Cristie Automated Disaster Recovery User Guide
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1. 200842041507 93 CBMR ICO 27 Icon 200702211530 94 2 516 Application 2004 10 21 18 37 108 GDIPLUS DLL 1607 KB Application Extension 2004 05 0412 53 386 T SETUPTBMR6 X64 EXE 15337 KB Application 201005251044 1170 EISETUPTEMASX88 EXE 12018KB Application 201005251043 8839 B TEMRE DBD 51 KB DemoShieldDemoFile 201004210918 14848 2 TEMR_DA ISO 491912 150 File 2001005251056 14874 IE WINNT SIF 182 Fie 201005251056 280830 Local 2 _ 39 2 Path CADocuments and Settings nigelp My Documents My ISO Files My Computer Fea oe 22222 Gs MyISO Files nF Folder 2008 10 15 12 08 INF CBMRE DBD 339KB DemoShieldDemcFile 2008 1022 13 40 a 5 He Doane CMD 379KB Application 2005 03 25 13 00 i E SPNOTEPAD EXE S2KB Application 2008 06 23 21 55 EL DATAD S BsA DLL 116KB Application Extension 2008 1210 12 45 lt Hard Drive E lt Hard DrivefF Es Hard DrivelG Hard Drive H 89 0 CD DVD 8 5 galaxy release K 8 3 galaxy appln N 3 5 galaxy public P E 5 galaxy velease w Copyright c 2002 2008 EZB Systems Inc Image 12 files 510 MB Local 4 files 888 KB Now save the new ISO image to a new file or overwrite the existing image Use this new ISO image to create new physical CD DVDs as required Although the example shown depicts a Windows PE boot ISO image the same process applies to a PE2 ISO image Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd2. Hard DrivelH 2 galaxy release K 08 50 Se galaxy public P BE E Miilesrv nigelp U ilesrv customers lt Copyright c 2002 2008 EZB Systems Inc Image 1 files 202 MB Local 4 files 888 KB The following description assumes the file has been extracted to c Temp It also assumes that the answer file is also in Temp The WIM is edited by mounting the image onto a standard folder in the file system Once this is done the answer file can be simply copied into the target folder and the image unmounted It is therefore necessary to create a folder where the WIM image will be mounted This folder must be empty the WAIK tool used to modify the WIM image is Copyright O 2010 Cristie Software Ltd 32 Cristie Automated Disaster Recovery 3 1 called mageX Now run a Windows PE Tools Command window a shortcut for this is normally created on the Desktop by the WAIK installation and enter the commands imagex mountrw C Temp boot wim 1 C mount copy C Temp DRAnswer ini C mount imagex unmount commit C mount EN EE 9 C Program Files Windows AIK Tools PETools gt imagex mountrw C Temp boot wim 1 mnount ImageX Tool for Windows Copyright lt C Microsoft Corp All rights reserved Mounting CRY C Temp hboot wim 11 gt C mount Successfully mounted image RW C Pro
3. gw INF 2 CBMR6 DBD DemoShieldDemoFile 2008 10 22 13 40 ee EN CMD EXE Application 200503251300 lt XP OS C SPNOTEPAD EXE Application 2008 06 23 21 55 DATAID S XBSA DLL Application Extension 2008 12 10 12 45 E Hard Drive E fe Hard Drive F Hard Drive G E Hard Drive H 3 KB3AIK EN I 8 3 galaxy release K 8 5 galaxy appln N Se galaxy public P BE E Milesrv nigelp U 8 52 galaxy velease W Se ilesrv customers x Copyright c 2002 2008 EZB Systems Inc Image 10 files 30 MB Local 4 files 888 KB Navigate to the SOURCES folder and extract the file to a convenient location Image Bootable CD DVD FIT EX Ch 9 Path SOURCES TBMRE31X86_PE2 tac E SPOT BOOT WIM 206644 KB WIM File 2010 05 2511 05 17795 DOCS B GPL RISBOOTFILES SOURCES Local E gt lt amp 2 Path C Documents and Settings nigelp My Documents My 150 Files Computer eae ore Dain 2 My ISO Files INF Folder 2008 10 15 12 08 B CEMR amp DBD 339KB DemoShieldDemcFile 2008 10 22 13 40 3 n poorer EN CMD EXE 379 KB Application 2005 03 25 13 00 ence 27 SPNOTEPAD EXE 52KB Application 2008 06 23 21 55 gt 116KB Application Extension 2008 12 10 12 45 E Hard DrivelE lt Hard Drive F Hard Drive G lt
4. Here select the individual disks to be formatted on restore or All disks if all disks should be formatted Identify individual disks as 0 1 2 etc Cristie Answer File Creator Disk Operations Disk Operations When an existing disk layout does not match the original disk layout e g hardware changes one or more disks may need to be re partitioned Confirm that the disk should be partitioned If the DR is to dissimilar hardware i e not the original system then the recovered system may require new drivers to support different mass storage or network controllers These new drivers are supplied by the customer and must be accessible to the Dissimilar Hardware Wizard DHW during the recovery process Specify the location of a folder or folders where the DHW will retrieve these drivers from For example this could be a locally attached device like a USB disk or a network share or both Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd o Cristie Automated Disaster Recovery Cristie Answer File Creator Dissimilar Hardware Dissimilar Hardware The Dissimilar Hardware Wizard in the unattended DR environment is used to inject Windows drivers into the recovering machine for any new hardware Normally only mass storage and network controllers need to be considered However if all driver classes need to be examined select the Load all types of drivers tick box Select Next to continue to the Advanced Options dialog Cristie Answe
