Kyle, Leigh, Thanks for your input, I really appreciate ! I tried several methods to restore this client, carefully following your recommendations : unfortunately none of them worked 100 %... The machine came up again, but with some parts of the software not usable anymore ... Every time I tried to restore systemstate, the last message I got was : ANS4005E Error processing '': file not found. So I suppose something was not properly backed up. I'm now going to perform some tests on other servers, to avoid getting such annoyances again ... Cheers.
Arnaud ************************************************************************ ****** Panalpina Management Ltd., Basle, Switzerland, CIT Department Viadukstrasse 42, P.O. Box 4002 Basel/CH Phone: +41 (61) 226 11 11, FAX: +41 (61) 226 17 01 Direct: +41 (61) 226 19 78 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ ****** -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TSM_User Sent: Thursday, 08 September, 2005 01:01 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Unsuccessful BMR for win2k3 : OS not registered message ... We use a similar short cut method that we've found works 95% of the time. We just copy out the hal.dll and notoskrnl.exe. We then run the restore (catalog, C:\ and systemstate). After the restore and before the reboot we copy the hal.dll and ntoskrnl.exe back. Then we reboot, if the system comes up we don't need to run the "In-Place" upgrade. If it doesn't then we do. We've found that only about 5% of the time it doesn't come up and for those cases we follow the steps I posted earlier. Note, we've also copied out all the files you listed but of course the rest are locked and can't be restored. I'm sure that is why you use the recovery console. It may be that for the 5% of the time we use the "In-Place" upgrade we could have used the recovery console to copy back the other files. One good thing with this short method is that the "In-Place" upgrade will take more time. On the other hand I think when this thread started it was with a box that wouldn't boot already. I assumed files wheren't copied out and therefor could not be copied back. In those cases you have no choice but to use the "In-Place" upgrade. K Leigh Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have done a fair amount of BMR's in the past and not always to similar hardware. I'm not sure if this is relevant to you, but here's my euro's worth anyway. After installing the vanilla OS and then Service Pack'ing it to the level of the original machine that you are trying to restore, I make a copy of the following files. W2K c:\winnt\system32\hal.dll c:\winnt\system32\kernel32.dll c:\winnt\system32\ntdll.dll c:\winnt\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe c:\winnt\system32\ntoskrnl.exe c:\winnt\system32\win32k.sys c:\winnt\system32\winsrv.dll W2K3 C:\windows\system32\hal.dll C:\windows\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe C:\windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe The files that you need can be found from Device Manager --> Computer --> Properties --> Driver Details With W2K, you can use the Recovery Console to copy the original files back to your restored OS after the first reboot. With W2K3 you can actually copy the files back after the system state & system services restore, before you reboot. Leigh -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of PAC Brion Arnaud Sent: 06 September 2005 16:46 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Unsuccessful BMR for win2k3 : OS not registered message ... Kyle, Thanks for the trick : I tried it, and was able to log-in again on the machine. However, something probably failed during the systemstate restore, as entire parts of the system configuration where lost ... Not really funny, but this machine was only a test server, so the damage is limited. Once again a good lesson for me : practice DR simulations more often ! Thanks again. Regards. Arnaud ************************************************************************ ****** Panalpina Management Ltd., Basle, Switzerland, CIT Department Viadukstrasse 42, P.O. Box 4002 Basel/CH Phone: +41 (61) 226 11 11, FAX: +41 (61) 226 17 01 Direct: +41 (61) 226 19 78 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ ****** -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TSM_User Sent: Saturday, 03 September, 2005 00:52 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Unsuccessful BMR for win2k3 : OS not registered message ... If ASR doesn't work you can try the "In-Place" ugprade using option "R" after you press F8 to agree to the license agreement. We've had discussions about "In-Place" upgrade on this list before. You can search those or MS's knowledgebase. Basically, you take a Windows 2003 server installation CD and boot from it just like you were going to install the OS again right over top of your restore. You can use F6 to install the device drivers. Take all the normal options. After you press F8 to agree to the license agreement you will get a screen that you don't get on a new install. It will say "We see that Windows is already installed on this server in c:\windows" or something like that. At the bottom of that screen it will ask you if you want to repair it and if so press "R". Do this and you will perform an install that re-enumerates all the hardware leaving the software intact. Bascially a reinstall of the hardware part of the registry. It is key to be sure you have a CD that has the service pack (if any) you are using slipstreamed into it. However, being that you said you don' t have an SP on this server you can use the regular base OS installation CD. Kyle PAC Brion Arnaud wrote: Henrick, Thanks for you suggestion, but it doesn't apply to this particular case : no Trend antivirus on this server, and anyway I would not be in a position connecting from another machine as the network interface seems not to be started on the server (even ping fails ...) Thanks anyway ! Cheers Arnaud ************************************************************************ ****** Panalpina Management Ltd., Basle, Switzerland, CIT Department Viadukstrasse 42, P.O. Box 4002 Basel/CH Phone: +41 (61) 226 11 11, FAX: +41 (61) 226 17 01 Direct: +41 (61) 226 19 78 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ ****** -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Henrik Wahlstedt Sent: Friday, 02 September, 2005 15:34 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Unsuccessful BMR for win2k3 : OS not registered message ... Hi, No explanationa but maybe a work around... I have seen this on a couple of w2k3 servers with Trend Antivirus. Stopping Trend usually works, if not disabling Trend and reboot the did the trick. Use services.msc from another computer and connect to the recovered server. Henirk -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of PAC Brion Arnaud Sent: den 2 september 2005 14:52 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Unsuccessful BMR for win2k3 : OS not registered message ... Hi all, Due to some raid driver corruption on one of our clients (Win2k3 server edition, no SP, TSM client 5.2.4) we've tried to do a BMR of the machine, using the ASR diskette. Restore seemed to be OK, but when the machine came up again and we tried to log-in, we got a message telling us that the OS was not registered. Problem is that whatever option we choose in the dialog box (accept, discard or cancel), we get the login prompt again and nothing more happens ... Does anybody have an explanation / solution for this problem ? Thanks in advance ! Cheers. Arnaud ************************************************************************ ****** Panalpina Management Ltd., Basle, Switzerland, CIT Department Viadukstrasse 42, P.O. Box 4002 Basel/CH Phone: +41 (61) 226 11 11, FAX: +41 (61) 226 17 01 Direct: +41 (61) 226 19 78 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ ****** ------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message may be CONFIDENTIAL and is intended for the addressee only. Any unauthorised use, dissemination of the information or copying of this message is prohibited. If you are not the addressee, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete this message. Thank you. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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