I don't know what method you are for a BMR recovery but I have used what
most people in this list suggest.  I simply reinstall the OS (from and
install cd or image using something like altiris or nlite) then install
the TSM client then restore C: drive files and then registry and reboot.
Which works "MOST of the Time" but I need something that works ALL THE
TIME.  I have a windows server now that this process does not work for
and I am getting lots of flak for it and now they are considering moving
to another software that does support BMR for windows systems.

I am in constant arguments with management and they want to know, "why
can't tivoli do what altiris does?"  Simply restore an image from a
backup of the os from boot to the same exact same server without having
to reinstall the os.  Dissimilar hardware isn't even a concern for them
because they are will to require same hardware in their DR plan.  

Besides I don't see why TSM can perform a snapshot image backup of the
local system drive of a windows server but you can't restore from it and
actually use it to boot another system. Networker claims they have BMR
for windows system built into their product so why doesn't Tivoli.   

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Mark Stapleton
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 10:02 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Will TSM ever support BMR for windows systems?

From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Schaub, Steve

>Well, it's also a big pain in the tush for me to explain to mgmt why
I'm

>budgeting for a BMR tool for our 600 Windows servers even though we

>already hand over a boatload of $$ to Tivoli for a backup product,

>because I have to have something I can depend on to perform dissimilar

>hardware restores.

 

I've talked about this on this list more than a few times, but I'll
repeat it for our new folks:

 

******

You can use TSM to perform bare-metal restores of Windows machines, to
similar and to dissimilar hardware.

******

 

It is a pretty straight-forward process for identical hardware, and
dissimilar hardware merely requires a little file-shuffling during the
rebuild process. I've performed BMR using nothing but a modified Windows
boot CD, nLite <http://www.nliteos.com/>  (donate to those folks--their
code's great!) and a copy of the TSM client code.

 

>I just don't think it could be that difficult for Tivoli to come up
with

>a boot cd like they use for ServerGuide that is "TSM aware" and capable

>of hardware detection.

 

It's not Tivoli's go to create CDs to facilitate alternate-boot disks
for various OSs. IBM already has that process down cold for AIX.
Similarly, Sun for Solaris and HP for HP-UX. For Windows, Microsoft
developed WinPE, and BartPE is out there for Windows as well.

 

It can be done, folks. It's not that hard.

 

--

Mark Stapleton (mark.s AT evolvingsol DOT com)

Senior TSM consultant

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