5. New or Existing Answer File An answer file defines how the Recovery environment should configure and restore your machine Select Create a new answer file and click the Next button to choose the Cristie BMR product the answer file is being created for Note you may use the Next and Back gt buttons at any time to change information you have already entered before creating the answer file Select Cancel at any time to abandon the answer file creation process and exit the program Choose the TBMR product and select Next Answer File Creator select Product Select Product Specify the Cristie product that will be used to recover the system with this answer file TBMR has the capability of restoring from either TSM Nodes or from TSM backupsets Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd Preparation 2 4 1 1 Restore From TSM Node Select Restore from a TSM node and press Next Cristie Answer File Creator Select TSM Restore Type Choose Type of Restore To identify how the recovery will be made first choose the type of restore to perform with TSM Now specify the TSM Server and Client details TSM Details Specify the TSM server and client details and restore date time It may be that you want to restore the system to a specific Point in Time PIT If this is the case select the restore date and time by ticking the PIT tick box This will open up the date time dialog Copyright 2010 Cristie Soft
6. 2 Cristie Automated Disaster Recovery 2 5 3 2 5 3 1 Add Answer File to Boot Image Root Folder The steps required to modify the boot image to add the answer file to the root folder are slightly different depending upon whether Windows PE or PE2 is being used for the recovery The PE boot image is in standard ISO form and so an ISO image editor program can be used to extract the boot ISO file from the product distribution media and add the answer file The PE 2 boot image is in Microsoft WIM file format Use an ISO editor to extract the WIM file from the product distribution media and use the Microsoft Windows Automated Installation Kit WAIK tools to add the answer file Windows PE The steps required to add the answer file to the Windows PE ISO image are as follows Open the product PE distribution media image with your ISO editor 64 pe 1 150 File Actions Bootable Tools Options Help j E m i ry 5 o 2uv 29g6o92 Total sie Image 1 TEMR631X86_PE1 BIN BIN 732KB Folder 200005251056 23 DOCS 200 5 1163 Folder 200005251056 24 Po Gort 19KB Folder 200005251056 25 ern 31386 339KB Folder 201005251056 26 RISBOOTFILES 343KB Folder 201005251056 27 JAUTORUN EXE 124KB Application 200410211838 30 T AUTORUN INF 44 Setup Information 200803111554 92 T AUTORUN INI 365 Configuration Settings 200812041507
7. 4 files 3356 KB Local 4 files 888 KB Right click on the file BOOTFIx B n in this folder and select Delete in the pop up menu GENUS FONTS BCD BOOT SDI ETFSBODT COM Finally save the modified ISO This action will create a new ISO with the BooTFIX BIN file removed This modified PE2 ISO will now automatically boot into the PE2 environment Add Answer File To Product ISO Root Folder To add the answer file to the root folder of the boot image follow these steps Open the distribution media image with your ISO editor Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd Preparation Image Bootable CD DVD A 2 TBMRE3TX86 PET BIN BIN 732KB Folder 200005251056 23 Docs 2005 1163 Folder 201005251056 24 pir cr 19KB Folder 201005251058 25 2 091386 339KB Folder 201005251056 26 CORISBOOTFILES 343KB Folder 201005251056 27 FJAUTORUN EXE 124KB Application 200410211838 30 AUTORUN INF 44 Setup Information 200009311554 32 3 AUTORUN INI 365 Configuration Settings 200812041507 93 27KB Icon 200702211530 94 J 2 516KB Application 2004 10 21 18 37 108 5 GDIPLUS DLL 1607KB Application Extension 200405041253 ISETUPTBMREXS4 EXE 15337 KB Application 201005251044 1170 ESE TUPTEMREXBE EXE 12018KB Application 201005251043 8839 B EMRE DBD 51 DemoShieldDemoFile 201004210918 14
8. 93 Ed ceMR ICO 27KB Icon 2007 02 21 1530 94 EJ DEM032ExE 516KB Application 200410211837 108 8 GDIPLUS DLL 1607 Application Extension 200405041253 366 SETUPTBMREX64 EXE 15337 KB Application 201005251044 1170 12018 Application 201005251043 8839 TBMR amp DBD 51 DemoShieldDemoFile 2010 04 21 09 18 14848 2 TEMR DR ISO 491912KB 150 File 201005251056 14874 S WINNT SIF 182 File 201005251056 260830 Local 17 SX 00 2 Path CADocuments and Settings nigelp My Documents My ISO Files 3 My Computer u el ten Bs MyISO Files INF Folder 2008 10 15 12 08 5 INF E CEMR6 339KB DemoShieldDemoFile 2009 1022 1340 8 n Nurs EN 379 Application 2005 03 25 13 00 2 27 SPNOTEPAD EXE 52KB Application 2008 06 23 21 55 Be DATAD S XBSA DLL 116KB Application Extension 2008 12 10 12 45 m s Hard Drive E B Hard Drive F Es Hard Drive G B e Hard DrivelH 2 CD DVD Drivell SS galaxy release K Se galaxy apphniN 3 32 galaxy public P BE E galaxy release w Copyright 2002 2008 EZB Systems Inc Image 11 files 510 MB Local 4 files 888 KB Extract the file called TBMR_DR ISO from the Windows PE image This is the PE boot image which should then in turn be opened with your ISO editor Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd Preparation Image gt CD RO
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10. Software Ltd IBM Tivoli Storage Manager TSM and TIVOLI are trademarks of the IBM Corporation PC BaX UBax Cristie Storage Manager CSM SDB CBMR Cristie Bare Machine Recovery and TBMR Bare Machine Recovery for TSM are trademarks of Cristie Software Ltd HP UX and HP Ignite UX are trademarks of the Hewlett Packard Corporation Cristie Software Ltd New Mill Chestnut Lane Stroud GL5 3EH UK Tel 44 0 1453 847000 Email cbmr cristie com Website http www cristie com Contents 3 Contents 1 Introduction 4 2 Preparation 4 2 1 Install Product ee een ana 4 2 2 Create System Configuration 4 2 3 Create System Backup eec nee 4 2 4 Create Answer File For Automated DR 4 2 4 1 Running the Cristie Answer File CreatorTool s eeeeeeeeee esee eene enne eene nennen nennen nnne nennt 5 Restore From A TSM Node 2 terere Pe Rab eee 7 Restore From A BackupSet Stored On TSM entere 15 2 5 Prepare Boot Media For Automated Recovery 22 2 5 1 Customise Boot Media For Auto Boot eee esee eese nennen nennen nnn nnne nnns inneren nnns 22 Window S PE iecore eet bong inte ee edu cette Dr e sn eine er ad droes Exe redu 23 Window S cette ana RE EP net ai ani
