10 Recovering Hpe Storeeasy 1000 Storage; System Recovery Dvd; Using The System Recovery Dvd To Save System Data - HP StoreEasy 1000 Administrator's Manual

10 Recovering HPE StoreEasy 1000 Storage

This chapter describes how to restore the HPE StoreEasy 1000 Storage system to its factory
default state. You can perform a system recovery using the System Recovery DVD (if ordered).
If you have not ordered the System Recovery DVD, you can download the free System Recovery
image from HPE Software Depot and save the image file in a USB flash drive or DVD to perform
system recovery. For information on creating a system recovery USB flash drive or DVD, see
"Creating a USB flash drive with an image file from HPE Software Depot" (page 171)
a DVD with an image file from HPE Software Depot" (page
NOTE: Disconnect any external storage from that server prior to booting the server to recover
the image. Otherwise, you might experience a hang due to the system trying to enumerate the
volumes in the external storage.

System Recovery DVD

The System Recovery DVD can be ordered optionally with HPE StoreEasy 1000 Storage. Using
the System Recovery DVD, you can install an image or recover from a catastrophic failure.
At any time, you may boot from the DVD and restore the server to the factory condition. This
enables you to recover the system if all other means to boot the server fail.
While the recovery process makes every attempt to preserve the existing data volumes, you
must have a backup of your data before recovering the system.
IMPORTANT:
During system recovery, you can replace the existing drives with drives of the same size or larger.
HPE recommends that the replacement drives be the same type as the original drives, but it is
not required. However, drives in the same RAID group must all be the same type (you cannot
mix drive types in a RAID group).
If you replace any disk drives and then perform a system recovery, you must ensure that the
replacement drives do not contain a logical drive. Use the Option ROM Configuration for Arrays
(ORCA) utility to delete logical drives. For more information about ORCA, see the Configuring
Arrays on HPE Smart Array Controllers Reference Guide, which is available at:
http://www.hpe.com/support/manuals

Using the System Recovery DVD to save system data

Boot the System Recovery DVD and when prompted, select Windows Recovery Environment.
Perform the following steps:
1. Select the keyboard layout.
2. Select Troubleshoot→Advanced Options→Command Prompt.
3. Enter WPEINIT and wait for approximately ten seconds before proceeding.
4. Enter IPCONFIG at the command prompt to confirm that the network interface has an IP
address.
All data on the original OS logical drive is erased during the recovery process.
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