The process I described below will do dissimilar hardware restores.

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Mark Stapleton (mark.stapleton AT usbank DOT com)
US Bank MR Backup and Recovery Management


"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 09/07/2006
04:31:14 AM:

> Hi!
>
> Can anyone refer to restoring a Win2003 server to a different hardware?
>
>
> Gideon Brown
> Sytem Administrator
> 03-5319085,052-8395641
> gideonb AT court.gov DOT il
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of
> Mark Stapleton
> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 7:21 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Win2003 Full system restore
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 09/05/2006
> 10:09:14 AM:
> > For 2003, you need to be running at least client 5.2.3, or it isn't
> > going to work.
> > TSM 5.3.2 is better.
> >
> > Look in the client manual under "ASR".
> > Works like a champ.
>
> ...except if having a DHCP server on the desired network segment is a
> problem. ASR restore will NOT work without one, and that's an issue in
> many server rooms.
>
> You can do a complete system rebuild without the ASR process. Basically
> (and this is just a skeleton):
>
> 1. Install the Windows OS, including the service pack present at the
> time of the failure. (You don't have to worry about the hotfixes and
> patches.) Get the network card going.
> 2. Install the TSM client used at the time of failure. Configure it
> properly.
> 3. Restore all non-systemdisk (usually C:) drives with TSM.
> 4. Restore the C: drive. DO NOT REBOOT EVEN IF ASKED TO.
> 5. Restore the systemservices. DO NOT REBOOT EVEN IF ASKED TO.
> 6. Restore the systemstate.
> 7. NOW, reboot the system.
>
> You should be back in business.
>
> Please, please drill this process. You should practice disaster recovery
> before you HAVE to.
>
> --
> Mark Stapleton (mark.stapleton AT usbank DOT com) US Bank MR Backup and
> Recovery Management
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