11. This section Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Preparation 23 describes how to achieve this for both PE and PE2 environments 2 5 1 1 Windows PE To customise the Windows PE ISO image for auto boot open the product PE distribution media image with your ISO editor r 2 TBMR631X86_PE1 Image Bootable CD DVD BIN DEIN 732KB Folder 201005251056 23 DOCS amp oocs 1163KB Folder 2010 05 25 10 56 24 20 BE Ger 19 Folder 2010 05 25 1056 25 2 ETE 31386 339KB Folder 201005251056 26 C RISBOOTFILES 343KB Folder 2001005251056 27 f AUTORUN EXE 124KB Application 200410211838 30 AUTORUN INF 44 Setup Information 200809211554 92 T AUTORUN INI 365 Configuration Settings 200812041507 93 CBMR ICO 27KB Icon 2007 02 21 15 30 94 F 2 516KB Application 2004 10 21 18 37 108 9 GDIPLUS DLL 1607KB Application Extension 2004 05 04 1253 386 T 4 15337 KB Application 2010 05 25 10 44 1170 SETUPTBMRE X86 EXE 12018KB Application 201005251043 8839 B TEMR amp DBD 51KB DemoShieldDemoFile 2010 04 21 09 18 14848 TBMR_DR ISO 491912KB 150 File 201005251056 14874 B WINNT SIF 182 File 2010 05 25 10 56 260830 Local 7 xL e Path C Documents and Settinas nigelp My Documents My 150 Files 3 Computer VFiname __ eel Type MyISO Files INF Folder 2008 1
12. a path and press OK This will create a file called DRAnswer ini in the C Temp folder The contents of a typical answer file is shown below for reference Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd 22 Cristie Automated Disaster Recovery 2 5 2 5 1 RebootOnSuccess True RebootOnFailure False DiskOperation PartitionDisk All DissimilarHardware DriverPaths 10 2 1 18 public nigelp drivers Note that the answer file MUST be called DRAnswer ini when transferred to the ISO Prepare Boot Media For Automated Recovery To prepare boot media for automated recovery the boot image must be customised to both auto boot and add the answer file to an expected location The auto boot modification is required because normally the PE PE2 distribution media is designed to prompt for DR boot By default it will not boot into DR unless a key is pressed If no key is pressed any installed OS is booted instead This behaviour needs to be suppressed for automated recoveries This is described in Customise Boot Media For Auto Boot If the answer file needs to be added to TBMR boot media itself an ISO editing tool such as MagicISO or Ultral SO is required This is then used to extract the Windows PE boot file from the distribution ISO image It can also be used to create the new modified ISO image containing the answer file During an automated DR sequence the Windows PE environment will search for the answer file in one of these loc
13. log file This log file will be transferred to the location specified in the DR answer file at the end of the recovery At the end of the DR sequence the logs will be copied to the location specified in the answer file At this point the recovered system will be automatically booted if configured as such in the DR answer file Otherwise manual intervention will be required to boot the system by pressing the lt ESC gt key If errors are detected during the restore process the recovery will halt or re boot the system depending upon the setting in the answer file Note that if the boot media is configured to boot directly into the PE boot environment after recovery manual intervention will be required to reset the boot equence on the system to prevent the PE boot environment being booted once more Normally the system BIOS should be reset to boot from the OS disk a 3 2 Check Result Of Recovery It is recommended that after the recovery has completed that the saved log files are inspected to ensure that the DR ran with no reported errors Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd Cristie Automated Disaster Recovery E Answer File 4 Auto Boot 22 Automated 4 B boot media 22 GH CD DVD Image 33 De distribution media 24 zl log files 33 Recovery 32 Removable Device 33 Restore From A BackupSet 15 Restore From A TSM Node 7 system BIOS 33 User Guide 4 W Windows PE 23 Windows PE2 24 Copyrigh
14. or machine specify the correct details below TEST 26463456 Enter the name of the backupset This name consists of 2 parts a prefix specified when the backupset is first created and an ID auto generated by TSM So for example a typical name would be TEST 26463456 where TEST is supplied by the User and the ID 26463456 is supplied by TSM The full name is returned by TSM to the BA Client after creating the backupset so please make a note of it Alternatively query the Node in the TSM database to get the full name e g QUERY BACKUPSET NIGELPTBMR which will list all the backupsets for the Node NIGELPTBMR If the selected TSM Node contains backups for more than 1 system then also select the system hostname to be restored in the next dialog Note neither IBM nor Cristie recommend this practice Press Next gt to continue to the Specify Restore Options dialog Here you may specify whether just the default system drive partition or volume will be restored or All Drives Also you may specify Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd Preparation where you want the restore log files to be copied at the end of DR process You may also identify the level of detail in the log files Cristie Answer File Creator Specify Restore Options Specify Restore Options Select which volumes are to be restored the location of where the restore log files should be copied and the logfile detail level 1410 2 1 18 publichnigelp LOGS Press Next g
