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Legato NetWorker, Release 7.0
Disaster Recovery Guide
Chapter 4: Windows Disaster Recovery
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• Host properties:
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Computer name
– Fully qualified domain name
– Administrator account password
• TCP/IP properties:
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Adapter type
– IP address
– Default gateway
– Subnet mask
– DNS server
– WINS server (if used)
• Any other protocols installed
• Removable Storage enabled/disabled settings
• Virtual memory settings
• Date and time properties
• Localization properties
How to Recover the Windows Operating System
To recover the operating system, install and configure only the features that
enable the computer to communicate over the network. The other Windows
configuration settings are restored during the NetWorker recovery.
To recover a Windows installation, perform these tasks in the specified order:
“Task 1: Install the Windows Operating System” on page 62
“Task 2: Configure the Devices and Test the Operating System” on page 65
Important: If you are recovering the operating system to a different computer:
• Assign the same computer name to the new computer that was used for
the original computer; otherwise you will not be able to recover data that
was backed up using the original computer name.
• Assign the same IP address to the new computer that was used for the
original computer; otherwise the NetWorker server will assign the
computer a new host ID. If the new computer does not have the same IP