How to perform a system restore with AhsayOBM's ShadowProtect System Backup?
- Product Version:
XZ Backup - Advanced
OS: Windows- Description:
This document contains the information of how to perform a system restore with XZ Backup - Advanced ShadowProtect System Backup.- Steps:
To perform a system restore with XZ Backup - Advanced ShadowProtect System Backup:
- Restore the ShadowProtect image file(s) from the XZ Backup server with the XZ Backup - Advanced user interface or web console:
- Start the XZ Backup - Advanced application
- Select the Restore button on the left panel of the XZ Backup user interface
- Select the ShadowProtect System backup set, and then image file(s) you want to restore
Figure 1.0 - XZ Backup - Advanced user interface- Restore the system / volume with ShadowProtect:
- Start ShadowProtect or boot to the StorageCraft Recovery Environment with a ShadowProtect Recovery CD according to your situation:
- The first method is to start ShadowProtect in Windows. This option is to restore a volume, other than the system volume, while running inside of Windows using the Restore Volume Wizard. This method does not require the machine to be rebooted, simply start the ShadowProtect application from Windows.
- The second method is to boot to the StorageCraft Recovery Environment and perform the restore. This option must be used when restoring the system volume where the operating system resides.
For instruction for how to create a ShadowProtect Recovery CD, please Click Here.- If you are booting to ShadowProtect Recovery CD, select the corresponding recovery environment in the boot menu
Figure 2.0 - Boot to StorageCraft Recovery Environment with ShadowProtect Recovery CD
Note:
It may be necessary to press a key during boot to boot from the CD or to bring up a boot menu that allows you to select the CD-ROM drive as the boot device. You may also need to change the boot priority in your system's BIOS settings so that it will check for a bootable CD before booting to the hard disk. Refer to your computer's documentation for more information.- Start Restore Wizard by clicking the Restore button in the left panel of the main screen or clicking on the Restore Wizard from the center panel of the main screen
Figure 2.1 - StorageCraft Recovery Environment- Click Next to continue
Figure 2.2 - Restore wizard- In the Backup Image to Restore dialog screen, locate the image file you wish to restore from the destination location (e.g. the location which contains the restored image file(s) from XZ Backup server)
These destination locations can be a local directory or network share:
- If the image file you wish to restore is located in a previously defined destination location, then select the destination and locate the backup image set form the list. The next dialog screen will let you select the specific point-in-time associated with the backup image set.
- If the image file you wish toe restore is not located in a previously defined destination location, you will need to browse to the location of the image file you want to restore.
Note:
To restore a backup image that is stored on a network share, you must have the proper credentials to access the file.
Figure 2.3 - Restore wizard (Backup Image To Restore)- Click Next to continue
Figure 2.4 - Restore wizard (Backup Image To Restore)- In the Backup Image Dependencies dialog screen, you will be provided with all the incremental backup image files associated with the full backup image file you selected. Select a backup image file to view its properties in the right side of the dialog
Image file properties include:
- Image File Properties -
Volume size, creation time, compression, password protection, comment- Original Partition Information -
Style, number, type, bootable option, starting offset and length- Disk Information -
Dsk geometry, disk size and number of the first track sectors- Originating machine -
The operating system version, the machine name, MAC address and the engine version of ShadowProtect used
By viewing the properties, particularly the information in the image file properties. You will able to best select the backup image file you wish to restore. You can change your selection and review the new selection¢s image file properties by highlighting the image file in the left side of the dialog screen- Click Next to continue
- In the Restore Destination dialog screen, select the location where you want to restore the backup image. You may also right click on a volume and you will have the following options:
- Delete Volume -
This will delete a volume. The deleted volume will become unassigned space on the disk that can be repartition- Set Active -
This will set the volume active. Only one partition may be designated as active. By setting a volume active, the computer will boot to the volume- Create an exact primary partition -
Allows you to define and create a primary partition on the disk. You cannot create more than four primary partitions on the same disk- Create extended partition -
Allows you to extend a partition and then subdivide this partition in to one or more logical partitions
Important:
Restoring a backup image to a volume overwrites all data currently on the volume.
Note:
You must have enough space to restore the backup image. For example, you cannot restore a 4GB backup file with only 1GB of free space.
Figure 2.5 - Restore wizard (Restore Destination)- Click Next to continue
- In the Specify the Restoration Options dialog screen, all of these options are important when restoring the system volume on a computer:
- Set Partition Active -
This will make the restored drive the active partition (the drive that the machine boots from).- Restore MBR -
Restore the master boot record.
The master boot record is contained in the first sector of the first physical hard drive, it consists of a master boot program and a partition table that describes the disk partitions. The master boot program looks at the partition table to see which primary partition is active. It then starts the boot program from the boot sector of the active partition.
You can restore the MBR from the image file that was saved with the backup image or you can restore an original Windows MBR.- Restore disk signature -
Restores the original physical disk signature of the hard drive.
Disk signatures are included in Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, and Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition (SP3 and later) and are necessary before the hard drive can be used.- Restore Disk Hidden Track -
This will restore the first 63 sectors of a drive. Some boot loader applications require this for the system to boot.
Figure 2.6 - Restore wizard (Specify the restoration options)- Click Next to continue
- This will bring up the Wizard Summary. Review the Restore Wizard Summary and click Finish to start restoring the volume
Figure 2.7 - Restore wizard (Wizard Summary)- When complete, press File and Exit to exit from the StorageCraft Recovery Environment
- All volume(s) restored successfully