INFO: Static Mirror Image Recovery

UBQ ID Number: UBQ000060

Last Modified: 2000-06-08 at 10:44:05

SUMMARY:

DETAILS:

When the failed disk is a system disk you should use "Static Mirror Image Recovery". There are several ways to recover by using an image hard drive. The most useful are described below.

Change SCSI BIOS (Fast - Used when failed drive is the system drive and want to minimize down time.

Change the SCSI BIOS. With a system disk change the SCSI BIOS to boot from the image hard drive then reboot (This must be an image of the system drive.) Perform any other applicable restores. Replace failed hard disk as soon as possible.
Replace failed hard drive with image hard drive (Used for any failed drive.)

Power down, remove the failed hard drive, and substitute it with the image hard drive. Replace the original image hard drive with another hard drive (This can be done later if another hard drive is not available.) Re-boot and perform any other applicable restores. Perform an Integrated Static Mirror Image backup to the replacement hard drive as soon as possible.

Note: With each Integrated Static Mirror Image backup, UltraBac compares disk size and checks for an assigned drive letter before using a target drive. This helps prevent the production disk (which was a backup target disk) from being used as a target disk during future backups.

MORE INFORMATION:

See UBQ: UBQ000024 – What is an Image Backup?

See UBQ: UBQ000186 - Image Backup and Restore Data Sheet

See UBQ: UBQ000026 – Supporting Proprietary & Multiple Drivers with Stand Alone (Recovery) Floppies

See UBQ: UBQ000027 – Restoring Individual Files from an Image Backup

See UBQ: UBQ000028 – PCMCIA SCSI Controllers and Disaster Recovery

See UBQ: UBQ000051 – Defining an Image Storage Device

See UBQ: UBQ000052 – Defining a Partition Storage Device

See UBQ: UBQ000057 – Creating SADR (Stand Alone Disaster Recovery) Floppies - Intel & Alpha

See UBQ: UBQ000058 – Stand Alone Image Backup/Restore Using Floppies – Intel & Alpha

See UBQ: UBQ000059 – Integrated GUI Image Recovery (Non-Boot Disk)

See UBQ: UBQ000061 – Stand Alone Backup & Disaster Recovery Utility

See the UBDR section of the user manual.

CATEGORIES:

Disaster Recovery, Restore, SCSI

VERSION:

5.02 and higher