Lenovo ThinkVantage (Rescue and Recovery 4.5) User Manual

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RescueandRecovery4.5DeploymentGuide

Page 2 - “Notices”onpage77

thereadmele.TheReadmelecontainsup-to-the-minuteinformationonsoftwareversions,supportedsystems,systemrequirements,andotherconsiderationstohelpyouwith

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•ForinstallationtargetdirectorypathsthatdoNOTcontainspaces,usethefollowingcommandlineasanexample:setup.exe/a/s/v"/qnTARGETDIR=F:\TVTRR"•Fori

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Table1.ExamplesofrunningSetup.exe(continued)DescriptionExamplePerformsilentadministrativeinstallationspecifyingtheextractlocationfortheRescueandRecove

Page 5 - ©CopyrightLenovo2008,2011

WindowsInstallerlooksfora.tvtlewithacompatibilitycode(forexample:AA,AB)thatisequaltotheminimumversioncompatibilitycodeandalevelthatisgreaterthanthecu

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Table3.(continued)PropertyDescriptionEMULATIONMODESpeciestoforcetheinstallationinEmulationmodeevenifaTrustedPlatformModule(TPM)exists.SetEMULATIONMOD

Page 7 - Chapter1.Overview

ImagecreationTable6.X:\PQ\PQIMGCTR/CMD=X:\PQ\RRUSAVE.TXT/MBI=1/IMG=X:\IMAGE.PQIScriptlanguageResultSELECTDRIVE1Selectstherstharddiskdrive.X:\PQ\PQIMG

Page 8 - HintsandTips

CompatibilitywithBitLockerToachievecompatibilitywithBitLockerDriveEncryption,itisrecommendedtoinstalltheRescueandRecoveryprogramtoyouroperatingsystema

Page 9 - Chapter2.Installation

2.WhenrestoringasystemthatisusingWindows7andBitLocker,amessagewilldisplay,indicatingthattherewasanerroratshutdown.Themessagecanbeignoredandeverythings

Page 10 - Installationcomponents

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Page 11 - Installationlogles

Chapter3.CongurationsThischapterprovidesinformationthatyouwillneedtoconguretheRescueandRecoveryprogramforyourenterprise.Withinthischapter,youwillnd

Page 12 - RescueandRecoveryinstallation

Note:Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,readthegeneralinformationinAppendixC“Notices”onpage77.FourthEdition(June2011)©CopyrightLenovo20

Page 13 - Chapter2.Installation7

FilerescueFilerescueusedbeforerestore,promptstheuserforthebackupstoragelocationandthentheuserselectsabackup.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramwilldisplaythe

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Note:Donotpoweroffyourcomputerduringthisoperation.e.ClickOK.Aprogressbarisdisplayed.Youcanaddcustomtaskstoruneitherbeforeorafterarejuvenation.SeetheTh

Page 15 - Chapter2.Installation9

•Requiredcomponentsarealwaysinstalleduponrecovery.•OptionalcomponentsaredisplayedfortheuserontheBaseSoftwareSelectormenu.•Restrictedcomponentsarenotin

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Table10.Networksettings(continued)SettingWindowscontrollekeywordDescriptionDomainadministratorDomainAdmin=Setsthedomainadministratorforthecomputer.Do

Page 17 - Chapter2.Installation11

SchedulingbackupsandassociatedtasksTheschedulerisnotdesignedtobespecictotheRescueandRecoveryprogram;however,thecongurationisstoredintheregistry.When

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ThesestepsenableWindowsREontheWindows7operatingsystem.Conversely,whenusingtheSystemPreparationToolwiththeGeneralizeoption,asysprepplug-indisablesWindo

Page 19 - Chapter3.Congurations

="C:\TVTRR"REBOOT="R""/w2.InstalltheRescueandRecoveryprogramusingtheMSIEXEle:a.ForallMSIles,addthefollowinginstallation-log

Page 20 - Rejuvenation

3.Ifyouwanttoexclude.mpgand.jpglesfromthebackups,settheregistryentrytoincludethemat:HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\RescueandRecovery\Settings\BackupList.Formor

Page 21 - Customrecovery

Table13.PasswordPersistenceconsiderationsIssueImpactifPasswordPersistenceisenabledIfauserlogsintoanoldbackupwiththecurrentaccountandpassword,thennoneo

Page 22 - Preinstallationsetup

RescueandRecoveryprogramtakesabackupthatsetstheArchivebitonalllesintheMSMQdirectory.Thismeanstheentiredirectorywillbebackedupeveryincremental.[HKEY_L

Page 23 - Chapter3.Congurations17

ContentsPreface...iiiChapter1.Overview...1PredesktopArea...1Windowsenvironment...2Rejuvenating...

