Concerning BMR:
There's a way to do it by means of BartPE bootable CD (from NU2 on the web).
This gives you a Windows pre-boot environment.
Get the network running and start the BAclient from a networkshare (if you
throw the \system32 dll's in the \baclient directory it will run; and this
gives flexibility in case of baclient updates/patches). If you wish, you can
start the BAclient with the -optfile option to a specific optionfile. Or you
can add the client to your bootable BartPE image.
Than all you've got to do is restore (f.i. an image restore).

Good luck

Ton Mol
Corus Steel

>  -----Original Message-----
> From:         "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>@CORUS   
> On
> Behalf Of Luc Beaudoin <lbeaudoi AT IS.JGH.MCGILL DOT CA>
> Sent: Friday, 03 September 2004 19:59
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Windows 2000 server hard disk crash
>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to crash the server (OS and data)
> The problem I have is that If a server crash ... the only way to put it
> back up is to change disk ... re-install windows .. install TSM client ...
> restore windows and files by overwriting all files...
> It a long process...
> I heard of the bare metal/machine recovery ... but I dont know if it's
> good, fast to restore and most of all how does it work ...
>
> Any documentations ...
> or any step by step procedure ...
>
> thanks
>
>
>
>
>
>
>                       "Mark D.
>                       Rodriguez"               To:
> ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>                       <mark@MDRCONSULT.        cc:
>                       COM>                     Subject:  Re: Windows 2000
> server hard disk crash
>                       Sent by: "ADSM:
>                       Dist Stor
>                       Manager"
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>
>
>                       09/03/2004 01:46
>                       PM
>                       Please respond to
>                       "ADSM: Dist Stor
>                       Manager"
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Luc Beaudoin wrote:
>
> >Hi all
> >
> >I have to run some tests in case of a crash ...
> >I am running backups (only incr)  of that server(winn 2000) for the past
> >week,  I will crash the disk.. and put a new one in the server ...
> >
> >What is the best or fastest way to bring the server back up from scratch
> >...
> >
> >thanks
> >
> >Luc
> >
> >
> >
> Luc,
>
> We will need a little more info.  The disk you are going to "crash", is
> it the OS drive, non-OS but has installed applications or a data only
> drive.  This will make a great deal of difference as to how you attack
> this problem.  Also, when you say bring it up from scratch do you mean
> from no OS at all.  We generally cal the a BMR (bare metal/machine
> recovery).  Please let us know and we will try to help you out.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Mark D. Rodriguez
> President MDR Consulting, Inc.
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