Altos easyStore Manual
Chapter 5
Protecting Local Disks
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Recovering a system disk while booting remotely
If your computer meets the necessary prerequisites, you can remotely boot it from a
backup on your storage system and recover your system disk or partition. You can
recover only your most recent backup.
Note:
If you replaced the original hard disk, the new disk must be at least as
large as the original disk.
In addition, the system to which you are recovering the data must be identical to the
original system. For example, if the original system had a particular type of network
adapter, the system to which you are recovering the data must have the exact same
type of network adapter. Otherwise, the recovered files will not
operate properly.
Prerequisites
Before you can recover a disk while booting remotely, the following criteria must be
met:
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The computer that you’re remotely booting must be in the same subnet as the
storage system.
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Remote boot must be enabled for that computer (as described in
“Enabling
remote boot”
).
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At least one backup must have been performed after remote boot was enabled.
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The network must have a DHCP server, or your storage system must be
configured to act as a DHCP server (as described in
“Changing the network
settings”
).
l
If you plan to remotely boot your computer from a different computer’s backup,
you must enter the MAC address of your computer’s network interface card
(NIC) on the storage system. For more information, refer to
“Configuring remote
boot”
.
l
If you want to remotely boot from any backup other than the most recent one,
you must select the desired backup on the storage system. For more
information, refer to
“Configuring remote boot”
.
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