 55 Gamla V rmd v gen 4 Chestnut Lane Stroud GL5 3EH 63843 Niedernberg SE 131 37 Nacka United Kingdom Germany Sweden Tel 44 0 1453 847000 Tel 49 0 60 28 97 95 0 Tel 46 0 8 718 43 30 Fax 44 0 1453 847001 Fax 49 0 60 28 97 95 7 99 Fax 46 0 8 718 53 40 cbmrQGcristie com cbmrQGcristie de cbmrQcristie se Copyright O 2003 2010 Cristie Software Ltd All rights reserved The software contains proprietary information of Cristie Software 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 Software Ltd and the client and remains the exclusive property of Cristie Software Ltd If you find any problems in the documentation please report them to us in writing Cristie Software 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 photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Cristie Software Ltd
22. Value drop down box as shown below NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller Properties 21 gt Advanced The following properties are available for this network adapter Click the property you want to change on the left and then select its value on the right Property Value Auto Negotiation Y 10 THE Half Duplex How Control Interrupt Moderation IP Checksum Offload Jumbo Packet Lange Send Offload version 1 IPv4 Lange Send Offload version 2 IPv4 Large Send Offload version 2 IPv6 Network Address 100 Mbps Half Duplex Auto Negotiation TCP Checksum Offload IPv4 TCP Checksum Offload IPv6 UDP Checksum Offload IPv4 UDP Checksum Offload IPv amp Again note that the speed duplex settings available are NIC dependent Auto Negotiation is generally the NIC default setting Other NIC properties may be changed as required Assign Static or DHCP IP Settings Normally the WinPE 2 DR environment will start with DHCP enabled and active However if a static IP is required use the Use the following IP addresse option to manually configure First ensure the desired network adapter is selected from the drop down list If a static IP address is to be applied select the Use the following IP address button This will automatically deselect the default DHCP option and allow the static IP parameters to be defined 3 Cristie Network Configurator Network Identification Map Network Drive
23. al Recovery Sequence ccceseceeeesseeeeeseeetenseeeeaeeeeeaseeeteuseseeaseesteaseeenaeesseas 21 8 3 PRES LORS TOM INO CLS 5 assit eub s nt rua E E EE Sects 30 8 4 Restore TOM BACKUDSE cerdo vv ren Ode ao ladan raderas mea cde dde post cave us vues e Vad SINNE GA BER 30 EIOS D 39 9 4 2 SNOW Log and Error REDONS aeaieie EE ore n uso cekue ur sicca SE So rand ul Ru SEE ss 59 8 4 3 Copy Log and Error Report FIIeS sc coa cimi Mo rv E Rao E QA CUR ER MN GR CUR aov AVE KRK M d CFR TUR a ORK 60 8 4 4 Close Recovery Console and REDOOt sseesssrrrsssrsrrsssrrrrorrrrrsnrrrrrnn rr rrrnn rr rr nr nnn anna anas 60 9 Index 62 1 Overview 1 1 Context This document describes the essential elements of TBMR and Disaster Recovery based upon a tailored WinPE recovery module It is based upon version 6 3 of the software 1 2 Prerequisites An Intel x86 x64 or ia64 based processor with 640MB RAM 1GB for Vista or later OS s and 20MB free disk space running one of the following operating systems Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 2008 Windows 2008 R2 Both 32 and 64 bit versions of XP 2003 Vista 7 and 2008 including Core and R2 are supported On Itanium ia64 only Windows 2003 2008 and 2008 R2 are supported TBMR requires a minimum TSM client version of 5 5 x x on x86 x64 ia64 This must be installed and correctly configured prior to the installation of TBMR Windows 2008 R2 requires a min
24. allows disk volumes other than the Windows drive to be formatted during the recovery By default only the Windows volume will be formatted There is an exception to this if Windows is not contained within the first partition of the disk In that case both the Boot partition and the Windows partition will be configured for formatting However regardless of this setting the WinPE based recovery environment will allow any or all partitions to be formatted So for example if volumes D E and F are to be additionally formatted during recovery enter Tomterg exe formal Db E separate the drive letters using a comma Enter the following to back up all partitions on all drives on the system TbmrCfg exe format all Volumes mounted on local folders not having a drive letter can be specified like this TbmrCfg exe format D MountedVolume where D MountedVolume is the folder mount point An example using both normal partitions and a mounted volume is TbmrCfg exe format D D MMountedVolume TbmrCfg stores the configuration in sSystemDrive TBMRCFG folder 96SystemDrive 96 is the drive associated with the Windows folder usually C This location cannot be changed NOTE It is important to remember that the TBMR configuration must be created before the BA Client backup is made Cristie suggests that this is done by creating a job to run on the TSM Scheduler containing a script that calls the TbmrCfg exe program installed in the TBMR installatio
