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General steps to perform disaster recovery
Cobalt RaQ XTR User Manual 265
General steps to perform disaster
recovery
The general procedure for performing disaster recovery is as follows:
1. Perform an OS restore to wipe the hard disk drive and return the RaQ XTR
to a factory-fresh state.
2. Configure the RaQ XTR through the Setup Wizard and return it to the
network. The RaQ XTR must be able to communicate with the backup
server.
3. Through the Server Desktop UI on the RaQ XTR, configure the backup
service with which you backed up your RaQ XTR. The tasks can include
enabling the backup client or entering a backup server name. The specific
configuration information is discussed later in this appendix.
4. Use the backup solution to perform the recovery.
5. Reboot the RaQ XTR server.
6. Verify the restoration.
General notes regarding backup
services
The following recommendations are stressed for configuring your backup
service:
1. Backup systems are very sensitive to time. If possible, configure the
RaQ XTR to use a network time protocol (NTP) server to set the clock on
the server.
On the Server Desktop, select Control Panel > Time to configure the time
settings or to specify an NTP server.
2. Backup systems are very sensitive to correct DNS configuration.
Ensure that your RaQ XTR server has both forward and reverse lookups
available to the backup server so that the backup solution functions properly.
3. Always backup and recover the
/var
,
/etc
, and
/usr/sausalito
directories together.
These directories contain both the machine configuration and the Cobalt
configuration databases. Backing up and recovering these directories at
different times can lead to inconsistencies between the configuration of your
RaQ XTR and the configuration reported in the Server Desktop UI.