15. 0 15 12 08 C3 INF CBMRE DBD 339KB DemoShieldDemcFile 2008 10 22 13 40 9 EN CMD EXE 379KB Application 2005 03 25 13 00 did DEE 7 SPNOTEPAD EXE 52KB Application 2008 06 23 21 55 B s DATA D S XBSA DLL 116KB Application Extension 2008 12 10 12 45 E Hard DrivelE B s Hard Drive F se Hard Drive G B Hard Drive H 81 2 CD DVD Drivell Se galaxy velease K 8 52 galasyNappln N HS galaxy public P E 5 galaxy release W Local 4 files 888 Copyright c 2002 2008 EZB Systems Inc Image 11 files 510 MB Navigate to the 1386 folder thus Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd 24 Cristie Automated Disaster Recovery 2 5 1 2 DP H 5 Image Bootable CD DVD gt di Path 1386 0 of 650MB 650MB free 2 TEMRB3TX86 BIN DOCS RISBOOTFILES Ld BOOTFIX BIN NTDETECT COM Ld SETUPLDR BIN 1024 Apple Macintosh Icon 47 KB Application 292KB Apple Macintosh Icon 2005 11 30 13 00 261859 2005 11 30 13 00 261860 2005 11 30 13 00 261884 Local 7 estia Path C Documents and Settings nigelp My Documents My 150 Files 3 My Computer El MyISO Files 3 INF Documents 23 2 Desktop 05 fs DATA D Se Hard DrivelE B Hard Drive F GS Hard DrivelG B Hard Drive H 3 CD DVD Drivefl 2 52 galaxy release K 8 52 galaxyappln N galaxy public P BS Mfi
16. 22 13 40 a 8 n Deere EN 379KB Application 2005 03 25 13 00 5 7 SPNOTEPAD EXE S2KB Application 2008 06 23 21 55 EI S xBSA DLL TIEKB Application Extension 2008 12 10 12 45 BI Hard DrivelE Se Hard Drive F BI v Hard Drive G GI s Hard Drive H B CD DVD Drivel SS galaxy releasefK 8 3 galaxy appIn N 8 5 galaxy public P Se galaxy velease w Copyright 2002 2008 EZB Systems Inc Image 45 files 7936 KB Locat 4 files 888 Now save the new ISO image to a new file or overwrite the existing image Use this new ISO image to create new physical CD DVDs as required There is no need to add this modified TBMR DR ISO back into the distribution media ISO Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd Cristie Automated Disaster Recovery 2 5 3 2 Windows The PE 2 boot image is in WIM file format and can only be modified by using the Microsoft Windows Automated Installation Kit WAIK Download the WAIK version 1 1 dated 25 2 2008 from the Microsoft Download Center This is the February 2008 update The downloaded image in IMG format should be burnt to a DVD its too large for a CD and installed on a suitable PC Run the NET 2 0 MSXML 6 0 and Windows AIK Setup options in that order 5 Welcome to Windows Automated Installation Kit Windows Vista Windows Automated Installation Kit Win tup ndows All Ce d Release Notes s Vista and dou Windows D
17. 848 TBMR_DR ISO 491912KB 150 File 201005251056 14874 E WINNT SIF 182 File 201005251056 260830 17 3 2 Path EXDocuments and Seltings nigelp My Documents My ISO Fies 3 My Computer see T m E MyISD Files Folder 2008 10 15 1208 INF 339KB DemoShieldDemoFile 2008 10 22 13 40 8 He ee EN CMD EXE 379KB Application 2005 03 25 13 00 Bs 5 ah 77 SPNOTEPAD EXE 52KB Application 2008 06 23 21 55 LCS SP S XBSA DLL 116 Application Extension 2008 12 10 12 45 lt Hard DrivelE 89 49 Hard DiivelF Es Hard Drive G E lt Hard DrivelH E CD DVD Drivell BSS galaxy release K galaxy appln N Se galaxy public P BSS galaxy release w Copyright c 2002 2008 EZB Systems Inc Image 11 files 510 MB Local 4 files 888 KB Drag and drop your answer file into the root of the ISO Image Bootable CO DVD 9 Pan 2 TBMR631X86_PE1 See TORT BIN EIN 732KB Folder 200005251056 23 DOCS 0055 1163 Folder 201005251056 24 19KB Folder 201005251056 25 nie 2366 339KB Folder 2001005251056 27 CORISBDOTFILES 343KB Folder 200005251056 28 DANSWER INI 1934 Configuration Settings 201005251515 282132 EIAUTORUN EXE 124KB Application 200410211838 30 B AUTORUN INF 44 Setup Information 200809111554 92 AUTORUN INI 365 Configuration Settings
18. M 89 2 APPLICATIONS APPLICATIONS 11122KB Folder 200005251049 27 8 2 DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS 0 Folder 201005251049 28 M 21366 236717KB Folder 200005251055 29 2 ERE C3 PROGRAM FILES 239743KB Folder 2001005251050 30 CO VMDRIVERS 1770KB Folder 2001005251049 31 B winst 10 File 200531301300 266 B WINSTIA 10 File 200511301300 267 B wINSIIA SPT 10 SP1 File 200531301300 268 B WINBOM INI 237 Configuration Settings 200508221228 269 Locat 17 xU C 8 2 Path E Dacuments and Settings nigelp My Documents My ISO Files My Computer A mm E MyISD Files ine Folder 2008 10 15 1208 INF 338KB DemoShieldDemoFile 200810221340 8 He Moro EN CMD EXE 379KB Application 2005 03 25 13 00 Bs d FORET 7 SPNOTEPAD EXE S2KB Application 2008 06 23 21 55 gt DATA S xBsA DLL 116KB Application Extension 200812 101245 E lt Hard Drive E Bs Hard Drive F E Hard Drive G lt Hard Drive H E CD DVD Drivell 8 5 galaxy release K Se galaxy public P BSS galaxy release W Copyright c 2002 2008 EZB Systems Inc Image 4 files 8 KB Locat 4 files 888 KB Browse to the APPLICATIONS CBMR folder and drag and drop the answer file into this folder File Actions Bootable Tools Options Help GS Tes Cowal TON fee _ Image 7 2a 0 Pan APPLICATIO
19. NS CEMR CD ROM Vea C DUK Tel E APPLICATIONS HELP 914 Folder 200005251050 72 CBMR TEMP 0 Folder 2010 01 211659 73 2 TP Answerini 1934 Configuration Settings 201005251515 en lscoeoit Exe 254 KB Application 2006 11 0210 44 1785 ULTRANC F jeMRwIZARD EXE 1560 KB Application 201005241148 1913 HE DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS 86KB Application 200631021300 2893 HE S CBAC DLL 228KB Application Extension 201005241147 2736 2 PROGRAM FILES b CBMINI 4KB Configuration Settings 2008 09 11 10 54 2850 EB VMDRIVERS 7 56 Application 201005240945 2852 S CEMRUIEXT DLL 2660KB Application Extension 201005241148 2880 S CBMR 80KB Application Extension 201005241148 4210 5 CBMR DP DLL 552KB Application Extension 201005240935 4250 S NM DLL 100KB Application Extension 201005241224 4526 3 CBS_BM DLL 136KB Application Extension 201005241149 4576 5 CBS_MLS DLL 28KB Application Extension 201005241148 4644 CCS DLL 17KB Application Extension 201005240936 4658 S CES DLL 72KB Application Extension 201005241147 46657 PRM NII IRAKR amp nnlicahien F vtencion 2010 05 24 11 48 47023 Local 7 49 2 Path CADocuments and Settings nigelp My Documents My ISO Files My Compute m M El MyISO Files Folder 2008 10 15 12 08 5 6 339KB DemoShieldDemofie 2008 10
