How to Perform Disaster Recovery With a Stand-Alone Drive

Use the following instructions to perform a disaster recovery using just a drive inside the autochanger for a Backup server:

1. If necessary, reinstall the operating system and Backup software.

   If you need to reinstall the Backup software, use the same pathname for the indexes that you previously used and backed up.

2. Locate your bootstrap data, either an electronic file or hardcopy.

   With this information, determine which volumes are necessary for recovering the server indexes and configuration files.

3. Manually mount the appropriate volume into the drive.

4. Enter the mmrecov command.

5. Shut down Backup.

6. Rename the original /nsr/res directory to /nsr/res.orig.

7. Rename the recovered /nsr/res.R directory to /nsr/res.

8. Restart Backup.

9. Issue the nsrjb -vHE command.

   This command resets the autochanger for operation, ejects backup volumes, reintializes the element status, and checks each slot for a volume. If a volume is loaded in the drive, it is removed and placed into a slot. This operation might take a few minutes to complete.

10. Inventory the autochanger contents by using the nsrjb -I command or use the Inventory command in the administrator program.

    After you recover the server indexes and configuration files, you should have a fully functioning autochanger.