Installing and Configur the Disaster Recovery Option

[hotblacktar]

I am having trouble installing the Disaster Recovery Option for ArcServIt 6.6 on Windows NT Server 4 SP6a.

The installation seems to run smoothly but when I attempt to follow CAs drections for configuration I cannot find the icon in the Arcsev group and there is no Disaster Recovery Wizard within Arcserv Manager.

I do, however, have an option for Uninstalling Disaster Recovery.

Any ideas, is there any good documentation other than the Help files?

Thanks

 

[GaryRumson]

This might help:

http://support.ca.com/as2000manuals/as2000docs.html

 

[ARCserveGuru]

There will be a new icon in the ARCserve group within the start/programs group. It will be called "Make boot disk" or something like that. That is how you make your Disaster Recovery disks. Just make sure you have done a fulle backup if your going to create the disks or else the info wont be written properly. Full as in the whole green box colored solid green.

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[hotblacktar]

Thanks everyone.

I created the NT boot disks described in the Arcserv instructions and did a full backup of the server I am using to test DR.

However, now I have a different problem.

When I go to create the Arcserv disks the server in questions is not listed.

I get to this point.

I choose the radio button beside "specific to computer"
"this is a list of the computers that have the configuration saved on the current ARCserveIT server"

How do I add the server I want to test to the ARCserve configuration?

Thanks

 

[ARCserveGuru]

wooops, didn't realise you had the older arcserve. You must make sure the client agent has been added with "Computer name resolution" only. Then do a full green box backup of the whole computer, and then when everything is right, should the computer come up in the DR wizard.

g

 

[hotblacktar]

I am doing computer specific and recovering remotely.

I have completed a client backup, created the boot disks and have started the process of DR.

I am able to connect to the remote backup server on my network where the tape libraries are stored.

I am able to select the media from the DLT library connected to the backup server.

Everything works up to the point where DR begins scanning the media I have selected to obtain the sessions. For some reason the computer being recovered just hangs with the hour glass. I have let it scan for several hours and it still isn't finding any sessions.

Approximately how long should it take to find the sessions connected with that media? If this seems to already have gone on too long, what other steps should I take?

I have gone so far as to actually load the media into the drive as opposed to letting it remain in a slot. But I suspect that the process is scanning the Arcserv database instead of the actual tape/media for sessions.

 

[Guest_imported]

I cant remember how to prune my database...help me!

 

[Cyklops]

The prune jo runs automatically. Check the job status manager and see if the prune job is there. If not go to 'start-programs-arcserve-arcserve server admin' choose 'admin-configuration-database engine'. check the 'submit prune job' and the prune job is back in place.
In here you can also configure the prune job settings.

Hope I'm clear

regards

 

[speshalyst]

IF you feel that it is taking too long to scan the session on the tape, click on View Config.
Insert the recovery Disk (Mahcine specific disk) and point to the file <Machinename>.drf

This file loads the session into the wizard..


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