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–xforlesorfoldersthatyoucanchoosetoexclude–sforlesorfoldersthattheusercanchoosetoaddtoSingleStorageThefollowingareexamplesofentries:S=*X=*i=*I=*.ocx

Page 25 - RestoreaSysprepBackup

OSAppsListTheRescueandRecovery4.5programprovidestheabilitytoselectivelyrestoreparticularlesandfolderswhendoinganOS&Appsrestorethroughtheregistryk

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Table14.RRUTIL.exelesandcustomizationoptionsFileorDirectoryCustomizationoptions\MININT\SYSTEM32WINBOM.INIAddastaticIPaddress,changevideoresolution.No

Page 27 - PasswordPersistence

•AddorupdatelesinthePredesktopArea.•DeletelesfromthePredesktopArea.•RenamelesinthePredesktopArea.•Viewthelesin\RRbackupsdirectories.•Addbackupsto\

Page 28 - MicrosoftMessageQueuing(MSMQ)

Note:Wildcardsarenotsupportedinthisfunction.YoumustunderstandthePredesktopAreaenvironmentbeforeattemptinganymodications.PutlesinthePredesktopAreadir

Page 29 - Chapter3.Congurations23

Listallofthecontentsofthe\RRbackupsdirectories.Displaythelesizeanddateofeachleinthebackupaswellasitslocation.Thelistbelowisanexampleofabackupdirecto

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c:\SWTOOLS\C\0Data0Data1EFSFileHashFileInfoTOCFiletoC:\RRbackups\C\0Data0Data1EFSFileHashFileInfoTOCFileDetermine\RRBackupsspaceconsumedRRUTIL/bsDeter

Page 31 - WorkingwiththePredesktopArea

Example:pdaguixx.iniThisexamplereferstopdaguixx.ini,whichisacongurationlewhereyoucancustomizeelementsoftheRescueandRecoveryenvironment.See“Customizi

Page 32 - UsingRRUTIL.EXE

Example2:Addingmass-storagecontrollerdrivers(suchasSATA)tothePredesktopArea1.Createasubdirectoryunder\minint\system32\tocontainthedriver.2.Copy*.sysin

Page 33 - PredesktopAreadirectorylist

TheRescueandRecoveryprogramhastwenty-twoentriesintheleftpanel.Althoughfunctionsaredifferent,eachentryhasthesamebasicelements.Thefollowingisanexampleof

Page 34 - Backupdirectorylist

AppendixC.Notices...77Trademarks...78iiRescueandRecovery4.5DeploymentGuide

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DeningentryeldsButton00=[0-10],"title"Thetextfollowingthebuttontypeparameterspeciesthetextortitleofthebutton.Ifthetextexceedsthewidthofth

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ChangingentriesandfunctionsintherightpanelChangingtheright-panelentriesrequireeditingthepdaguixx.ini(wherexxisthelanguagedesignation)le.Forinformatio

Page 37 - Example:pdaguixx.ini

•HELPHelp•LICENSELicense•CANCELCancel•Command0%tvtdrive%Preboot\Helps\en\f_welcom.htm•Command1%tvtdrive%Preboot\Helps\en\C_ILA.htmTohidetheWelcomewind

Page 38 - Editingpdagui.ini

OperawillnotsavesettingsafteritisclosedIfyouareusingtheRescueandRecoveryprogramunderWindows7andwanttohavetheOperabrowserrememberitspreferencesduringth

Page 39 - Chapter3.Congurations33

IfyoudonotwantanyoftheInternetExplorerfavoritestobedisplayedinthebrowserprovidedintheRescueandRecoveryenvironment,completethefollowingsteps:1.GettheC:

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3.Opentheleforediting.4.Locatethe[LinkPopupMenu].5.Removethetwosemicolons,andthensavethele.WhentheRescueandRecoveryprogramisclosedandreopened,auseri

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d.Savethele,andthencopytheletoopera6.ini,andthenrestarttheRescueandRecoveryprogramforthechangestobeeffective.•Iftheextensionisnotpresentandlesofthe

