StoreEver LTO SAS full height tape drives user guide

8 Using HP OBDR
In this chapter:
• OBDR compatibility (page 42)
• What does HP OBDR do? (page 42)
• Remote disaster recovery (ProLiant servers only) (page 42)
• Testing for compatibility (page 43)
• Running HP OBDR (page 43)
OBDR compatibility
HP One-Button Disaster Recovery is a standard feature on all HP LTO Ultrium tape drives. However,
it can only be used with specific configurations and will only recover the server to which the tape
drive is directly connected.
To check whether your system (hardware, operating system and backup software) is
OBDR-compatible, please refer to our World Wide Web site http://www.hp.com/storage/spock.
For more specific information concerning the benefits of OBDR and the latest new features please
refer to our World Wide Web site http://www.hp.com/go/obdr.
If your system does not support HP One-Button Disaster Recovery, you can still use your tape drive
normally to back up and restore data. However, you must remember to create a separate set of
emergency recovery disks for your operating system whenever you change your system
configuration.
What does HP OBDR do?
Using just the tape drive and the most recent backup cartridge HP OBDR allows you to recover
from the following types of system disaster:
• Hard disk failures, as long as the replacement hard disk is the same size or larger than the
original and uses the same interface (for example, replace a SAS hard disk with another SAS
disk)
• Hardware failures where the server is replaced by an identical component
• File corruption because of an operating system error
• File corruption because of an application software error
• Viruses that prevent you from booting your system correctly
• User errors that stop you from booting your system correctly
When you run HP One-Button Disaster Recovery, your tape drive goes through the following
sequence:
1. It goes into a special disaster recovery mode that enables it to restore your operating system
and reboot. It acts like a bootable CD-ROM. (Your system's ability to boot from CD-ROM is
normally enabled by default. If you have changed this setting, you will need to enable it again.
Refer to your system BIOS manual for further details.)
2. It returns to normal tape drive mode and restores the data.
Remote disaster recovery (ProLiant servers only)
The HP Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition (RILOE) on ProLiant servers gives the IT Administrator the
ability to completely recover a failed server at a remote location without physically traveling to
where the server resides. The on-site non-technical person need only insert the bootable cartridge
into the tape drive when asked to do so by the administrator.
42 Using HP OBDR