Veritas™ System Recovery 21 User's Guide

To customize an existing Veritas System Recovery Disk

1. On the Tasks menu, click Customize Existing Recovery Disk.

   The Customize Veritas System Recovery Disk Wizard is displayed.

2. In the Welcome panel, review the information, and then click Next.

   See Welcome Panel.

3. In the Recovery Disk Source panel, select the source Veritas System Recovery Disk and then click Next.

   If you know the path to the source Veritas System Recovery Disk	Type the path in the Veritas System Recovery Disk media location field.
   If you do not know the path to the source Veritas System Recovery Disk	Do the following in the order listed: Click Browse. Click Veritas System Recovery Disk ISO File to locate the path for the ISO image file, or click Veritas System Recovery Disk Folder to locate the path for the disk on other media. On the Open dialog box, navigate to the location of the appropriate ISO image file, media drive, or folder. Click Open.

   See Recovery Disk Source Options.

4. In the Veritas System Recovery Disk Storage Media/Destination panel, select the destination to save the recovery disk, and then click Next.

   Disk label	Lets you specify the name that you want to use for the Veritas System Recovery Disk label.
   Select a drive to create a Veritas System Recovery Disk on a USB device	Lets you save your new Veritas System Recovery Disk to a USB device. Select the media drive in which you have inserted in the USB device. Note: The existing data on the USB device is not formatted during Veritas System Recovery Disk creation. If you have a recovery disk created on the same USB drive, the new recovery disk overwrites the older recovery disk. Note: Veritas recommends that only privileged users or an administrator should have the rights to access the USB folder. Veritas also recommends that the recovery media files be managed only by trusted users. This is to ensure that the files are always safe and no one can tamper with them. See How to add new drivers or driver versions to the Veritas System Recovery Disk. If you attach an unsupported volume to your computer, the Show Unsupported Devices link is displayed. When you click the link, the Unsupported Devices dialog box with a list of the unsupported volumes and the reason for the unsupported volume is displayed.
   Save the Veritas System Recovery Disk as an ISO file	Lets you save your new Veritas System Recovery Disk as an ISO file. Click Browse and specify the path where you want to save the ISO file. You can manually burn the ISO file to a CD/DVD/Blu-ray.

   See Veritas System Recovery Disk Storage Media/Destination Options.

5. In the Licensed Features panel, enter the license of the product and then click Next.

   Use the license key that is activated on this computer	Enables the cold backup feature in the recovery environment using the product license key that is provided.
   Use the following license key	Enables the cold backup feature in the new Veritas System Recovery Disk by typing a product license key.
   Prompt for a license key	Prompts you for a product license key at the time you want to enable features in the customized Veritas System Recovery Disk.

   See Licensed Features Options.

6. In the Storage and Network Drivers panel, review the list of any storage or network drivers to be included, add or remove storage and network drivers, and then click Next.

   Storage and network drivers	Lets you review the list of any storage or network drivers to be included.
   Add	Lets you add additional drivers. The location that you specify should contain the fully extracted installation package for the driver you add. If you have more than one missing storage or network driver, you can click Add for each missing driver.
   Remove	Deletes the drivers you do not need.
   Reset	Resets the list to the original list of drivers that is detected on the computer.

   See Storage and Network Drivers Options.

7. In the Startup Options panel, select the time zone, display language, keyboard layout language for theVeritas System Recovery Disk, and then click Next.

   Time zone	Sets the time zone to use for the Veritas System Recovery Disk.
   Display language	Sets the default display language for the Veritas System Recovery Disk.
   Keyboard layout	Lets you select the default keyboard layout to use when you boot from the Veritas System Recovery Disk.

   See Startup Options.

8. In the Network Options panel, select the dynamic or static IP, save the Windows firewall settings to the Veritas System Recovery Disk, and then click Next.

   Automatically start network services	Select this option if u want to enable network services in a recovery environment. Networking starts automatically when you recover the computer through LightsOut Restore.
   Dynamic IP	Connects to a network without the need for additional network configuration. You can click this option if you know there is a DHCP server available on the network at the time you restore.
   Static IP	Connects to a network with a particular network adapter and specific address settings. You should click this option if you know there is no DHCP server (or the DHCP server is unavailable) when you recover.
   Use Windows firewall settings	Applies the local computer's firewall settings to the recovery environment. For example, if you turn on the firewall for your local computer and then select this option, the firewall is turned on for the recovery environment.

   See Network Options.

9. In the Summary panel, review all of the options that you selected, and then click Finish.

   The Progress panel displays the progress status and the approximate time that is required to create theVeritas System Recovery Disk. The Result panel displays a success result if the recovery disk is created successfully or a failed result if the recovery disk is not created successfully.

   Note:

   Veritas recommends that you test the recovery disk after it is created. It ensures that you can use the Veritas System Recovery Disk to start your computer and can access the drive that contains your recovery points.

   See Testing the Veritas System Recovery Disk.

10. Click Close to close the wizard.