Restoring Windows system state
The Microsoft Volume Shadowcopy Service (VSS) is supported on Windows backup-archive clients. The client uses VSS to restore the system state.
About this task
By default, all system state components are restored together.
Extra disk space is required to restore SFP files because they are restored to a temporary location on your disk.
Startable system state components can include the following:
- Active Directory (domain controller only)
- System volume (domain controller only)
- Certificate Server Database
- COM+ database
- Windows Registry
- System and boot files
- ASR writer
System services components can include the following:
- Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)
- Event logs
- Removable Storage Management Database (RSM)
- Cluster Database (cluster node only)
- Remote Storage Service
- Terminal Server Licensing
- Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
- Internet Information Services (IIS) metabase
- DHCP database
- Wins database
You must be a member of the Administrators group to restore Windows system state information.
On Windows clients, restore systemstate also restores ASR files when running in WinPE (Windows Preinstallation Environment).
To restore Windows system state information using the GUI, follow these steps:
Procedure
- Click Restore from the GUI main window. The Restore window appears.
- Expand the directory tree by clicking the plus sign +. To display files in a folder, click the folder icon.
- Locate the system state node in the directory tree. You can expand the system state node to display the components.
- Click the selection box next to the system state node to restore the entire system state. You can restore the startable system state node only as a single entity because of dependencies among the startable system state components. By default, all components are selected; you can restore individual system services components.
- Click Restore. The Task List window displays the restore processing status.
Results
On the command line, use the restore systemstate command to restore a backup of system state.
Considerations:
- Your Windows client must be connected to a Tivoli® Storage Manager Version 5.2.0 or higher server.
- If Active Directory is installed, you must be in Active Directory restore mode.
- See the related information for performing a system recovery to
perform the following tasks:
- Your operating system is still functioning, but a complete system restore is required.
- A complete recovery is required, including an operating system re-installation.