Veritas™ System Recovery 21 Management Solution Administrator's Guide

To recover a computer locally by using Veritas System Recovery Disk

1. Start the managed client computer by using the Veritas System Recovery Disk.
2. On the Home panel of Veritas System Recovery Disk, click Recover My Computer.

   If your recovery points are stored on media and you only have one media drive, you can eject the Veritas System Recovery Disk DVD now.

   Attach the USB disk that contains your recovery points. If your recovery points are on a DVD, insert the DVD that contains your recovery points.

3. On the Welcome page of the wizard, click Next.
4. On the Select a Recovery Point to Restore panel, select a recovery point to restore, and then click Next.

   Select a Recovery Point to Restore options when you view recovery points by Date

   View by - Date	Displays all of the discovered recovery points in the order in which they were created. If no recovery points were discovered, the table is empty. In such cases, you can search all local drives on the computer or browse to find a recovery point.
   Select source folder	Lets you view a list of all available recovery points that may exist on your computer's local drives or on a specific drive.
   Map a network drive	Lets you specify a shared network folder path and assign it a drive letter. You can then browse the folder location for the recovery point file you want.
   Browse	Lets you locate a recovery point on a local drive or a network folder.
   Select a recovery point	Lets you select the recovery point to restore.
   Recovery point details	Gives you additional information about the recovery point you want to restore.

   Select a Recovery Point to Restore options when you view recovery points by File name

   View by - File name	Lets you view recovery points by their file name.
   Recovery point folder and file name	Lets you specify a path and a file name of a recovery point.
   Map a network drive	Lets you specify a shared network folder path and assign it a drive letter. You can then browse the folder location for the recovery point file you want.
   Browse	Lets you locate a recovery point on a local drive or a network folder.
   OpenStorage Destination	Lets you select an OpenStorage storage destination that you want to use for restoring the recovery points. See OpenStorage destination options for recovery.
   Recovery point details	Gives you additional information about the recovery point you want to restore.

   Select a Recovery Point to Restore options when you view recovery points by System

   View by - System	Lets you use the current system index file that is located in the recovery point storage location. The system index file displays a list of all of the drives on your computer and any associated recovery points from which you can select. The use of a system index file reduces the time it takes to convert multiple recovery points. When a recovery point is created, a system index file is saved with it. The system index file contains a list of the most recent recovery points, which includes the original drive location of each recovery point.
   System index folder and filename	Lets you specify a path and a file name of a system index file that you want to use for recovery.
   Map a network drive	Lets you specify a shared network folder path and assign it a drive letter. You can then browse the folder location for the system index file (.sv2i) you want.
   Browse	Lets you browse to a path that contains a system index file. For example, you can browse to an external (USB) drive, a network location, or to removable media to select a system index file.
   OpenStorage Destination	Lets you select an OpenStorage storage destination that you want to use for restoring the recovery points. See OpenStorage destination options for recovery.

5. On the Drives to Recover panel, select each drive that you want to recover and set the options that you want, and then click Next.

   Select drives to recover	Lets you select the drives that you want to recover.
   Add	Lets you add additional drives you want to recover.
   Remove	Lets remove selected drives from the list of drives to recover.
   Edit	Lets you edit the recovery options for a selected drive.
   Ignore recovery point corruption during restore (potential data loss)	Automatically excludes the corrupted data and continues to restore the recovery point. The restored data does not contain the corrupted portion of data. Note: There may be potential data loss as corrupted data is excluded from restore.
   Verify recovery point before restore	Determines whether a recovery point is valid or corrupt before it is restored. If the recovery point is corrupt, the recovery process is discontinued. This option significantly increases the time that is required for the recovery to complete. However, it ensures that the recovery point being restored is valid.
   Do not verify recovery point before restore	Does not verify whether a recovery point is valid or corrupt before it is restored. During restore, if there is corrupted data on the recovery point, an error message is displayed and you cannot restore the recovery point.
   Use Restore Anyware to recover to different hardware	Indicates that Restore Anyware is used to restore a recovery point to a computer with hardware different from the computer on which the backup was made. Selected automatically if any of the following are true: If you recover a data drive only to new or to different computer hardware, this option is not selected for you.

   When you recover your computer, select the drive on which Windows is installed. On most computer systems, this drive is the C drive. In the recovery environment, the drive letters and labels might not match what appears in Windows. You might need to identify the correct drive based on its label. Or, you can identify the drive by its name, or by browsing the files and folders in the recovery point.

6. Optionally, select a drive that you want to recover, and then click Edit.

   Select the options that you want to perform during the recovery process, and then click OK to return to the Drives to Recover panel.

   Delete Drive	Deletes a selected drive in the list to make space available to restore your recovery point. When you use this option, the drive is only marked for deletion. The actual deletion of the drive takes place after you click Finish in the wizard.
   Undo Delete	Returns a deleted drive to the list of drives.
   Resize drive after recover (unallocated space only)	Resizes a disk after the recovery point is restored. After you select this option, you can specify the new size in megabytes. The size must be greater than the identified size of the disk that you selected in the list.
   Primary partition	Because hard disks are limited to four primary partitions, this option is appropriate if the drive has four or fewer partitions.
   Logical partition	This option is appropriate if you need more than four partitions. You can have up to three primary partitions, plus any number of logical partitions, up to the maximum size of your hard disk.
   Check for file system errors after recovery	Checks the restored drive for errors after the recovery point is restored.
   Set drive active (for booting OS)	Makes the restored drive the active partition (for example, the drive from which the computer starts). You should select this option if you restore the drive on which your operating system is installed.
   Restore original disk signature	Restores the original, physical disk signature of the hard drive. Disk signatures are part of all Windows operating systems that Veritas System Recovery 21 Management Solution supports. Disk signatures are required to use the hard drive. Select this option if either of the following situations are true: Your computer's drive letters are atypical (for example, assigned letters other than C, D, E, and so forth). You restore a recovery point to a new, empty hard disk.
   Restore master boot record	Restores the master boot record. The master boot record is contained in the first sector of a physical hard disk. The master boot record consists of a master boot program and a partition table that describes the disk partitions. The master boot program analyzes the partition table of the first hard disk to see which primary partition is active. It then starts the boot program from the boot sector of the active partition. This option is recommended only for advanced users and is available only if you restore a whole drive in the recovery environment. Select this option if any of the following situations are true: You want to restore a recovery point to a new, empty hard disk. You restore a recovery point to the original drive, but the drive's partitions were modified since the recovery point was created. You suspect that a virus or some other problem has corrupted your drive's master boot record.

7. Click Next to review the recovery options that you selected.
8. Select Reboot when finished if you want the computer to restart automatically after the recovery process finishes.
9. Click Finish.
10. Click Yes to begin the recovery process.