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B.2 Usage of ASR
This section explains the procedure for ASR usage.
1 Turn on the server.
2 Insert the ASR floppy disk and Windows Server 2003 installation
CD.
System starts up from the Windows Server 2003 installation CD.
` When a nonstandard Windows driver (RAID driver, etc.) is necessary, the
message "Press F6 if you need install a third party SCSI or RAID driver ..." is
shown on the bottom of the screen. In this case, press [F6] key. Note that this
message appears only for about five seconds.
A message "Press F2 to run Automated System Recovery (ASR) ..." appears on the bottom of
the screen.
3 Press [F2] key.
Note that this message appears only for about five seconds.
If [F6] key was pressed at the step 2, only reading the driver is executed.
1. Insert the driver floppy disk which was created at step 1 at the
prearrangement.
2. Press [S] key and read driver information.
The action above can be repeated as many times as necessary.
3. When reading all the drivers is completed, press [Enter] key to finish the reading
task.
` When a nonstandard Windows driver (RAID driver, SCSI driver, etc.) is necessary,
prepare the followings before executing ASR.
[Prearrangement]
1. Create a floppy disk of a nonstandard Windows driver (step 2). For creation
procedure, refer to the "User's Guide" of this server or a manual for the RAID
card.
2. Create a driver floppy disk for an occasion when asked for a driver file in the
middle of restoring ASR (step 3).
1. Check whether the free space in the driver floppy disk created in step 1 at
the prearrangement is 720KB or more. If the free space is not sufficient,
prepare an extra floppy disk.
2. Create a folder [\$OEM$\TEXTMODE] in respective floppy disk.
3. Copy all the files placed lower in the root than the driver floppy disk created
in step1 at the prearrangement to the folder created in step 2 at the
prearrangement.
` For notes on FDD Unit (USB) usage, refer to "1.8 For using FDD Unit (USB) when
Operating ASR and BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option".