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Re: Unsuccessful BMR for win2k3 : OS not registered message ...

2005-09-07 19:01:44
Subject: Re: Unsuccessful BMR for win2k3 : OS not registered message ...
From: TSM_User <tsm_user AT YAHOO DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 16:01:06 -0700
We use a similar short cut method that we've found works 95% of the time.  We 
just copy out the hal.dll and notoskrnl.exe.  We then run the restore (catalog, 
C:\ and systemstate).  After the restore and before the reboot we copy the 
hal.dll and ntoskrnl.exe back.
 
Then we reboot, if the system comes up we don't need to run the "In-Place" 
upgrade. If it doesn't then we do. We've found that only about 5% of the time 
it doesn't come up and for those cases we follow the steps I posted earlier.
 
Note, we've also copied out all the files you listed but of course the rest are 
locked and can't be restored. I'm sure that is why you use the recovery 
console. It may be that for the 5% of the time we use the "In-Place" upgrade we 
could have used the recovery console to copy back the other files.
 
One good thing with this short method is that the "In-Place" upgrade will take 
more time.  On the other hand I think when this thread started it was with a 
box that wouldn't boot already.  I assumed files wheren't copied out and 
therefor could not be copied back. In those cases you have no choice but to use 
the "In-Place" upgrade.
 
K
 

Leigh Reed <L.Reed AT MDX.AC DOT UK> wrote:
I have done a fair amount of BMR's in the past and not always to similar
hardware. I'm not sure if this is relevant to you, but here's my euro's
worth anyway.

After installing the vanilla OS and then Service Pack'ing it to the
level of the original machine that you are trying to restore, I make a
copy of the following files.

W2K
c:\winnt\system32\hal.dll
c:\winnt\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\winnt\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\winnt\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe
c:\winnt\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
c:\winnt\system32\win32k.sys
c:\winnt\system32\winsrv.dll

W2K3
C:\windows\system32\hal.dll
C:\windows\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe
C:\windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe

The files that you need can be found from Device Manager --> Computer
--> Properties --> Driver Details

With W2K, you can use the Recovery Console to copy the original files
back to your restored OS after the first reboot.
With W2K3 you can actually copy the files back after the system state &
system services restore, before you reboot.

Leigh



-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
PAC Brion Arnaud
Sent: 06 September 2005 16:46
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Unsuccessful BMR for win2k3 : OS not registered
message ...

Kyle,

Thanks for the trick : I tried it, and was able to log-in again on the
machine. However, something probably failed during the systemstate
restore, as entire parts of the system configuration where lost ... Not
really funny, but this machine was only a test server, so the damage is
limited. Once again a good lesson for me : practice DR simulations more
often !
Thanks again.
Regards.


Arnaud

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-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
TSM_User
Sent: Saturday, 03 September, 2005 00:52
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Unsuccessful BMR for win2k3 : OS not registered message ...

If ASR doesn't work you can try the "In-Place" ugprade using option "R"
after you press F8 to agree to the license agreement. We've had
discussions about "In-Place" upgrade on this list before. You can search
those or MS's knowledgebase.

Basically, you take a Windows 2003 server installation CD and boot from
it just like you were going to install the OS again right over top of
your restore. You can use F6 to install the device drivers. Take all
the normal options. After you press F8 to agree to the license agreement
you will get a screen that you don't get on a new install. It will say
"We see that Windows is already installed on this server in c:\windows"
or something like that. At the bottom of that screen it will ask you if
you want to repair it and if so press "R". Do this and you will perform
an install that re-enumerates all the hardware leaving the software
intact. Bascially a reinstall of the hardware part of the registry. It
is key to be sure you have a CD that has the service pack (if any) you
are using slipstreamed into it. However, being that you said you don' t
have an SP on this server you can use the regular base OS installation
CD.

Kyle

PAC Brion Arnaud wrote:
Henrick,

Thanks for you suggestion, but it doesn't apply to this particular case
: no Trend antivirus on this server, and anyway I would not be in a
position connecting from another machine as the network interface seems
not to be started on the server (even ping fails ...) Thanks anyway !
Cheers

Arnaud

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-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Henrik Wahlstedt
Sent: Friday, 02 September, 2005 15:34
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Unsuccessful BMR for win2k3 : OS not registered message ...

Hi,

No explanationa but maybe a work around...

I have seen this on a couple of w2k3 servers with Trend Antivirus.
Stopping Trend usually works, if not disabling Trend and reboot the did
the trick.
Use services.msc from another computer and connect to the recovered
server.

Henirk



-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
PAC Brion Arnaud
Sent: den 2 september 2005 14:52
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Unsuccessful BMR for win2k3 : OS not registered message ...

Hi all,

Due to some raid driver corruption on one of our clients (Win2k3 server
edition, no SP, TSM client 5.2.4) we've tried to do a BMR of the
machine, using the ASR diskette.
Restore seemed to be OK, but when the machine came up again and we tried
to log-in, we got a message telling us that the OS was not registered.
Problem is that whatever option we choose in the dialog box (accept,
discard or cancel), we get the login prompt again and nothing more
happens ...
Does anybody have an explanation / solution for this problem ?
Thanks in advance !
Cheers.

Arnaud

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