GRASS VALLEY K2 BASECAMP EXPRESS, Instruction Manual

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July 3, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 305
Backup and recovery strategies
Backup and recovery strategies
Procedures in this section are as follows:
• “About the recovery disk image process” on page 305
• “Creating a recovery disk image for storing on E:” on page 307
• “Creating a recovery disk image CD set” on page 308
• “Restoring from a system-specific recovery disk image on E:” on page 310
• “Restoring from the generic recovery disk image on E:” on page 311
• “Restoring from a recovery disk image CD set” on page 315
• “Activating the Windows operating system” on page 316
About the recovery disk image process
On the K2 Media Server, there are three partitions on the system drive to support
backup and recovery strategies as follows:
• The C: drive is for the Windows operating system and applications.
• The D: drive is for the media file system (SNFS) and the media database (SQL).
This allows you to restore the Windows operating system on the C: drive, yet keep
the files on the D: drive intact. You can also restore the D: drive itself, however
your backup and recovery strategy is different for non-redundant and redundant
systems, as follows:
• On non-redundant servers (Levels 2 and 3) the media file system program,
metadata, and journal files are on the D: drive. Also the media database program
and data files are on the D: drive. Therefore if you ever have a D: drive fault and
you need to recover the data files (metadata, journal, and database), you can only
restore them to the “snap-shot” contained in the most recent disk image you
created. When you do this you restore the program files as well.
• For redundant K2 Storage Systems (Levels 2R and 3R), the media file system
program is on the D: drive, but the metadata and journal files are stored on the
shared RAID storage. Also the media database program and data files are on the
D: drive, but the data files are replicated to the redundant server. Therefore, if
you ever have a D: drive fault, you can restore the media file system and
database programs from a recovery disk image, and then restore the data files
(metadata, journal, database) from their protected locations elsewhere.
• The E: drive is for storing a system image of the other partitions. From the E: drive
you can restore images to the C: and D: drives.
When you receive a K2 Media Server from the factory, the machine has a generic
image on the E: drive. This image is not specific to the individual machine. It is
generic for all machines of that type.
You receive a recovery CD with your K2 Media Server. This recovery CD does not
contain a disk image. Rather, the recovery CD is bootable and contains the Acronis
True Image software necessary to create and restore a disk image. You also receive a
similar recovery CD for K2 Media Clients, but it is specifically for the desktop