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NT 3.,51 Restore Procedures

1997-07-15 17:14:02
Subject: NT 3.,51 Restore Procedures
From: Peter Thomas <Peter_Thomas AT MANULIFE DOT COM>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 17:14:02 -0400
Here's the procedure we've documented for rebuilding NT Servers; a few
tests have been done so far, and all seems to be working quite nicely.

Our tests are maybe simplified by the fact we have standardized TOTALLY on
Compaq Proliant's, all with a CD-ROM drive and the Compaq SMART-2 disk
array controller.

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The old "Failed" server and the new "Target" server need not have identical
configuratins, save for the disk-subsystem. If the original server had a
RAID controller, the new server MUST have a RAID controller. If Network
cards are different between the Failed and Target machines,, the correct
network driver will have to installed after step 10.

   Ensure that documentation is available on all of the original Volume
   sizes and Disk Labels of the failed server.

   Configure the hardware using the appropriate tool such as Compaq
   SmartStart for Compaq servers.  This process is documented in the
   existing NT server setup documentation.

   Install NT from the distribution media.

     This should be a generic install.  The HAL updates or NT service packs
     are not required.  Please note however that the Compaq SSD may still
     be require to update the NT drivers to access the disk array.

     It is required to install this copy of NT to D: so when asked which
     partition to install NT to, two partitions of the appropriate size for
     a system partition should be created and NT installed to the second
     one.  For instance in a server with 256MB RAM, the system partition
     would be 1GB so two, 1GB partitions would be created with NT installed
     into the second one.

     The partition that the temporary copy of NT is installed to can be
     left formatted as FAT

     Be sure to use the same computer name as the original machine

     To speed the process, you can de-select all non-essential options such
     as Games, Wallpaper, Accessories, etc.

     Enable DHCP during the network portion of the install.  This removes
     the need to know the original IP address of the machine.

     Do not join a domain, instead, join the workgroup RESTORE.

     Do not setup a local account when prompted.

   Once NT is installed, install ADSM as described earlier in this
   document.  The only difference is that the target drive will be D:
   instead of C:.

   At this point, C: will still be in the FAT format so convert it to NTFS
   by running the command:
   CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS
   You should be sitting on the D: drive when you run this command, not the
   C: drive.

   Create a volume label on the C: drive with the LABEL command.  (Labels
   are required for ADSM). This label MUST be the same as the original
   label on the file system. Case is IMPORTANT

   Launch the ADSM client command line and enter the following command:
   RESTORE C:\* -REPLACE=ALL -SUBDIR=YES
   This will restore the original C: drive

   Restore the original registry with the commands
   COPY C:\ADSM.SYS\REGISTRY\servername\MACHINE\*
   C:\WINNT35\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\
   COPY C:\ADSM.SYS\REGISTRY\servername\USERS\DEFAULT
   C:\WINNT35\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\
   COPY C:\ADSM.SYS\REGISTRY\servername\USERS\ADMINISTRATOR\*
   C:\WINNT35\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\

   Prior to rebooting, ensure that the C:\BOOT.INI file points to the
   correct partition; this should normally be
   multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT35
   where partition 1 is the Compaq System Partition.

   Re-boot the machine

   Once re-booted, the machine will be up and running with the original
   system partition, however the temporary partition on D: will still be in
   place.  This should be deleted as follows

     Run Disk Administrator and delete the D: drive

     Then delete the first "free space" partition

     Re-create the partitions as standard and format any drives that
     contained User Data. Ensure that they are refomatted with the correct
     File System

   Once the partitions are re-created in the standard fashion, the D: drive
   can be restored using the ADSM command
   RES D:\* SUBDIR=YES -REPLACE=ALL
   If additional drives are to be restored, they should be restored through
   the same process.

   Once completed, verify the permissions on the root of all paritions..
   Tests of ADSM indicate that the default permissions of "Everyone [Full]"
   are placed on the root directories instead of the original value.
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