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IPCong=9.44.72.36StartNet=YesSubnetMask=255.255.255.1284.Getthe\PREBOOT\SWWORKNETSTART.TBIlebyusingtheRRUTILprocessdescribedin“UsingRRUTIL.EXE”onpag

Page 43 - Customizingbookmarks

Thedirectorytoplacethescriptsorprogramsis\Preboot\Startup.Scriptsorprogramsinthisdirectoryareprocessedalphanumerically.Forexample,ascriptcalleda.batwo

Page 44 - Changingproxysettings

NopasswordThisoptionusesnoauthenticationandallowstheusertoenterthePredesktopAreawithoutusingapassword.PasswordaccessTherearethreeoptionsforpasswordacc

Page 45 - %opshare%\,2

PrefaceInformationpresentedinthisguideistosupportLenovocomputersinstalledwiththeThinkVantage®RescueandRecovery®program.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramisan

Page 46 - AddingastaticIPaddress

3.TheCreateRescueMediafunctionisembeddedintheLenovoThinkVantageToolsapplication.4.Amessagepromptstocreatetherescuemediawhenperformingabackup,iftheResc

Page 47 - Startupapplications

Chapter4.BestpracticesThischapterprovidesbestpracticescenariostoinstallandconguretheRescueandRecoveryprogramforyourenterprise.Withinthischapter,youwi

Page 48 - Passwords

::ExplodetheWWWEXEtothedirectoryc:\SWTOOLSstart/WAIT%SOURCEDRIVE%\%BUILDID%/a/s/v"/qnTARGETDIR=c:\SWTOOLS"Copyz936ZAB10YYUS00.tvtandZ333ZAA1

Page 49 - CreateRescueMedia

UpdatingYoumayneedtomakeamajorchangetoyoursystem,suchasaservicepackupdatetoWindows.Beforeyouinstalltheservicepack,youforceanincrementalbackuponthesyst

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Table22.UPDATE_RR.CMDscript@ECHOOFF::ObtainthePDAGUIen.inilefromtheRRc:\RRDeployGuide\RRUTIL\RRUTIL-ggetlist.txtc:\RRDeployGuide\GuideExample\RROrigi

Page 51 - Chapter4.Bestpractices

13.RebootFormoreinformationaboutWindows7,WIMles,orImageX,seethefollowingWebsite:http://www.microsoft.comScenario3-StandaloneinstallforCDorscriptlesF

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b.Givecertaingroupsabilitiestotakebackups,deletebackups,scheduleoptions,andpasswordrestrictions,thenchangegroupsandseeifsettingspersists.c.ThroughActi

Page 53 - Updating

14.Whentheinstallationcompletes,logintoWindows.15.ChangethedriveletterofthePartition1toS.16.ActivatePartition1.17.CopyC:\boot*.*toS:\,andrestartthecom

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AppendixA.AdministrativetoolsThinkVantagetechnologiesofferstoolsthatcanbeimplementedbycorporateITadministrators.ThesetoolscanbedownloadedfromtheLenovo

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Table23.RRcmdparameters(continued)CommandResultSysprepbackupStageabackupoperationinthePreDesktopAreaafterthecomputerisrebooted.Theprimaryuseforthisfea

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Table23.RRcmdparameters(continued)CommandResultlistsystemListthevalueofuuidandindexofstoredbackupsinthebackuplocation.Forexample:rrcmdlistsystemlocati

Page 59 - AppendixA.Administrativetools

StartTimeHigh=0x01C51F46ToruntheCONVDATEutility,completethefollowingsteps:1.ExtracttheRescueandRecoveryAdministrationtoolsfrom:http://support.lenovo.c

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•-listtablesListallofthesectionsandthetablesofsysteminformation.•-silentRunwithnooutputtothescreen.•-sectionsection1sectiont2...ReturnintheXMLoutputl

Page 61 - CONVDATE

•>0=failedWhenMapDrvislaunchedwithnoparameters,theuserispromptedforthenetworkshare,username,andpassword.Itthenattemptstoconnecttothespeciednetwork

Page 62 - InvAgent

Thebootmanagerinterfacecommand-lineinterfaceisBMGR32.ItresidesinthedirectoryC:\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\Lenovo\BMGR.Thefollowingtablepresentstheswitch