25. cilities 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 Configure NIC Parameters It is possible to change both the link speed and duplex mode for any NIC detected on the recovering target system Select the desired NIC there could be more than one from the drop down box and then select Update Ti se 5 soot oorsre J BE FAT ur Rd e mr VMware Accelerated AMD PCMet Adapter IP Acres sumet Flask Default Gateways 41 42 User Guide Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM The resulting display offers numerous NIC properties that can be changed This property list is dependent upon the NIC i e not all properties will be available for all NICs NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller Properties THE Speed amp duplex settings TCP Checksum Offload IPv4 TCP Checksum Offload IPv amp UDP Checksum Offload IPv4 UDP Checksum Offload IPv amp Restoring your System 43 To change the NIC speed or duplex setting select the corresponding Property from the dialog and then select the required value from the
26. covery Sequence 25 Disk Scaling 27 Display MAC Address 51 Dissimilar Hardware 38 Dissimilar Hardware Wizard 52 E Encrypted Backups 8 I Image Backups 10 L Load a Driver 58 Locate Configuration 27 Make Bootable 37 Map a Network Drive 44 O Overview 2 P Prerequisites 2 Proceed With The Recovery 22 62 R Recovery Process 3 Restore Files 35 Restore from Backupset 23 Restore from Node 16 Restoring your System 2 12 S Save Restore NIC Configuration Parameters 52 Select Filespaces To Restore 18 Setup DNS Servers 48 Setup Network Identification 49 Show Log and Error Reports 59 Specify TSM Details and Recovery Date Time 16 Start Automatic Recovery Wizard 15 Start Manual Recovery Sequence 27 T TBMR Recovery Console Main Menu 14 The TBMR Create Configuration Tool 2 4 Tools 39 U Using a TSM Backup for Disaster Recovery 2 7 W WinPE 2 Based TBMR Recovery Console 13
27. d select Mest to continue TSM Server Details Server Address 10 21 20 Fort 1500 Backupset Location Browse TSM Client Details Mode Name NIBELPTEMR WMEHEMENXEMEXM Made Password v Punt n time FIT restore Wednesday June 24 2009 10 31 15 AM 4 June 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri 31 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 WW 172 Back Cancel 14 15 16 1 18 13 h p wew 21 22 23 Wb 25 26 eo 29 30 2 3 5 6 7 89 3 10 672472005 This can be used to scroll the months years backwards and forwards as necessary Note a future date will result in the latest backup being recovered If PIT mode is not selected then by default the latest file versions will be restored Then select Next to continue If the backup including the TBMR configuration folder TBMRCFG is encrypted a prompt for the encryption password will be displayed if not held locally TRMA Recovery Console TEMR TSM Details Please enter the TSM Server and Client details below and select Mest to continue TSM Server Details Password Request E xj Data is encrypted using a password Enter the corect password and press OK to proceed Pressing Cancel will abort the operation Cancel Wednesday June 17 2006 3 37 11 AM E Back Next gt Cancel Enter the password used during the backup 18 User Guide Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM Note TBMR assumes that TCP IP is the communication method used between
