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When a server is lost due to a hard disk failure or disaster, the server object can be replaced by Tivoli Storage Manager backup data during the NetWare installation process by restoring the server specific information resource via Tivoli Storage Manager.
Ensure that the server specific information is being backed-up on regular basis. The server specific information will be backed up on NetWare 5.1 and 6.1 servers as part of the incremental backup process if you specify the all-local domain in the client options file dsm.opt. If you specify the all-local domain, the incremental process always backs up server specific information first, before the SYS: volume. You can also explicitly specify server specific information in the domain statement, as follows:
domain all-local (implicit) domain serverspecificinfo (explicit)
You can also selectively backup the server specific information as follows:
load dsmc selective serverspecificinfo
You can verify that the server specific information is backed up by querying the node's file spaces from the admin or backup client. There should be a file space called servername\SERVERSPECIFICINFO associated with the node.
To restore a server which has failed with server specific information available:
load dsmc restore server-a/serverspecifcinfo server-b/serverspecificinfo -replace=yes
The server specific information for SERVER-A is restored to the following location:
server-b/sys:\system\server-a
Note: If the NetWare server name you are restoring is more than eight characters, the directory name created during the server specific information restore is truncated to eight characters.
Tivoli Storage Manager restores the following files during the server specific information restore:
server-b/sys:\system\server-a
After restoring the server object back into the NDS, you can proceed to restore the rest of the operating system from backup; you will not need to copy the rest of the files normally copied during the install process. Please refer to NDS Restore Considerations for more information about restoring the NetWare servers and NDS in their entireties.