Proceed only if you are certain that the data on the drive has been properly backed up. RETROSPECT USER S GUIDEĦ WARNING: Partitioning or formatting a hard disk destroys data stored on the disk. Once you ve booted from the Retrospect Emergency Recovery CD and agreed to the legal notifications, you will be presented with the home screen of the Emergency Recovery wizard. Refer to the documentation for your specific computer model for instructions on how to change the BIOS settings during the boot process. NOTE: You may need to adjust the boot order in your computer s BIOS settings to boot from a CD. Insert the Retrospect Emergency Recovery CD in the optical drive of the computer to be restored, power it on and boot from the CD. If the computer you are recovering is normally backed up as a client to another computer on the network running the Retrospect program, then you will be restoring using the Retrospect Client method. Getting Started If the computer you are recovering from a non-bootable state is the same computer that runs Retrospect, then you will be restoring locally, using the Retrospect program. This is necessary to ensure the proper restoration of any hidden partitions, such as a Recovery Partition, that was present on the source disk. NOTE: If you are restoring to a disk that had Windows Vista, 7, Server 2008, or Server 2008 R2 installed, the physical target hard disk drive must be the same size or larger than the physical drive being replaced. NOTE: If you do not have a copy of the Backup Set s Catalog file, it can be recreated from the media, though this will increase the length of time required to complete the restore. A comprehensive backup strategy should include making copies of Retrospect s Catalog files onto separate media, such as a network volume or another computer. In addition, you will need to have access to the Backup Set storage media containing the backup, as well as the Catalog file that matches the Backup Set. ADDENDUM RETROSPECT 7.7Ĥ Planning Ahead To successfully recover a computer that won t boot, it is first necessary to have a complete Retrospect backup of that computer s boot volume, as well as any other disks that you want to restore. NOTE: The Retrospect Emergency Restore CD and the Retrospect restore process are designed to restore to hardware similar to that from which the backup was made, such as when a hard disk drive is replaced, not when the destination computer is completely different from the source computer. Once a Windows computer has been booted from the Retrospect Emergency Recovery CD, its hard disk drives can be partitioned and formatted, and it can be restored either locally, by using the Retrospect application with connected storage media containing the backup, or from a Retrospect server on the network via the Retrospect Client software. The Retrospect Emergency Recovery CD supersedes the older Disaster Recovery CD creation process in previous versions of Retrospect. If you purchased an electronic version of Retrospect, an image of the CD can be downloaded from the Retrospect web site with the entry of a valid license code. Using the Retrospect Emergency Recovery CD Retail versions of Retrospect 7.7 include a Retrospect Emergency Recovery CD that will boot most Windows computers running XP/2003 or later to speed their recovery from a non-bootable state, such as after a hard drive failure. For example, this document describes how to use Retrospect to back up VMs running on a VMware ESX or vcenter host by using VCB it does not describe how to setup a VCB proxy server. It is assumed that the user is already familiar with the operation of Retrospect in general, as well as the computing systems that Retrospect is used to protect. 2 RETROSPECT USER S GUIDEģ Introduction This addendum to the Retrospect User s Guide describes new functionality introduced in Retrospect 7.7: disaster recovery using the Retrospect Emergency Recovery CD and VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) integration. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. in the United Stated and/or other jurisdictions. Retrospect is a registered trademark of Retrospect, Inc. You may not install, copy or otherwise use the Software except as expressly provided in that license agreement. Use of this product (the Software ) is subject to acceptance of the license agreement presented in the installer. Retrospect 7.7 Users Guide Addendum, first edition.
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