To recover from a disaster where you need to reinstall the operating system, you have two choices. You can perform a complete installation where you reinstall all the operating system files and recreate any special configurations. Or, you can perform a partial reinstall of the operating system and wait to recover the system configuration files with Backup after your system is functional. If you have an autochanger, you can either configure and use the autochanger during the recovery, or use the drive in the autochanger as a stand-alone device.

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Important Information

Use the procedures in this section to collect bootstrap and disk confi guration information necessary to perform a disaster recovery.

Bootstrap Information

During each scheduled backup of the backup server, Backup creates a special save set named bootstrap, essential to perform a successful disaster recovery. The bootstrap contains the Backup server file index, media database, and configuration files.

Caution - Backup does not save the bootstrap information during a manual backup; Backup only saves it during a scheduled save.

Backup prints or saves to a file the most recent bootstrap information that includes dates, locations, and save set ID numbers. See FIGURE 1-5on page 4 for an example of the bootstrap information generated each time Backup performs a schedules backup. Make sure you store the bootstrap printout or electronic file in a safe place. The bootstrap displays a listing of the bootstrap save sets backed up for the past month. For example:

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August 20 03:30 1996 Backup bootstrap information Page 1
datetimelevelssidfilerecordvolume
8/19/96 2:29:08 91148868949560mars.005
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Bootstrap Information

FIGURE 1-5

Solstice Backup 5.1 Disaster Recovery Guide

*April 1998

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