Windows XP BMR

[vvragav]

Hi,

we are facing a problem in recovering a Windows XP system. As mentioned in the IBM redbpaper, we created ASR diskette and took a full backup of the system.

We successfully restored the files using the ASR disk and using TSMCLI.EXE copied into a CD. When it rebooted automatically, we are getting a blue screen error stating

session5_initialization_failed

What could be the problem and how can we solve this?

Regards.

 

[moon-buddy]

Is the hardware the same?

It is hard to tell what is wrong based on the error message given. Any luck from Microsoft's website?

In any regard, I am about only 25% successful recovering a system this way. What I do is load a bare OS into an alternate directory (not c:\windows but something like c:\winnt), load the TSM client and restore the system files into c:\windows. I then tweak the boot.ini so I can choose which folder to load the OS from. This gives more flexibility to recover the system the way it was.

Hope this helps.

 

[vvragav]

Hi,
On to the same system I am restoring. I once again tried the recovery. TSM reports restoration completed, but actually not a complete. While retrieving the system objects, it says as '*** Interrupted***'. After restoration, it boots and asks for the registration. I am herewith attaching the snapshots. Please look and help me.
My colleagues are working as you said.
Thanks and regards.

 

[moon-buddy]

Have you tried just activating again?

Microsoft has installed this registration feature to avoid cloning and restoring a XP system this way, I believe, is considered cloning.