HP ProLiant DL100 G2 Data Protection Storage Server administration guide (June 2006)

CAUTION:

In order for user data to be retained on two-drive systems, the data volume must be a

single, mirrored volume as initially conﬁgured by the factory.

If you choose to restore only the operating system on two-drive systems, you need to

manually recreate mirrors of your operating system and data volumes after the system is

recovered and Windows boots. Instructions are provided when you log in.

On systems with more than two physical drives, the system and data volumes are on

different logical drives supported by hardware RAID, so the system may be recovered

without affecting the data.

4. After the factory image is restored, Data Protection Manager will be already installed, but mini-setup

will need to be run again. You may then restore your latest system state ba ckup, and then the DPM

databases and replicas. Refer to “Restoring a DPM Server” in the Microsoft System Center Data

Protection Manager Operations Guide for more details.

Systems with a DON’T ERASE partition

The DON’T ERASE logical d isk supports the restoration process only and does not host a secondary

operating system. Be sure to back up your user data, and then use the System Recovery and Installation

DVD to restore the server to the factory state.

Managing disks a fter a restoration

After a system has been restored, drive let ters may be assigned to the wrong volume. Windows Storage

Server 2003 assigns drive letters after the restoration in the order of discovery. To help maintain drive

letter information, placing the drive letter into a volume label is recommended. To change the drive letters

to the appropriate one, go into Disk M anagement and perform the following steps for ea ch volume:

1. Right-click the volume that needs to be changed.

2. Select Change drive Letter and Paths.

3. In the Change drive Letter and Pa ths dialog b ox, select Change.

4. Select the appropriate drive let ter, and click OK.

5. Click Yes to conﬁrm the drive letter change.

6. Click Yes to continue. If the old drive letter needs to be reused, reboot the server af ter clicking Yes.

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