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  2. NetBackup™ Troubleshooting Guide
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  4. About disk recovery procedures for Windows
  5. About recovering the primary server disk for Windows
NetBackup™ Troubleshooting Guide

About recovering the primary server disk for Windows

The procedure in this section explains how to recover data if one or more disk partitions are lost on a Windows NetBackup primary server.

The following two scenarios are covered:

  • Windows is intact and not corrupted. The system still starts Windows, but some or all other partitions are lost. NetBackup software is assumed to be lost.

    See Recovering the primary server with Windows intact.

  • All disk partitions are lost. Windows must be reinstalled, which is a total recovery. These procedures assume that the NetBackup primary disk was running a supported version of Windows and that the defective hardware has been replaced.

    See Recovering the primary server and Windows.

For NetBackup primary and media servers, the directory locations of the NetBackup catalog become an integral part of NetBackup catalog backups. Any recovery of the NetBackup catalog requires the identical directory paths or locations be created before the catalog recovery.

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