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Table26.BMGR32parameters(continued)ParameterResult/THINKCongurethebootmanagertousethebluebuttononthekeyboardtoenterthePredesktopArea./TOCtocvalueSett

Page 64 - UsingMapDrv

•BootStateDeterminesthecurrentstateofthemachine:–0–Bootnormaltooperatingsystem.–1–Boottotheserviceoperatingsystem–2–Bootbacktothenormaloperatingsystem

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Table28.Parameter(Required):Description/AClearMBRandinstallPCDOSMBRParameter(Optional):/DnApplychangestodrive.Usen=0fortherstdrive./YYestoall/?Displa

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Asdescribedpreviously,computeranduserpoliciesaredenedbytheadministrator.ThesesettingscanbeinitializedthroughtheXMLcongurationleorthroughaGroupPolic

Page 67 - BMGRCLEAN

Chapter1.OverviewTheRescueandRecoveryprogramrepresentsauniquecombinationofThinkVantageTechnologies.Thisintegratedapplicationprovidesasuiteofpowerfulto

Page 68 - ActiveDirectorySupport

Table30.\RescueandRecovery(continued)PolicyDescriptionPDALogonModeSelecttheauthenticationmodeforloggingintothePDA.WindowsPasswordRecoveryOptioninGUISh

Page 69 - GroupPolicysettings

Table32.\RescueandRecovery\Settings\Userinterface(continued)PolicySettingDescriptionMenuItemsSchedulePreferencesShow,gray,orhidetheSchedulePreferences

Page 70 - Userinterface

Table32.\RescueandRecovery\Settings\Userinterface(continued)PolicySettingDescriptionRestoreSFRRestoreNTFSToFat32ShoworhidetheFat32partitionswhenrestor

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Table32.\RescueandRecovery\Settings\Userinterface(continued)PolicySettingDescriptionCopyBackupsCopyToSecondShow,gray,orhidetheCopyToSecondradiobutton.

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Table33.\RescueandRecovery\Settings\BackupPolicySettingDescriptionBackupLocalEnableordisableBackupLocalasaselecteddestinationforbackup.Default:Enabled

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Table33.\RescueandRecovery\Settings\Backup(continued)PolicySettingDescriptionLocalPartitionNumberSetthepartitionnumberforbackupsonthelocaldrive.Validv

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Table33.\RescueandRecovery\Settings\Backup(continued)PolicySettingDescriptionVerifyDiscEnableordisableVerifyDiscwhenbackinguptoaCD/DVDorcreatinganarch

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Table34.\RescueandRecovery\Settings\RestorePolicySettingDescriptionPasswordPersistShoworhidethePasswordPersistoptioninRestoredialogboxes.Default:Show.

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Table35.\RescueandRecovery\Settings\Rejuvenate(continued)PolicyDescriptionPostRejuvenateCommandtorunfollowingarejuvenateoperation.Includethefullpathto

Page 77 - Rejuvenate

Table38.\Scheduler\Tasks(continued)PolicyDescriptionMinuteSelecttheminutewhenscheduledbackupsshouldoccur.Validvalues:0–59.Default:none.PreCommandtorun

Page 78 - Schedulertasks

–Openbrowser:StartstheOperaWebbrowser(WeborIntranetaccessrequiresawiredEthernetconnection).–Downloadles:Allowsyoutodownloadneededlestothepartitionin

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AppendixB.UsertasksUsersbelongingtodifferentusergroupshavedifferentrightsandabilitiestoperformvarioususertasks.Windows7Thefollowingtablepresentsthetas

Page 81 - AppendixB.Usertasks

hasextendedoptions.WhentheRescueandRecoveryprogramisstarted,youwillseethesimplieduserinterfacebydefault.Bydisablingthesimplieduserinterface,youcanha

Page 82 - AllowInterfaceSwitching

AppendixC.NoticesLenovomaynotoffertheproducts,services,orfeaturesdiscussedinthisdocumentinallcountries.ConsultyourlocalLenovorepresentativeforinformat

Page 83 - AppendixC.Notices

TrademarksThefollowingtermsaretrademarksofLenovointheUnitedStates,othercountries,orboth:LenovoRescueandRecoveryThinkVantageMicrosoft,InternetExplorer,

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Chapter2.InstallationPriortoinstallingtheRescueandRecoveryprogram,youcancustomizetheRescueandRecoveryXMLleforyourenterpriseandthendeployittoclientsys

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