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One Button Disaster Recovery of a Windows System
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an OBDR backup specification to keep it in the original One Button
Disaster Recovery format. If saved as a standard backup
specification, it is not usable for OBDR purposes.
10.Click Start Backup to run the backup interactively. The Start
Backup dialog box appears. Click OK to start the backup.
A bootable image file of the system, containing all information required
for installation and configuration of temporary DR OS, will be written at
the beginning of the tape to make it bootable.
IMPORTANT You have to perform a new backup and prepare a bootable backup
medium after each hardware, software or configuration change. This also
applies to any network configuration changes, such as change of IP
address or DNS server.
IMPORTANT It is recommended to restrict access to backup media due to security
reasons.
Recovery
You need the following to successfully perform a disaster recovery on the
crashed system:
• A new hard disk to replace your crashed disk (if needed).
• A bootable backup medium with all critical objects of the client that
you want to recover.
• An OBDR device connected locally to the target system.
OBDR Procedure The following is a step-by-step procedure for performing a One Button
Disaster Recovery of a Windows system:
1. Insert the tape containing the image file and your backed up data into
an OBDR device.
2. Shut down the target system and power off the tape device.
3. Power on the target system and while it is being initialized, press the
eject button to the tape device and power it on. For details see the