Data Protector Express User's Guide (TC330-96002, October 2010)

If you h ad incremental and differential backup med ia since the last full backup, now use D ata P rotector

Express to restore the data from your incremental and differential backup media.

Recover Windows Active Directory (Windows only)

When performing disaster recovery on a system with Windows Active Directory, use the following

general steps:

1. Perform the general system-level disaster recovery to restore the basic system data.

2. When the Start

ing Windows screen appears during system startup, press F8.

3. Select Directory Services Restore Mode and press Enter.

4. Log in to the system.

5. Log in to Data

Protector Express.

6. Create a restore job.

7. Select WindowsActiveDirectoryfor the restore job from the Selection page.

8. Run the res

tore job.

9. Exit Data Protector Express.

10. Restart the c omputer, letting Windows load normally.

11. Verify that Windows active directory is running properly.

Disaster recovery for newer Windows

This section is applicable to ...

• Windows Vista and newer

• Windows Server 2008 and newer.

To perform Disaster Recovery for one of the operating system listed above, do the following:

1. Insert the ﬁrst bootable media into a d rive or, if using a library, into any slot that can be booted from.

2. Perform any special steps for booting your computer from the bootable device. (Refer to your device

and system documentation.) Most bootable drives use a combination of power cycling and pressing

the Ejec t button on the front panel. Many also require that you update the computer BIOS.

NOTE:

For disaster recov ery, use only full backup media that were created with the Overwrite all media

option. After disaster recovery is complete and your system has restarted, use the standard Data

Protector Express options to restore any incremental or differential media to your system. The

standard Data Protector Express rest ore procedure optimizes restoration and restores incremental

and differential media faster than the disaster recovery process.

NOTE:

One-Button Disaster Recovery (OBDR) may take several minutes to boot to a screen which

indicates progress. During this time, the screen will appear blank.

3. When the computer boots from the recovery me dia, the Disaster Recovery Wizard welcome screen

appears. Click the Continue button.

4. The Di

saster Recovery Wizard starts up the skeleton operating system and the recovery manager.

Disaster Recovery