Veritas™ System Recovery 21 User's Guide
- Introducing Veritas System Recovery
- Installing Veritas System Recovery
- Installing Veritas System Recovery
- Ensuring the recovery of your computer
- Creating a new Veritas System Recovery Disk
- Creation Options
- Storage and Network Drivers Options
- Customizing an existing Veritas System Recovery Disk
- About restoring a computer from a remote location by using LightsOut Restore
- Creating a new Veritas System Recovery Disk
- Getting Started
- Setting up default general backup options
- File types and file extension
- Best practices for backing up your data
- Backing up entire drives
- Backing up files and folders
- Running and managing backup jobs
- Running an existing backup job immediately
- Backing up remote computers from your computer
- Monitoring the status of your backups
- About monitoring backups
- Monitoring the backup status of remote computers using Veritas System Recovery Monitor
- Adding a remote computer to the Computer List
- Exploring the contents of a recovery point
- Managing backup destinations
- About managing file and folder backup data
- Managing virtual conversions
- Managing cloud storage
- Direct to cloud
- About creation of Amazon Machine Image (AMI) in Amazon from Veritas System Recovery backups
- About S3-Compatible Cloud Storage
- About Veritas System Recovery supporting Veritas Access
- Recovering files, folders, or entire drives
- Recovering a computer
- Booting a computer by using the Veritas System Recovery Disk
- About using the networking tools in Veritas System Recovery Disk
- Copying a hard drive
- Using the Veritas System Recovery Granular Restore Option
- Best practices when you create recovery points for use with the Granular Restore Option
- Appendix A. Backing up databases using Veritas System Recovery
- Appendix B. Backing up Active Directory
- Appendix C. Backing up Microsoft virtual environments
- Appendix D. Using Veritas System Recovery 21 and Windows Server Core
Creation Options
In the Creation Options panel, on the Veritas System Recovery Disk Creation Wizard, use one of the following options to create the Veritas System Recovery Disk:
A Veritas System Recovery Disk created using this option is sufficient for your usual recovery needs.
The option uses the Windows recovery environment available on your computer to create a Veritas System Recovery Disk. Using this option you can create a 32-bit recovery disk on a 32-bit computer or a 64-bit recovery disk on a 64-bit computer. The recovery disk is created in the language of the operating system from which the disk is created, and is one of the 11 languages that Veritas System Recovery 21 supports. Veritas recommends creating a Veritas System Recovery Disk on the latest operating system in your environment, such as Windows 10/2016/2019. The recovery disk can then be used to recover images of Windows 10/2016/2019 operating system and all earlier operating systems.
The
option is only available on the operating systems on which the Windows recovery environment is also available. You can refer to the following link to view a list of the operating systems that use the Windows recovery environment.http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff715587.aspx
The customization features are also available during the trial period of Veritas System Recovery 21 and after the product license is activated.
Note:
The
option is not available when you create a new Veritas System Recovery Disk using Veritas System Recovery Management Solution Mode.If you require to create a multilingual recovery disk or need a PowerShell support in your recovery environment, use the
option to create a Veritas System Recovery Disk.You can also create both 32-bit and 64-bit recovery disks on the same computer. You must have Windows ADK installed on your computer to use the
option to create a Veritas System Recovery Disk.
Note:
When you create the Veritas System Recovery Disk using Veritas System Recovery Management Solution Mode, the
option is selected by default.The
and creation options are supported on the following operating systems:Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
Windows 10
Windows Server 2008 (Only supported by the
option)Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Using the following customization features, you can customize a Veritas System Recovery Disk as per your requirements:
Select the language.
Add or remove network and storage drivers.
Specify the default network settings.
Specify the default license information.
Select the time zone, display language, and keyboard layout.
The following table lists a comparison of the features available for each option.
Table: Disk Creation Options
Feature Description | Typical | Advanced |
---|---|---|
No | Yes You require an Internet connection to download Windows ADK. See Download and install Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK). | |
Creates a 32-bit or a 64-bit recovery disk depending on the operating system installed on your computer. To create a 32-bit recovery disk, use this option on a 32-bit computer. To create a 64-bit recovery disk, use this option on a 64-bit computer. | Creates both 32-bit and 64-bit recovery disks on the same computer. | |
The computer's operating system on which you create the Veritas System Recovery Disk and all earlier versions. Use this option on the latest operating system to recover all Windows operating systems. | All versions of Windows supported by the product. | |
The language of your operating system. | One or more of the 11 supported languages selected during Veritas System Recovery Disk creation. | |
Approximately 500 MB | Approximately 500 MB for each recovery disk that you create. More space is required for each additional language that you select. An additional 3.5 to 5 GB disk space is required to install Windows ADK. | |
Not Available | Available | |
10 minutes | 20 minutes If you select more than one language, approximately 10 minutes are added for each language. | |
See Veritas System Recovery Disk customization support matrix. | Yes | Yes |