Restoring the Operating System

You can use one of two methods for recovering the operating system during a disaster recovery: complete or partial. When you perform a complete reinstallation, you install all operating system files and recreate any unique configurations that existed before you lost data or experienced a disk crash. To perform a partial reinstallation, install the minimum number of files and make the minimum number of configurations necessary for creating a fully operational networked system. Then, later, recover the remaining operating system and configuration files using Backup. FIGURE 1-7on page 8 illustrates the steps for recovering from a disk crash where you lost the operating system, Backup software, and server indexes and configuration files. It also outlines the two choices you have for reinstalling the operating system.

Recovering From a Disk Crash With Operating System Loss

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Solstice Backup 5.1 Disaster Recovery Guide

*April 1998

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