28. er and Client details below and select Hest to continue TSM Server Detailz Server Address 10 21 20 Fart 1500 Backupset Location Browse TSM Client Details Mode Mame NIGELPTEMR Made Password v Puontin time PIT restore Wednesday June 24 2008 10 31 15 AM a June 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri 31 1 a 3 4 5 gt 8 9 10 11 172 lt Back Cancel 14 15 16 1 18 13 ELO LL MEME 20 29 30 1 2 3 5 amp 7 od F 10 672472005 This can be used to scroll the months years backwards and forwards as necessary Note a future date will result in the latest backup being recovered The next dialog displayed depends upon whether you selected restore from node or restore from backupset 30 User Guide Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM 8 3 Restore from Node Then select Next gt to continue If the backup including the TBMR configuration folder TBMRCFG is encrypted a prompt for the encryption password will be displayed if not held locally TRMB Recovery Console TBMR TSM Details m Please enter the TSM Server and Client details below and select Mest to continue TSM Server Details Password Request Data is encrypted using a password Enter the correct password and press OK to proceed Pressing Cancel will abort the operation Cancel Wednesday June 11 2008 33711 AM E Back Next gt Cancel Enter the password used during the backup and press OK gt
29. imum client version of 6 1 2 0 Ensure that either the BA Client Open File Support is installed and configured correctly Select either LVSA or VSS as appropriate This allows important OS files that are normally held open by the OS to be successfully backed up by TSM TBMR will not successfully recover the OS without these files 1 3 Backup Process Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for IBM Tivoli TBMR allows you to perform a bare machine recovery of your system direct from an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager TSM backup To do this you must first prepare your system using the process outlined below 1 Installation refer to the TBMR Installation and Licensing Guide Install the TBMR configuration software License the Software using a Trial or Full license Using a TSM Backup for Disaster Recovery page 12 page 4 page 7 2 Configuration Save the Configuration parameters Update when significant hardware changes are made Ensure that you have a bootable media normally the WinPE DR CD ROM 3 Backup system and user data Perform regular standard TSM backups page 7 as required You will then be ready to Restore the system from the Disaster Recovery Backup page 12 Overview 1 4 Recovery Process In the event of a disaster having previously taken a TSM backup of the system and stored the configuration information Windows PE mode DR enables you to restore your system to the state at the last TSM backup The TBMR recover
30. ish On selecting Finish recovery of our system will start You will be able to monitor the progress in a new window Back Cancel cristic United Kingdom tho Aviva Cristie cam 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 disks selected for format i e shown with a Bl Disks or partitions tagged as no format i e shown with a M will however be retained 23 Restore from Backupset If you selected Restore from a backupset then select Next gt This will then display the Enter TSM server details TBHR TSM Deta ils Glackupset Locale NIGELPTBMR The system configuration will then be restored from the appropriate backupset which is selected from the next dialog TBMR Backupset Selectio n TEST 21878632 TEST 218 7 8632 TEST1 21836802 TEST2 2190 730 Lat L L LF F PLI 24 User Guide Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM The configuration will then be retrieved from the selected backupset The DR process continues from the Select Filespaces to Restore dialog TEMR Select Filespaces to Restore Select the filespaces to restore and then the partition layout for the recovering system TEMR Volu me Layout BCE NP WIN2K364 VM Disk 0 Size amp 00GB Restoring your System 25 Finally select Finish and the recovery will then proceed TEMR
31. isks to a target system with only 1 disk The target disk is also much smaller than the original disks In this case TBMR 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 it is possible to increase partition size manually during the recovery by right clicking on the partition icon and selecting Modify 8 2 3 Start Manual Recovery Sequence 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 28 User Guide Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM ff oa F Ereate Partitiorre and Yolumes l Restore Files F Make Bootable Li Dissimilar Hardware ne gt Cancel Press Next gt to proceed to the first step of
