Installation and User's Guide

|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||Creating a Tivoli Storage Manager options file for AutomatedSystem Recovery (Windows Vista, Windows 7, or WindowsServer 2008)Before you can recover a Windows Vista, Windows 7, orWindows Server 2008computer using Automated System Recovery (ASR ), you must create an optionsfile. The options file is unique for each computer.This task assumes that you created a generic bootable WinPE CD or DVD. Ageneric bootable WinPE CD does not contain the Tivoli Storage Manager optionsfile (dsm.opt), because the options file is unique for each computer. This task helpsyou create a computer-specific options file.The Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) requires particular optionsvalues.1. Find a copy of the Tivoli Storage Manager client options file. You can find thefile in several places:vThere is an options file in the installation directory of an installed TivoliStorage Manager client. The default installation location is C:\ProgramFiles\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsm.opt. If you have the options file for thecomputer that you want to restore, this options file requires the fewestmodifications.v There is a sample options file in the client installation package. The path inthe package is TSM_BA_Client\program files\Tivoli\TSM\config\dsm.smp.Rename the file to dsm.opt.2. Edit dsm.opt.a. Enter a writable location for the error log. The backup-archive client createsseveral log files. Use the option errorlogname to specify the log file location.For example, in dsm.opt specify errorlogname x:\dsmerror.log.Note: This example uses x: because in WinPE mode, the default systemdrive is x:.b. Enter the Tivoli Storage Manager node name with the nodename option.c. Optional: If you plan to restore the system state from files stored on a TivoliStorage Manager server, enter the Tivoli Storage Manager server connectioninformation. Enter appropriate values for the commmethod andtcpserveraddress options.d. Optional: If you know the password for the node, enter the password withthe password option.3. Copy the dsm.opt file to media that the target computer can read duringAutomated System Recovery.4. Optional: Copy Tivoli Storage Manager client registry information to media thatthe target computer can read during Automated System Recovery. Use theregedit.exe utility to export Tivoli Storage Manager client registry entries fromthe HKLM\SOFTWARE\IBM key. For example, from a command promptwindow, run this command: regedit /e tsmregistry.out"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IBM". Copy the tsmregistry.out file to mediathat the target computer can read during ASR. During ASR, you can import theregistry entries from the tsmregistry.out file. The Tivoli Storage Managerclient can use the registry entries in the WinPE environment to access backupcopies on the Tivoli Storage Manager server.126 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Backup-Archive Clients: Installation and User's Guide