User manual FARSTONE DRIVECLONE ENTERPRISE SERVER

[. . . ] DriveClone Enterprise Server User's Guide Copyright Notice No part of this publication may be copied, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the expressed written permission of FarStone Technology, Inc. FarStone grants you the right to use one copy of the enclosed software program ("SOFTWARE") on a single computer. If the SOFTWARE is installed on a network, or more than one user can run the SOFTWARE at the same time, you must purchase an additional license for each additional user or computer. Trademark FarStone® is a trademark of FarStone Technology, Inc. Microsoft, Windows® and MS-DOS® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] On Windows Vista, it is installed by default; other Windows systems require a download and manual installation. With this feature, users may connect to the iSCSI device and access a great deal of information and configuration options. Click Add and enter the IP address or DNS name and Port number for the Target Portal on which you would like to log on. If your Target Portal requires Chap for authentication, click Advanced. Then select the Chap logon information option and enter the Target secret. Select the Targets tab to view a list of available targets which you can log on to. Note that the Status for these targets is shown as Inactive prior to login. If your targets are not listed in the Targets tab, verify discovery and successful login by repeating Steps 3 through 6. If you successfully log into the Target portal but the target is still not listed, verify that the target has Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) assigned to 37 the server. If the target is still not listed, check the System Event Log for errors, resolve any issues noted in the log, and repeat Steps 2 through 5 to log on to the Target Portal. 7. Click Advanced and enter the username and password of the iSCSI target. Verify that your target indicates "Connected" in the Status column. Once connected, you can operate the connected iSCSI hard drive as you would a physical hard drive on your system (such as backup and restore) 38 Chapter 5: DriveClone Pre-OS 5. 1 Enter DriveClone Pre-OS Manager To launch the DriveClone Pre-OS, press the space bar after the system POST (Power-On-Self-Test), but before Windows® begins to load. Also you can enter the Pre-OS manager via the following means, a bootable rescue disk, USB drive, USB key and PXE server. Tip To prevent its use as a pirated operating system, Windows PE automatically stops running the shell and reboots after 72 hours of continuous use. This time period is not configurable. 5. 1. 1 Boot from Bootable Rescue Disk 1. Insert the Bootable Rescue Disk and restart your computer, and then enter the BIOS to set the CD/DVD ROM as the first boot device. After entering the DriveClone Pre-OS main console, you can then back up and restore your computer, return to a system snapshot, clone a hard disk and many other useful functions. 5. 1. 2 Boot into Windows via a USB Drive or USB Key With the USB Hot Drive, you can restore the entire system from a Windows environment. Connect the USB device, start your computer, enter the BIOS to set the USB device as the first bootable option, and save your settings. All of DriveClone's other features will also be available to you. 5. 1. 3 Boot from PXE Server If the operating system of the PXE Server is Windows Server 2003, you can enable and configure Windows Deployment Services (WDS), and then set the boot image as DriveClone boot. wim in the configuration options of Windows Deployment Services. If you failed to configure WDS, you have to configure the TFTP Server and DHCP Server prior to booting from the PXE Server. 39 5. 1. 3. 1 System Requirements for PXE · · · Intel 486 (or compatible) processor or higher VBE2. 0 Display Card or higher 256 MB of RAM or higher 5. 1. 3. 2 Configuration of PXE Restore When the operating system on a client PC cannot be accessed after a system crash, the System Administrator can use DriveClone's Pre-OS mode (from the Client PC) to restore the system to a working status by using PXE Restore. To do this, your Server PC and Client PC must have a network card which supports PXE Boot. You will also have to configure a DHCP Server and a TFTP Server to support the function of PXE Restore. 5. 1. 3. 3 Configuration of a TFTP Server Please follow the steps below to configure a TFTP Server. [. . . ] If this doesn't work, you may have to turn off the broadcast feature and connect from the Client manually. Tip When the Client connects automatically (via broadcast mode), the Administrating Console can use a dynamic IP address. When the Client connects manually, the Administrating Console should reside on a static IP address. Q. Connect to the network or other locally attached storage and select a Complete or Incremental Backup Image to restore from. Q. A: If a restoration results in changes to the partitions that hold the hidden files, the Secure Area will have to be initialized. [. . . ]