Tom,

Have a look at this thread from past discussions:
http://www.mail-archive.com/adsm-l AT vm.marist DOT edu/msg60063.html

The TSM support for ASR (became available at XP/2003) is terrific for
like hardware; it's documented in the latest Windows client manual.

For non-like hardware you will have to develop your own procedures as
documented in the link above, or use Christie to get a vendor-supported
restore to non-like hardware.

Wanda Prather
"I/O, I/O, It's all about I/O"  -(me)



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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Kauffman, Tom
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 11:01 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Looking for Win-2003/XP/Advanced Server BMR doc


Up until now, we've successfully avoided having to do bare metal
restores in the Wintel environment. Times change, and we are now
installing the SAP 'Portals' software - and it is not viable to do a
clean install followed by content restore, so it's time to look at BMR.

I *know* there are some good redbooks and redpieces out there, but I'm
drawing a blank on my searches.

Would someone please point me? Links appreciated, document number or
name will be sufficient.

My biggest concern in this process is non-like hardware restore. Not
only can I guarantee the hardware won't match between the backup and the
restore, I can state with a 90% confidence factore that the hardware
manufacturer won't be the same.

TIA

Tom Kauffman
NIBCO, Inc