20. TBMR Cristie Automated Disaster Recovery User Guide Product Version 6 3 cristie Cristie Software Ltd Cristie Data Products GmbH Cristie Nordic AB New Mill Nordring 53 5 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 cbmr cristie com cbmr cristie de cbmr cristie se Cristie Automated Disaster Recovery Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd The software contains proprietary information of Cristie Software Ltd itis 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 documentis 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
21. Temp folder The contents of a typical answer file is shown below for reference Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd 14 Cristie Automated Disaster Recovery Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd Preparation 1s 2 4 1 2 Restore From A BackupSet Stored On A TSM Node Select Restore from a backupset stored on a TSM node and press Next gt Cristie Answer File Creator Select TSM Restore Type Choose Type of Restore To identify how the recovery will be made first choose the type of restore to perform with TSM Now specify the TSM Server and Client details TSM Details Specify the TSM server and client details and restore date time It may be that you want to restore the system to a specific Point in Time PIT If this is the case select the restore date and time by ticking the PIT tick box This will open up the date time dialog Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd 16 Cristie Automated Disaster Recovery Cristie Answer File Creator Specify TSM Details TSM Details Specify the TSM server and client details and restore date time 10 2117 1500 NIGELPTBMR 5 2010 Cristie Answer File Creator Backupset and Machine Name TSM Backupset and Machine Name default the first backupset and machine name will be recovered if more than one backupset or machines are found in the same TSM node If you wish to restore from a non default backupset
22. ations and in this order of precedence 1 The root folder of the Windows PE PE2 boot environment always drive X when booted 2 The root folder of the CD DVD containing the TBMR distribution media 3 The root folder of any locally attached removable storage As soon as a suitable answer file is found in one of these locations the search stops and that answer file is used to control the automated DR process If no answer file is found the normal interactive DR GUI is started Refer to sections Add Answer File To Product ISO Root Folder and Add Answer File to Boot Image Root Folder for a discussion on how this is achieved The boot image created for option 1 is suitable for network boot but requires the standard TBMR boot image to be customised this is an ISO in PE and a WIM in PE2 Use option 3 when customising the boot image is not practical In this case simply copy the generated answer file to the root folder on suitable removable storage e g USB disk Note the answer file will only be detected during boot if the file is located in one of the 3 locations specified above Customise Boot Media For Auto Boot By default both the PE and PE2 distribution media will display a prompt to boot into the DR environment when auto run If no key is pressed any alternative installed OS is booted instead For automated DR this behaviour needs to be suppressed At the moment the only way to do this is to customise the TBMR distribution media
23. details of the TSM server hostname IP address port no automatic manual recovery Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd Preparation 5 define disk partition layout for recovery select partitions to recover commence SystemState file restore view copy log files re boot after DR During an unattended DR this same information must be prepared in advance captured to an answer file and made available to the DR environment as part of the DR start up process Cristie supply an Answer File Creator tool with their BMR products to help you create the answer file The format of the file is the form of a structured INI file and may be edited by any Windows editor such as Notepad or Wordpad However it is strongly recommended that the AFC tool is used to initially create the answer file 241 Running the Cristie Answer File CreatorTool Run the AFC tool from the Windows Start menu Administrator 5 E All Programs fm Cristie TBMR This will invoke the AFC Welcome dialog Cristie Answer File Creator Welcome Welcome to the Cristie Answer File Creator This wizard creates a DR answer file enabling you to run unattended recoveries on your machine To continue click Next Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd 6 Cristie Automated Disaster Recovery Select Next to continue the next dialog where you can choose to modify an existing dialog or create a new one ICristie Answer File Creator Select File
