Administrator Guide

Steps
1 Insert the RASR USB drive into a USB port on the system.
2 Boot the system and during the Power On Self-Test (POST), press F11 to select Boot Manager.
3 In the Boot Manager screen, select One-shot BIOS Boot Menu.
4 Select the RASR USB drive as the boot device.
5 The system boots the RASR USB drive.
6 To start RASR:
a Select the keyboard layout.
b Click the Troubleshoot icon.
c Click the Rapid Appliance Self Recovery icon.
d Click the Windows Server 2016 or 2012 R2 icon.
NOTE: Replace any failed hard drives before running the RASR application.
7 On the Welcome to Dell Rapid Appliance Self Recovery (RASR) page, click Next to start the recovery process.
8 Under Recovery Mode Selection, select one of the following the options:
• System Recovery—Enabled if a Windows backup is found on any of the system’s hard disk drives. System Recovery restores the
OS from a Windows backup. If a Windows Backup image is not found, this option is grayed out.
• Windows Recovery Wizard—Starts the Windows backup application. Use this option if you want to recover the system from a
Windows Backup image that is on a network drive.
• Factory Reset—Restores the Windows OS from the image residing on the RASR USB drive. Use this option if the OS has
become unstable and must be reinstalled or if the OS has failed because of a catastrophic hard disk drive failure.
9 In the Warning message that is displayed, click Yes to continue the OS recovery. If you click No, the system stops the RASR process.
A window opens showing the OS restoration in progress. The recovery process may take up to 40 minutes depending on the speed of
the USB drive.
10 Click Finish to stop the recovery process.
11 Click Yes to restart the system.
The OS recovery process is nished, and the system is successfully recovered.
Managing your NAS system
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