32. k volumes are shown below If required right click en a volume to custemise the proposed layout Stored layout Proposed layout Bl YPCAVINZKIR Bl YPCAVIN2K3R2 HS Disk D Size 15 99 GB Gg Disk D Size 15 88 GB VMwan Esa Disk 1 Size 512 MB 48 CD CIOS NTFS Size 4 00 H ag Disk 2 Size 512 MB E PattitionE NTFS Size Disk 3 Size 512 Patties Partition Details Type Partition File System NTFS Size in MB 12284 Label melee Mount Details Drive Letter E Format Cancel You may Modify the following partition parameters size in MB only if disk is shown with a Bl label format yes no The screenshot below shows this Yolume Partition Details E F X Type Partition File System NTFS Size in MB 503 Label EEE Mount Details Drive Letter v Format Cancel Select Delete to remove the partition completely only if disk is shown with a Bl If you attempt to either not format or delete a Windows system partition an error such as this will be displayed TEMIR Error e Failed En delete requested partition At this stage nothing has happened to the disks Press Next to continue with the recovery 22 User Guide Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM Proceed With The Recovery Before continuing with the actual recovery a final warning screen is displayed TBMR Recovery Console TEMR Fin
33. n Switzerland Italian Switzerland Japanese ireb Swedish Date Time and Time Zone INNE C cristic Restoring your System 15 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 TBMR Recovery Console Starts the automatic recovery wizard which will take vou Date and Time Properties Date amp Time Time Zone Internet Time Date Time opprig United Eangdom http way cristie com cristic 8 2 2 Start Automatic Recovery Wizard Select this option to commence a automatic DR sequence TBMR Recovery Console TBMR Welcome welcome to the TEMA Recovery Wizard This wizard will take you through the steps to Fully recover your sistem from the saved configuration information and recovery backup Select Nest to proceed 4 Back Cancel cristic United Kingdom ito aan Cristie com 16 User Guide Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM Press Next gt to proceed to the first step of the sequence Press Cancel to abort the recovery sequence at this point You will then be presented with a dialog prompting you to select the type of the TSM restore TBMR Select Restore Type x Please specify the type of restore you wish to perform Restore from a TSM node Restore from a backupset stored on a T5M node Restore From a backopset stored om a disk or removable media
34. n folder 5 6 User Guide Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM 3 64 bit Versions of Windows XP Vista Windows 7 2003 and 2008 On these 64 bit OS s files additional to the standard TSM backup dataset must be copied and saved These include boot files and SystemState objects which are not normally backed up by the BA Client on these OS s Some of the additional files backed up are also locked at the time of backup and must be backed up using the Open File Manager VSS So when TBMRCfg runs it invokes VSS to take a snapshot copy of these extra files see below Command Prompt C Program Files ristiesvTBMR gt Tbmr fg exe TEMR Configuration Utility Version 6 3 for x64 Copyright c 2009 2610 Cristie Software Limited x Rd NE Created snapshot of G E Successfully copied the boot files Configuration was stored successfully C Program FileswCristiesvw lt IBMR gt 4 Using a TSM Backup for Disaster Recovery TBMR allows a previously created TSM backup or backupset to be used as a DR backup As long as the TBMR configuration has been created see previous section and a TSM backup is performed afterwards then it will be possible to recover the system using the DR environment This document does not describe how to create TSM backups Please refer to your TSM Administrator s Guide for details 8 User Guide Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM 5 Encrypted Backups TBMR supports encrypted TSM backups
35. ns and Volumes 4 C Restore Files Le Make Bootable C Dissimilar Hardware Back Cancel http w Cristie com Press Next gt to commence the make bootable step 38 User Guide Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM A new dialog window opens summarising the success or failure of the operation TAE Ar Mie TBMR Recovery Status LBMH DP DLL 5 3 182 Cristie Disk Partitiener COP created en Jul 28 2010 at 10 27 33 TEMA Console Version 6 3 Build 151 Manual Recoven Make Bootable started on 8 5 2010 3 33 37 AM Updating the target registry Sanity check passed Copying DisRec ini to the Windows dive Success prz ovS C EESTI COM Press Close to complete the step and return to the Manual Recovery Wizard Dissimilar Hardware The final step in the manual DR sequence is to check if the recovery is to dissimilar hardware This is determined by comparing the drivers currently in use by Windows PE and the drivers listed in the recovered machine s registry The step first prompts for what driver types should be checked By default only Mass Storage disk and network devices are checked TER Recover Console TBMR Types of Drivers Specify if all Windows drivers will be checked and loaded Load all types of drivers Note it i generally only necessary to inject drivers f r mass storage and some network devices Drivers For other device types such as chipset CPU type ete can be safely ignored and lett f