24. e Advanced Options dialog Cristie Answer File Creator Advanced Options Advanced ptions Specify the advanced options Unless Cristie Support direct you to change these settings leave them at their default settings Press Next gt to continue to the Network Connection dialog Here you can define a list of network connection credentials that will be used by automated DR to access any network shares identified in earlier dialogs e g copy log files DHW drivers etc Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd Preparation EE Cristie Answer File Creator Network Connections Network Connections If a network path was previously specified e g the location where the logfiles are to be copied define the network access credentials here 410 2 1 18 public Press the Add to gt button to add a new definition to the Connection list Use the Delete button to remove an existing Connection definition Press Next to continue to the Network Adapter dialog Cristie Answer File Creator Network Adapter Settings Network Adapters default connections will be made to the network using DHCP If you need to use a fixed IP Address enter the settings below and add it to the list on the right Network Adapter 1 Here you can specify how the default network settings should be setup in the PE DR environment at boot time These settings apply to the recovery environment only not the restored machine Create a n
25. e to the folder thus Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd 2 Cristie Automated Disaster Recovery UItralsO CDM 53 1 pe7 bmr 63 1Winx86 2 52 File Actions Bootable Tools Options Help doo 3 89 e 06 272MB Image Bootable CD DVD rs EEAS Path 28007 2 TEMRB31X86 PE2 BIN 65KB Folder 2001006021131 30 3 0 BOOT FONTS 11705KB Folder 200006021133 31 NE eco 256KB File 200801050322 15356 E BODT SDI 3096KB SDI File 2008 01 03 11 23 15484 mi EF i3 BOOTFIX BIN 1024 Apple Macintosh Icon 2008 01 03 10 54 17032 B GPL ETFSBOOT COM 2048 Application 2008 01 05 03 23 17033 RISBDOTFILES SOURCES Local Rta Path C Documents and Settings nigelp My Documents My ISO Files My Computer A Bs MyISO Files ONF Folder 2008 10 15 12 08 C3 INF CEMRS DBD 339KB DemoShieldDemcFile 2008 10 22 13 40 9 B rer EN CMD EXE 378KB Application 2005 03 25 13 00 d 050 SPNOTEPAD EXE 52 Application 2008 06 23 21 55 DAT AD S XBSA DLL 116KB Application Extension 2008 12 10 12 45 Se Hard DrivelE B Hard Drive F Ge Hard DrivelG s Hard Drive H 2 CD DVD Drive l 2 52 galaxy release K 9 5 9 5 galaxy public P 52 Wilesrv nigelp U Se galaxy releaselw Se Miles customers Copyright c 2002 2008 EZB Systems Inc Image
26. eployment Services Browse DVD v 03 ISAM Setup Getting Started for IT Pros With the WAIK successfully installed the steps required to modify the Windows PE 2 WIM image are as follows Open the product PE 2 distribution media image with your ISO editor Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd Preparation uitralso C tbmr63 1 pe2 tbmr63 1winx86_x64 pe2 iso i Q9 Er Sammy SE BIN BIN 614KB Folder 2010 05 25 11 05 20 Prot 15125KB Folder 2010 05 25 11 05 6 pa 290065 1179KB Folder 2010 05 25 11 05 Bm Geri 11961 KB Folder 2010 05 25 11 05 ee ries 19KB Folder 2010 05 25 11 05 SOURCES ORISBOOTFILES 343KB Folder 2010 05 25 11 05 sources 208644 KB Folder 2010 05 25 11 05 JAUTORUN EXE 130KB Application 2009 01 16 11 22 T AUTORUN INF 44 Setup Information 2008 09 11 15 54 SBAUTORUN INI 365 Configuration Settings 20080521 10 31 2 BOOTMGR 326KB File 2008 01 18 23 45 Ed 27 Icon 2007 02 21 15 30 DEMO32 EXE 522KB Application 2009 01 16 11 22 S GDIPLUS DLL 1 Application Extension 2008 10 10 12 17 sETUPTBMREXEA EXE 18340KB Application 2010 05 25 10 47 ISETUPTBMREXBS EXE 12016KB Application 20100525 10 45 B TEMR amp DBD 51 DemoShieldDemoFie 2010 04 21 09 18 Local 7 e 3t e C Documents and Settings nigelp My Documents My 150 Files g My Computer El MyISO Files nr Folder 2008 10 15 12 08
27. er file into the DR recovery environment or copy to a Windows compatible removable device e g USB disk oak WN The steps required to run an automated DR are 1 If the answer file is located on a removable device make sure its connected to the recovery machine 2 Boot the customised DR recovery environment That s it Preparation To enable successful automated DR the following steps should be followed Install Product Run a normal installation of the Cristie TBMR product Refer to the separate Product Installation and Licensing Guide for instructions on how to do this The Cristie Answer File Creator program will be installed along with the main product Create System Configuration With TBMR a system configuration will be captured to the system during the installation If for some reason this hasn t happened either manually run the supplied TBMRCfg exe program or ensure the TSM BA Client backup is configured to create the configuration as part of a Pre Sched operation Refer to the separate TBMR User Guide for WinPE Based Recovery for further details on this Create System Backup Use the Client to create a full backup as described in the separate TBMR User Guide for WinPE Based Recovery document Create Answer File For Automated DR During a interactive DR session a User would normally specify recovery parameters This would include setup network details DHCP static IP gateway IP etc network
28. ew Adapter name and associated network settings or use an existing network adapter and settings captured from the current host Press the Add to gt button to add a new definition to the Adapter list Use the Delete button to remove an existing Adapter definition Press Next gt to continue to the Reboot Options dialog Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd 2 Cristie Automated Disaster Recovery Cristie Answer File Creator Specify System Reboot Options Windows Reboot ptions Select the default Windows auto reboot option for successful or failed recoveries Specify how the automated DR should handle the post recovery re boot when the DR finishes with success or failure If the DR is successful select the automatic re boot option If the DR fails it is unlikely that the re boot will succeed so there is little point in proceeding with the re boot However if a re boot should be attempted even in a failure scenario tick the failure auto re boot option This is the last step in the answer file definition confirmed with the following dialog Cristie Answer File Creator Finished You have finished creating modifying the answer file Select Finish to generate the answer file A pop up will be displayed prompting for the name and location of where the AFC should create the answer file Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd Preparation 21 iNew Answer File C Temp DRanswer ini Select
