Restoring from a generic recovery disk image Dell R620

This task restores a server to its factory default state. For example, if you neglected to make a first birthday image, you might need to use this procedure. If the image from which you are restoring was made from the same, specific machine to which it is being restored, do not use this task.
Note: This procedure restores the server (C:, D:, and E: partitions) to its factory default condition. Passwords and other site-specific configurations are reset to factory defaults.
  1. Make sure that media access is stopped and that the system on which you are working is not being used.
  2. Connect all motherboard NICs to LAN connections.
  3. If you have not already done so, connect keyboard, monitor, and mouse.
  4. Do the following:
    1. Insert the Recovery CD.
    2. Restart the machine. If there is a problem restarting, hold the standby button down for five seconds to force a hard shutdown. Then press the standby button again to startup.
    The system boots from the Recovery CD. The Acronis program loads.
  5. On the Acronis Rescue Media page, select Acronis Backup and Recovery 11.5 (64-bit...) The Acronis Backup and Recovery page opens.
  6. On the Acronis Backup and Recovery page, select Recover. The Recover Data page opens
  7. On the Recover Data page, under What to Recover page, select Select Data. The Data to Recover Selection dialog box opens.
  8. On the Data to Recover Selection dialog box, do the following:
    1. Select Browse.
    2. In the tree view, select the USB drive that contains the generic recovery disk image. Even though your backup is on the drive, it is not yet visible.
    3. Click OK.
    On the Archive View tab, your backup name is listed.
  9. On the Archive View tab, select your backup.
  10. Under Backup contents, do the following:
    1. Select MBR.
    2. Select C:, D:, and E:.
    3. Click OK.
    The Data to Recover Selection dialog box closes.
  11. On the Recover data page, under Where to recover, select the correct destination partition for each source partition as follows:
    1. Select Recover Disk 1 MBR. The MBR Destination dialog box opens.
    2. In the MBR Destination dialog box, select Disk 1: Dell PERC ..., as appropriate for the particular Dell platform. The following are valid selections:
      • Disk 1: Dell PERC H710 SCSI
      • Disk 1 : Dell PERC H310 SCSI
    3. Click OK.
    4. Select Recover NTFS (C:). The Volume Selection dialog box opens.
    5. In the Volume Selection dialog box, select C.
    6. Click OK.
    7. Select Recover NTFS (D:). The Volume Selection dialog box opens.
    8. In the Volume Selection dialog box, select D.
    9. Click OK.
    10. Select Recover NTFS (E:). The Volume Selection dialog box opens.
    11. In the Volume Selection dialog box, select E.
    12. Click OK.
  12. On the Recover Data page, click OK. The restore process begins.
  13. On the My Recovery Details page, select the Progress tab to view the progress. The image loads in approximately 9 minutes.
  14. When the data is successfully restored, click OK.
  15. Close all Acronis pages and the Acronis main window. The machine restarts automatically.
  16. Remove the recovery media while the machine is shutting down.
  17. When prompted, enter the machine name. Make sure the name is identical to the name it previously had. After start up, one or more device discovery windows can open. Allow processes to complete without interference. At first start up after reimage, the system is in Embedded Security Update mode by default.
Next, do the following to restore the K2 Media Server to its factory-default state. Refer to related topics in the "Installing and Servicing the K2 SAN" section of the K2 Topic Library or as otherwise indicated.
  1. Set up Windows.
  2. Restore network configuration.
  3. Install the SiteConfig Discovery Agent.
  4. Install SNFS software manually. Do not use SiteConfig.
  5. Restart.
  6. Install K2 software manually. Do not use SiteConfig.

    While manually installing software, accept any hardware installation or driver/security prompts that appear. Also refer to related topics in the "About This Release" section of the K2 Topic Library.

  7. Install Fibre Channel Card driver.
  8. Activate Windows within 30 days.

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