36. nsole Version 6 3 Build 151 Manual Recover olume Creation started an 8 5 2010 3 28 15 AM Restoring Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition build 3730 Service Pack 1 Renaming the computer Preparing basic disks IN disk 0 ACT disk O Size 16384 MIB Cyle 2088 TPC 255 SPT 63 BPS 512 Creating basic partitions Creating any partitions on INI disk 0 ACT disk Created MBAR partition 4094 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 Creating partition mount points Creating volume mount points Making bootable volumes active Stopping access to Diskpart BAA CEET ER COM This involves Restoring your System disk mapping original layout to new cleaning removing any existing disk partitions removing any existing dynamic volume databases e creating the partitions converting to dynamic volumes if required formatting to the required partition type create partition volume mount points makes bootable volumes active Press Close to continue with the recovery Restore Files The next step of the manual recovery process is to restore the DR backup files TRMA Recovery Console TBMR Welcome Tivoli eo Welcome to the TEMA Manual Recover Wizard which give
37. or standard Windows Plug and Play processing on reboot However if you wish to load all types of PCI devices tick the following bas Back Cancel http aa cristie com o Restoring your System 39 Press Next gt to continue For recovery to similar hardware no new devices will be found and this will be confirmed by this dialog TRR Recovers Console TBMR Finish Speer Cancel Press Finish to complete the manual recovery sequence 8 4 1 Tools There are a few tools that can assist with the recovery process They are all collected under this command button Tools Window a xj amp Load a driver 79 C Configure the network Dissimilar hardware wizard C Start VNC C Settrace levels C Advanced options Se The options available are Load a driver Configure the network Dissimilar Hardware Wizard Start VNC Set trace levels Advanced options Selecting Configure the network will start the Cristie Network Configurator tool This provides extensive facilities to configure network during the DR process 40 User Guide Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM 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 Normally this will be done automatically as part of the DR sequence and will not need to be run manually Start VNC will run a VNC server within the P
38. orage controller s network adapter s and network settings will be queried and stored You can override some of these details if you wish The next sections discuss this process in more detail 2 1 Creating the Configuration Information To create the configuration manually run a command window and navigate to the folder where TBMR is installed For example ca Command Prompt C2 Program Files Cristie T BAR The TBMR configuration program is called TbmrCfg exe Enter the command TbmrCfg exe This will display the command line options available c Command Prompt C Program Files Cristie T BNR gt ThorCfg exe 4 7 TEMR Configuration Utility Version 6 3 Copyright c 24669 2610 Cristie Software Limited Usage TBMRCFG ERE options Options are help or Show usage format lt Drives to formatiall gt Format additional volumes during recovery Specify drives separated by comma as in format DE For a volume that does not have a drive letter but mounted under a folder enter the mounted folder as in format D D MountedUolune format all will format all partitions on all disks The configuration will always be stored in SystenDrivex I BHRCFG C Program Files Crist ie T BMR gt The command line options are very simple Ihelp or Shows TbmrCfg usage This displays the command option summary The TBMR Create Configuration Tool format Drives to format all gt The ormat option
39. path click on OK and the wizard will look for more 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 DHW PnP Manager E x 1 Select the folder where you have stored your Windows drivers Driver Path ec VMDRIVERS S32 B1T 2 Press the Start button ta