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Re: Windows 2000 Bare Metal Recovery and System Object restore pr oblem

2001-05-16 02:20:37
Subject: Re: Windows 2000 Bare Metal Recovery and System Object restore pr oblem
From: Hrouda Tomáš <Hrouda AT AGCOM DOT CZ>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 08:14:46 +0200
Wouldn't help you to use the same TSM client nodename as original server
(otherwise to use virtualnodename) only for a moment of restore system
objects and after restore change client nodename back?

Tom

> -----Původní zpráva-----
> Od:   Jeff Connor [SMTP:connorj AT NIAGARAMOHAWK DOT COM]
> Odesláno:   15. května 2001 22:44
> Komu: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Předmět:  Windows 2000 Bare Metal Recovery and System Object restore
> problem
> 
> Our NT admins requested that we build one server(HCB1) from another
> servers
> backups(SYR1).  The servers are Windows 2000 Advanced Server running
> service pack one with identical hardware.   Our TSM server is V4.1.2 on
> AIX
> 4.3 and the Windows Client is 4.1.2.14.   We used the TSM B/A CLI with the
> virtualnodename option to succesfully restore the SYR1 servers C: drive to
> the HCB1 server.  We then attempted to restore the system objects but
> could
> not access them from the CLI or the GUI.
> 
> We got into TSM GUI on the original server, SYR1, and where able to see
> the
> subfolders under system objects.  Under HCB1 using virualnodename SYR1 we
> cannot see the system object subfolders.  We checked the gray box and
> attempted the restore but received zero objects inspected or backed up.
> 
> 
> We contacted TSM support who informed me that Bare Metal Restore and
> associated Redbooks are not supported.  However, after the level one
> person
> spoke to level two, they informed me that you could recover a Windows 2000
> server from the ground up if the target system for the restore is the same
> local machine name as the original server.  This is due to the fact that
> the Windows 2000 System Objects are stored using the local machine name in
> TSM and can't be restored to a new location like a drive file space can.
> 
> Has anyone else attempted what we tried or does anyone have any comments?
> We have been able to restore a server and it's registry to another server
> with a new name under Windows NT 4.0, using a temporary copy of NT
> installed to a folder called Wintemp, then coming up under the original
> name after restore/re-boot using the normal WINNT folder.  It looks like
> this is not possible with Windows 2000 and TSM due to the way TSM stores
> the system object backups.
> 
> Comments?
> 
> Jeff Connor
> Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
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