Dell Solution System Recovery Guide
Summary
System Recovery Guide for the Dell PowerVault Data Protection Solution from August 2008. Covers recovery procedures for disk failures including detection and monitoring via RAID adapter alarms, OpenManage Server Administrator, and IT Assistant. Details single and multiple disk failure recovery, internal and external storage enclosure disk replacement, plus broader system recovery scenarios for data protection environments.
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Dell™ Power Vault™ Data Protection Solution System Recovery Guide
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Dell™ Power Vault™ Data Protection Solution System Recovery Guide
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Notes, Notices, and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of dat...
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Contents Introduction Recovery Solution Map Recovering from Disk Failures Detecting and Monitoring Disk Failures RAID Adapter Audible Alarm Open Manage™ Server Administrator Dell Open Manage™ IT Assis...
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Installing Multilingual User Interface Pack. Applying the MUI Language: . OMSA Reinstallation DPM Reinstallation Prerequisite Software and Network Configuration Requirements Virtual Disk Configuration...
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Introduction This document describes the steps necessary to recover your Dell™ Power Vault™ Data Protection Solution from a number of hardware or software failures. Depending on the type of failure, y...
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Introduction
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Recovery Solution Map This document is comprised of sections describing specific recovery topics and procedures. Table 2-1 shows how each failure type potentially affects the various DPM components, a...
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Table 2-1. Recovery Solution Map Potentially Affected System Components Failure Type RAID Operating OMSA DPM Wizard DPM DB Use the Group System Application or following Replicas sections to resolve th...
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Recovering from Disk Failures Your system's internal disk storage has been pre-configured as RAID 5. Additionally, as described in the Dell Power Vault Data Protection Solution Storage Expansion Guide...
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Figure 3-1 shows how disk status is reported in OMSA. Figure 3-1. Physical disk status Dell Open Manage™ IT Assistant Dell Open Manage™ IT Assistant is a central monitoring console, which can be used ...
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Replacing Internal Disks To replace your system's internal disks, refer to the "Hard Drives" and "Replacing a Hard-Drive Carrier" sections of your system's Hardware Owner's Manual....
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Figure 3-2. Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk group If you had installed a global hot spare allocated to the same PERC adapter of the failed disk, the RAID group will automatically switch the role of the faile...
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Multiple Disk Failure Recovery If your system experiences multiple disk failures within the same RAID group and the RAID group contained your operating system and DPM application, you must reinstall t...
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Recovering From Disk Failures
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Operating System Reinstallation This section describes the process of reinstalling the operating system on your Power Vault system. NOTE: Your operating system was pre-installed when you purchased you...
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Figure 4-1. System Build and Update Utility Select the date and time, then click Continue. At the Select an Operating System screen, select Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 x64 Edition. Se...
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Figure 4-2. Configure or Skip RAID Screen On the Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard (Step 1 of 2) screen (see Figure 4-3), click Go To Advanced Wizard at the top left corner of the screen. Operating S...
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Figure 4-3. Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard (Step 1 of 2) When the Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard (Step 1 of 4) screen appears, select the RAID-5 option and click Continue. In the Create Virtu...
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Figure 4-4. Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard (Step 2 of 4) In the Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard (Step 3 of 4) screen, select 50 GB as the size of the virtual disk. Leave all other settings un...
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At the Configure the Physical Disk for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 x64 Edition screen (see Figure 4-5), select NTFS as the file system for the boot partition. Under Select or enter bo...
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Join Domain, Domain Administrator Name and Domain Administrator Password: Being a member of a domain is a pre- requisite for DPM installation. Enter the appropriate domain information for your network...
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When prompted, remove the CD you inserted in the previous step and insert the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 SP2 x64 Disk 1 of 2 CD. When prompted, remove the CD from the drive and click Fin...
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When prompted for the Windows Server CD 2, insert the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 with SP2 Disk 2 of 2 CD that shipped with your system. If necessary, navigate to the appropriate driv...
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BIOS, Firmware and Driver Updates Before you install additional software on your system, such as the DPM application, refer to the Power Vault Data Protection Solution Support Matrix to determine the ...
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In the installer window, accept the license agreement and then select the language(s) to be installed. At the bottom of the window, select the language to be used when creating new accounts on this sy...
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If you are using Internet Explorer: Open a browser window. Select Tools→ Internet Options. In the Internet Options window, click Languages. If the language is not on the list, go to the General tab in...
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OMSA Reinstallation Open Manage™ Server Administrator (OMSA) must be installed on your system to monitor and configure virtual RAID 5 disks for use with Power Vault Data Protection Manager (DPM). Refe...
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OMSA Reinstallation
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DPM Reinstallation This section describes how to reinstall DPM on your Power Vault Data Protection Solution. Locate the Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 reinstallation DVD that cam...
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Table 6-1. DPM Prerequisite Software Prerequisite hotfixes Location on the DPM reinstallation media Power Shell 1.0 \prereqs\KB926139-x64-ENU.exe Power Shell MUI pack \prereqs\ KB926141-x64-ENU.exe Ho...
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Prerequisite Network Configuration To install DPM, the following network configuration requirements must be met. Contact your network administrator if you need assistance meeting these requirements. Y...
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Insert the Reinstallation DVD with Multilingual Support - Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 media. If the DPM Setup Wizard does not start automatically, double-click Setup.exe in th...
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In the Enterprise licenses box, enter the number of licenses you purchased to authorize protection of both file, application and database resources. This refers to the number of E-DPMLs that you have ...
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On the Microsoft Update Opt-In page, select whether you want to sign up for the Microsoft Update service, then click Next. You can change your Microsoft Update opt-in decision at any time after you in...
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Power Vault Data Protection Solution Configuration Wizard Reinstallation Use the Power Vault Data Protection Solution Configuration Wizard to verify DPM prerequisites, configure the system's firewall,...
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Power Vault Data Protection Solution Configuration Wizard Reinstallation
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Recovering DPM Databases and Replicas Advance planning is critical to being able to recover DPM configuration information, as well as data protected by DPM. The following are two ways to protect data:...
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Recovering DPM Databases and Replicas
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Other Documents and Resources Refer to the Power Vault Data Protection Solution Quick Reference Guide available at support.dell.com to locate the following documents and resources. Microsoft Informati...
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Other Documents and Resources
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| Brand | Dell |
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| Pages | 40 |
| File Size | 909.08 KB |
| Published | July 02, 2026 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What do I need to recover DPM data?
You may need to perform several steps depending on the failure: recovering from disk failures, reinstalling the operating system, or reinstalling OpenManage applications.
How is data protected in a disaster scenario?
Data can be protected by using a secondary DPM server for backups and regularly backing up databases/replicas to tape archives.
Where can I find resource documents for recovery?
Refer to the Dell PowerVault Data Protection Solution Quick Reference Guide at support.dell.com, or use the provided list of supporting documentation.