EFFECTIVE RECOVERY PLAN

You have a single Laptop. You are taking data backup on External USB Hard Disk through StoreGrid ? If Laptop HDD/OS crashes then How do you recover

your data ?

Scenario 1

Restore Data after crash:

Step 1 : Reinstall HDD & OS .Step 2 : Connect External HDD to system and Select Database storage location as “G:\” folder (here “G” is External HDD Drive)Step 3 : Reinstall StoreGrid , During installation StoreGrid the StoreGrid ID should be same as before .Step 4 : After installing StoreGrid, choose the option not to start StoreGrid immediately.Step 5 : Delete the “ C:\Program Files\Vembu\StoreGrid data\dbpopulation.txt” file in the now completed fresh StoreGrid installation.Step 6 : Now Start StoreGrid in your Laptop.Step 7 : Now all the backup schedule will be displayed automatically in Backup -> List Backup Schedules .To recover the backup data click Restore ->List Backups for Restore.Step 8 : Click on Restore option on appropriate schedule to restore data. “Restore Backup Data” screen will be appear.Step 9 : Now on “Restore Backup Data” screen select the data you want to restore, type Password for That schedule & click to “Restore to Original Location” You will get your old data and backup process will be continue as scheduled time.

Data Restored . Customer is Happy

Machine Name

Operating System

Backup Role StoreGrid Componen

t

User 1 WinXP All systems will store their backup in Hard Disk of this system. Also this system will store total backup data in another system

Client & Server

User 2 Win 2K3 This Systems will store backup to “SITE60”

Client

User 3 Win2K This Systems will store backup to “SITE60”

Client

Users WinXP All these systems will store their backup to “SITE60”

Client

Server WinXP This System will store backup to “SITE60”. Also “SITE60” system stores total backup data in this system

Client & Server

Scenario 2

Following 25 systems connected in Network. Their data backup scenario is as below.

USER 2 crashes……….

• Reinstall the operating system. System Name must be same as before (user2 ).

• Install StoreGrid in Client Mode.• Now you will first need to restore your 'client configurations'

before you can restore your data

Restore Data after crash

Easy Restore

Step 1 : select the server to which you were backing up and proceed to restore your old configurations.

How to get here in the StoreGrid Web Console? In the top menu, select: "Restore-> Disaster Recovery"

Step 2 : Restore your 'client configurations'

Step 3 : once the configuration is restored, all backup schedules will be in suspended mode , now restore the data

How to get here in the StoreGrid Web Console? In the top menu, select: "Restore". It will display the "List Of Backup For Restore" page. In the Action Column of the backup schedule you want to restore, click on the Restore icon.

Data Restored . Customer is Happy

HAPPY BACKING UP