Dell DR4000 Disk Backup System Introduction to the Dell ™ DR4000 Restore Manager A primer for creating and using a Restore Manager USB flash drive Storage Engineering Dell Product Group February 2012
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Introduction to the Dell DR4000 Recovery Manager 1 Introduction The Dell DR4000 backup appliance Restore Manager (RM) utility is used to restore the DR4000 system software in the event of a non-recoverable error. The DR4000 has been designed to be highly fault-tolerant incorporating such features as dual redundant power supplies, a RAID 1 (mirror) protected virtual disk for the system software, a RAID 6 protected virtual disk to store backup data, and a global hot spare.
Introduction to the Dell DR4000 Recovery Manager default state. Therefore, use extreme caution when selecting this mode because all prior user settings and data will be lost and cannot be recovered. Factory Reset mode begins by destroying the existing internal RAID 1 and external RAID 6 virtual disks. New virtual disks are created and the external hard drive in slot 0 is assigned as a global hot spare. The system software is then installed on the internal RAID 1 hard drives.
Introduction to the Dell DR4000 Recovery Manager 3. Select Device mode in the top-left drop-down menu. 4. Click the USB icon in the left-hand pane. 5. Click the Options tab and ensure none of the options are selected. 6. Click the Restore button. 7. Browse to the location on your Windows system that contains the Restore Manager image and select that image. 8. Click the Open button. 9. Click Yes to confirm you wish to copy the image to the USB key. 10.
Introduction to the Dell DR4000 Recovery Manager 4 Starting the Restore Manager To launch Restore Manager, insert the Restore Manager USB key into an available USB port on the DR4000. NOTE: You can also remotely mount the Restore Manager USB key using the iDRAC virtual media option. See the Configuring and Using Virtual Media section of the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) User’s Guide at support.dell.com/manuals for additional details.
