HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Data Protection Storage Server Administration Guide (434184-001, September 2006)

6 System installation and recovery
This chapter describes how to use the System Installation and Recovery DVD that is provided with your
storage server.
The System Installation an d Recovery DVD
The HP ProLiant Storage Ser ver System Installation and Recovery DVD allows you to install an image or
recover from a catastrophic failure. The DVD is used initially to install and config ure the operating system
and applicat
ions provided with your storage server.
At any later t
ime, you may boot from the DVD and restore the server to the factory condition. This allows
you to recover the system if all other m eans to bo ot the server fails.
While the recovery process makes every attempt to preser ve the existing data volumes, you should have
a backup of your data if at all possible before recovering the system.
To restore a factory image
1. Connect keyboard, m onitor, and mouse directly to the storage server.
2. Inser t the System Installation and Recovery DVD and boot the storage server. A s the server boots
from the DVD, the main window appears.
Figure 21 System Installation and Recovery window
3. Choose Restore Facto ry Image. On systems with only two physical drives, you are asked if you want
to do a complete restore of the system to factory condition (which destroys all user data), or if you
want to restore only the operating system a nd retain the user data volume.
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