29. gram Files Windows AIK Tools PETools gt copy C Temp Answer ini C mount 1 file lt s gt copied C Program Files Windows AIK Tools PETools gt imagex unmount commit c mount ImageX Tool for Windows Copyright lt C Microsoft Corp All rights reserved Unmounting c mount Successfully unmounted image The modified WIM file can then be either added back into the product ISO or kept and used in conjunction with Windows Deployment Services WDS for remote network boot If required use the ISO editor to write the WIM file back into the product ISO in the sources folder Note that the answer file MUST be called DRAnswer ini when transferred to the ISO Recovery An automated recovery can be initiated either by a network or CD DVD boot of the customised TBMR boot image as described in Prepare Boot Media For Automated Recovery Starting the boot process is the only part of the restore process that requires manual intervention Even this can be avoided if a suitable Lights out system is in place or remote boot is possible Note that the system BIOS should be set to boot from the prepared Windows P boot ISO whether this is in the form of a physical CD DVD or ISO image It is also possible to network boot the PE image Boot Recovery Environment Once the customised boot image is booted the normal plug and play sequence will run and then the automated DR will proceed if the DR answer file is found in one of the prescribed locatio
30. lder 2001005251005 28 sources 206644 KB Folder 2010 05 2511 05 29 FlAUTORUN EXE 130KB Application 2009 01 1611 22 37 7 AUTORUN INF 44 Setup Information 2008 09 11 15 54 T AUTORUN INI 365 Configuration Settings 2009 05 21 10 31 BOOTMGR 326KB File 2008 01 18 23 45 9 cemn ico 27KB Icon 2007 02 21 15 30 F DEM032 EXE 522KB Application 2009 01 16 11 22 is GDIPLUS DLL 1606 KB Application Extension 2008 10 10 12 17 F SETUPTBMREX64 EXE 15340KB Application 2010 05 25 10 47 F SETUPTBMREX86 EXE 12016KB Application 2010 05 25 10 45 TBMRS DED 51KB DemoShieldDemoFile 2010 04 21 09 18 Local 7 xU 4 Path C Documents and Settings nigelp My Documents My ISO Files A My Computer cae kel we E MyISO Files Folder 2008 10 15 12 08 INF B CEMR amp DBD DemoShieldDemoFile 2008 10 22 13 40 ic Documents E Desktop ze 05 He DATA D E Hard DrivelE B Hard DrivefF B Hard Drive G Hard Drive H E 2 KB3AIK EN I 1 50 galaxy releaselK 8 52 galasyNappln N 9 50 galaxy public P 52 Wilesrv nigelp U Se 9 59 ES Application 2005 03 25 13 00 27 SPNOTEPAD EXE Application 2008 06 23 21 55 5 XBSA DLL Application Extension 2008 12 10 12 45 Copyright c 2002 2008 EZB Systems Inc Image 10 files 30 MB Local 4 files 888 KB Then navigat
31. lesrv nigelp U Se galaxy releasefw BE A Miles customers CBMRE DED ES CMD EXE 7 SPNOTEPAD EXE S BSA DLL 339 KB 379 52 116 Folder 2008 10 15 12 08 DemoShieldDemoFile 2008 10 22 13 40 Application 2005 03 25 13 00 Application 2008 06 23 21 55 Application Extension 2008 12 10 12 45 crac Ne Copyright 2002 2008 EZB Systems Inc Image 3 files 342 KB Local 4 files 888 Right click on the file BOOTFIx B n in this folder and select Delete in the pop up menu Finally save the modified ISO This action will create new ISO with the BooTFIX BIN file removed This modified PE ISO will now automatically boot into the PE environment without having to press a key first Windows PE2 The steps required to customise the Windows PE2 ISO image for auto boot are as follows Open the product PE2 distribution media image with your ISO editor Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd Preparation 25 UltralSO C tbmr631 pe2 tbmr631winx86_x64 pe2 iso i gt Da Qe V Image Bootable CD DVD PX Ghi Path MM BIN BIN 614KB Folder 2010 05 25 11 05 23 BO BOOT 15125KB Folder 2010 05 25 11 05 24 az Cabocs 1179KB Folder 2010 05 25 11 05 25 CM Geri 11961 KB Folder 2010 05 2511 05 amp RISBOOTFILES OPL 19KB Folder 2010 05 2511 05 27 SOURCES ORISBOOTFILES 343KB Fo
32. ns If the file is not found the normal interactive GUI will be displayed Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd Recovery 33 3 1 1 Answer File In CD DVD Image If the DR answer file is detected within the CD DVD image then the automated DR will proceed with no User intervention Each step in the disaster recovery process will be displayed on the system console and recorded to a log file This log file will be transferred to the location specified in the DR answer file at the end of the recovery At the end of the DR sequence the logs will be copied to the location specified in the answer file At this point the recovered system will be automatically booted if configured as such in the DR answer file Otherwise manual intervention will be required to boot the system by pressing the lt ESC gt key If errors are detected during the restore process the recovery will halt or re boot the system depending upon the setting in the answer file Note that if the boot media is configured to boot directly into the PE boot environment after recovery manual intervention will be required to reset the boot equence on the system to prevent the PE boot environment being booted once 3 1 2 Answer File On Removable Device If the DR answer file is detected on any attached removable media then the automated DR will proceed with no User intervention Each step in the disaster recovery process will be displayed on the system console and recorded to a
