Hi, A good "launch pad" page to bookmark is this:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/recovering-microsoft-windows-systems-using-ibm-spectrum-protect-backup-archive-client Although they are labels as "Windows 2016 and Windows 10", these 3 links are applicable to all versions: * Guidelines for Backup and Recovery of Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and Microsoft Windows 10 * Creating Bootable WinPE Media for Recovery of Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and Microsoft Windows 10 * Using Bootable WinPE Media for Recovering of Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and Microsoft Windows 10 The link to creating Bootable WinPE media is this: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1172410 There you will find the latest version, 2.3, of the scripts. That is the one I recommend. There is nothing 8.1-specific about it, so I would expect it to work fine for Windows 2008 R2 server and IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1.8.15 client. Best regards, Andy Andrew Raibeck IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 IBM Systems, Storage stor...@us.ibm.com IBM -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> On Behalf Of George Huebschman Sent: Wednesday, 29 June, 2022 21:52 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Current version of system state build recovery image script I need to build a pxe image to restore systemstate on a Win 2008 R2 server recently updated to SP V7.1.8.15. (Several weeks ago.) I used to do this by hand using the Best Practices for Recovering Windows Server 2008 (et cetera). The ISOs I created in the past are all built with out-of-date baclient versions. I had trouble with the last such systemstate restore for a Win 2012 server (using the equivalent Best Practices guide). I opened a PMR that ended up in Andy Raibeck's hands. He had me use the "build_recovery_image.cmd" script. It didn't work the first night. He went back and made a new version that worked well. I have some old copies of that script, up to Version 2.2. I don't know what question to ask first. Should I try to use that version of that script for this ancient Win 2008 R2 server? Is there a more recent version available? Should I just go by the manual creation steps in the Win 2008 Best practices guide? I have a difficulty with manually working with the pxe image, because after I open it runs in a VM with no copy and paste from outside into the vm. Things like volume names all have to be hand typed in. It is very error prone. I used to bake info like that (as a text file) into the pxe image for each systemstate restore I ran because I can copy/paste within the vm. I have not had to do this for several years. I only used that script for that one restore, and that with Andy's guidance. How should I approach it?