33. or use an existing network adapter and settings captured from the current host Press the Add to gt button to add a new definition to the Adapter list Use the Delete button to remove an existing Adapter definition Press Next gt to continue to the Reboot Options dialog Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd 12 Cristie Automated Disaster Recovery Cristie Answer File Creator Specify System Reboot Options Windows Reboot ptions Select the default Windows auto reboot option for successful or failed recoveries Specify how the automated DR should handle the post recovery re boot when the DR finishes with success or failure If the DR is successful select the automatic re boot option If the DR fails it is unlikely that the re boot will succeed so there is little point in proceeding with the re boot However if a re boot should be attempted even in a failure scenario tick the failure auto re boot option This is the last step in the answer file definition confirmed with the following dialog Cristie Answer File Creator Finished You have finished creating modifying the answer file Select Finish to generate the answer file A pop up will be displayed prompting for the name and location of where the AFC should create the answer file Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd Preparation 13 New Answer File Select a path and press OK This will create a file called AnswerFile ini in the C
34. r File Creator Advanced Options Advanced ptions Specify the advanced options Unless Cristie Support direct you to change these settings leave them at their default settings Press Next to continue to the Network Connection dialog Here you can define a list of network connection credentials that will be used by automated DR to access any network shares identified in earlier dialogs e g copy log files DHW drivers etc Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd Preparation Cristie Answer File Creator Network Connections Network Connections If a network path was previously specified e g the location where the logfiles are to be copied define the network access credentials here 410 2 1 18 public Press the Add to gt button to add a new definition to the Connection list Use the Delete button to remove an existing Connection definition Press Next to continue to the Network Adapter dialog Cristie Answer File Creator Network Adapter Settings Network Adapters default connections will be made to the network using DHCP If you need to use a fixed IP Address enter the settings below and add it to the list on the right Network Adapter 1 Here you can specify how the default network settings should be setup in the PE DR environment at boot time These settings apply to the recovery environment only not the restored machine Create a new Adapter name and associated network settings
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36. t to continue to the Disk Operations dialog Here select the individual disks to be formatted on restore or All disks if all disks should be formatted Identify individual disks as 0 1 2 etc Cristie Answer File Creator Disk Operations Disk Operations When an existing disk layout does not match the original disk layout e g hardware changes one or more disks may need to be re partitioned Confirm that the disk should be partitioned If the DR is to dissimilar hardware i e not the original system then the recovered system may require new drivers to support different mass storage or network controllers These new drivers are supplied by the customer and must be accessible to the Dissimilar Hardware Wizard DHW during the recovery process Specify the location of a folder or folders where the DHW will retrieve these drivers from For example this could be a locally attached device like a USB disk or a network share or both Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd 9 Cristie Automated Disaster Recovery Cristie Answer File Creator Dissimilar Hardware Dissimilar Hardware The Dissimilar Hardware Wizard in the unattended DR environment is used to inject Windows drivers into the recovering machine for any new hardware Normally only mass storage and network controllers need to be considered However if all driver classes need to be examined select the Load all types of drivers tick box Select Next to continue to th
37. ware Ltd Cristie Automated Disaster Recovery Cristie Answer File Creator Specify TSM Details TSM Details Specify the TSM server and client details and restore date time pan OOOO NIGELPTBMR 25 May 2010 May 2010 26 27 28 3 4 5 10 11 12 17 18 18 If the selected TSM Node contains backups for more than 1 system then select the system hostname to be restored in the next dialog Note neither IBM nor Cristie recommend this practice Cristie Answer File Creator TSM Backupset and Machine Name TSM Backupset and Machine Name By default the first backupset and machine name will be recovered if more than one backupset or machines are found in the same TSM node If you wish to restore from a non default backupset or machine specify the correct details below Press Next to continue to the Specify Restore Options dialog Here you may specify whether just the default system drive partition or volume will be restored or Drives Also you may specify where you want the restore logfiles to be copied at the end of DR process You may also identify the level of detail in the log files Copyright 2010 Cristie Software Ltd Preparation 9 Cristie Answer File Creator Specify Restore Options Specify Restore Options Select which volumes are to be restored the location of where the restore log files should be copied and the logfile detail level Press Next gt to continue to the Disk Operations dialog
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