System Restore
Version 1.50.1631
Release Notes, August 2nd, 2011
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Contents
1. OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................................. 3
1.1 Release History and Changes .......................................................................................................................... 3
2. NEW FEATURES...................................................................................................................................................... 5
3. INSTALLATION NOTES ........................................................................................................................................... 6
3.1 Installation Requirements ................................................................................................................................ 6
3.2 Conditional Requirements ............................................................................................................................... 6
3.3 Licensing ........................................................................................................................................................... 7
3.4 Install/Uninstall Procedure .............................................................................................................................. 7
3.5 Installation Files ............................................................................................................................................... 7
4. FIXES AND KNOWN ISSUES ................................................................................................................................... 8
4.1 Fixes in this Release ......................................................................................................................................... 8
4.2 Known Issues .................................................................................................................................................... 8
5. PRODUCT SUPPORT ............................................................................................................................................... 9
5.1 Technical Support............................................................................................................................................. 9
5.2 Product Updates .............................................................................................................................................. 9
5.3 Documentation ................................................................................................................................................ 9
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1. OVERVIEW
This document contains release notes for the SR 1.50 release.
System Restore (SR) is a solution used to quickly recover a system after catastrophic failure.
With a few easy steps, System Restore can recover a failed system onto similar hardware, dissimilar hardware,
or a virtual machine.
This gives customers a unified solution that eliminates the need for multiple backups and restores, and
dramatically reduces downtime.
SR version 1.50 must be used in combination with Windows Agent 6.85 or greater for GPT (GUID Partition Table)
and OEM support.
1.1 Release History and Changes
Version 1.50.1631, August 2nd, 20111.2. Supported Platforms System Restore has been tested on the following
Windows operating systems:
32 Bit
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Windows XP Professional (SP3) x86
Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition (SP2) x86
Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition (SP2) x86
Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition R2 (SP2) x86
Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition R2 (SP2) x86
Windows 2003 Server Small Business Server (SP2) x86
Windows 2003 Server Small Business Server R2(SP2) x86
Windows Vista Ultimate Edition (SP2) x86
Windows Vista Enterprise Edition (SP2) x86
Windows Server 2008 Standard (SP2) x86
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (SP2) x86
Windows 7 Starter x86 (SP1)
Windows 7 Home Basic x86 (SP1)
Windows 7 Home Premium x86 (SP1)
Windows 7 Professional x86 (SP1)
Windows 7 Enterprise x86 (SP1)
Windows 7 Ultimate x86 (SP1)
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Cont’d
64 Bit
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Windows XP Professional (SP2) x64
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (SP2) x64
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (SP2) x64
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2(SP2) x64
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2(SP2) x64
Windows Vista Business Edition (SP2) x64
Windows Vista Ultimate Edition (SP2) x64
Windows Vista Enterprise Edition (SP2) x64
Windows Server 2008 Standard (SP2) x64
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (SP2) x64
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter (SP2) x64
Windows Server 2008 Standard R2 (SP1) x64
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise R2 (SP1) x64
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter R2 (SP1) x64
Windows Server 2008 Small Business Server Premium/Standard
Windows 7 Home Basic 64-bit (SP1) x64
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (SP1) x64
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (SP1) x64
Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit (SP1) x64
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (SP1) x64
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2. NEW FEATURES
GPT drives support (BMR backup/ESR restore)
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Restore to a smaller or larger GPT drive partition
Restore drive letter/volumes names to GPT
Conversion form MBR to GPT and GPT to MBR
Support for OEM disk partitions
Keyboard multi-language support
Verify network connectivity of the restored system
Note: ESR 1.11 or greater employs Windows PE 2.1 which is based on Windows 2008 Server.
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3. INSTALLATION NOTES
3.1 Installation Requirements
The installation requirements for the ESR program are as follows:
Minimum Hardware:
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Pentium processor or higher
700 MB RAM
CD/DVD drive
Network Interface card
Supported File Systems:
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NTFS, FAT32, FAT
Supported OEM Disk Partitions:
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0x12 // EISA partition (Compaq)
0x84 // Hibernation partition for laptops
0xA0 // Diagnostic partition on some Hewlett-Packard (HP)notebooks
0xDE // Dell partition
0xFE // IBM IML partition
Supported Storage Types:
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Vault
SAN
USB drives
NAS
DAS
3.2 Conditional Requirements
In order to be able to restore your system or data you must have previously created a BMR type backup image
with the Windows Agent that you can use to recover if your system fails.
For instructions on how to back up your system using theSoftware refer to the User Guides.
Guides are available at: http://csp.i365.com/
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3.3 Licensing
ESR itself does not require a license for restore.To be able to back up to a Vault, a valid license is required on the
Vault.
Check with your service provider. Licensing documentation is available in the "Vault Operations Guide".
3.4 Install/Uninstall Procedure
Installation/User Guides for ESR are located at the MBS download website.
3.5 Installation Files
Installation/User Guides for ESR are located at the MBS download website.
Included application File List:
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RestoreApp.exe
1.50.1631 - Resource-En.dll
6.85.4071 - RestoreAPI_IS.dll
You will need a form of bootable media to launch the System Restore application. The types of media that can
be used are:
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CD/DVD – Burning the ISO image to a CD or DVD will yield a bootable System Restore disk.
USB – A bootable USB device with the System Restore application can be created by applying the WIM
or ISO image to a USB device.
Network Boot – The WIM or ISO image may also be used to set up a PXE boot server.
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4. FIXES AND KNOWN ISSUES
4.1 Fixes in this Release
BMR backup with OEM partition fails with errors: ENVC-E-04096 InitEnvInfo failed to fix volume D: partition
number. This has been fixed in this release. (20768)
OS is not shown in drop-down list. Cannot perform repair.This has been fixed in this release. (20744)
Restore attempt may hang when restoring to dynamic partition when using "format" partition. This has been
fixed in this release. (20682)
Restoring to last free partition may hang.This has been fixed in this release. (20681)
4.2 Known Issues
Cannot login to an ESR Restored server. NIC is not available to activate, and without activation you cannot login
to the server to apply the NIC driver. WORKAROUND: Use the same NIC hardware as the source for the target,
or contact Microsoft to activate the server,or use a commercial grade NIC on the server to have network
connectivity for Windows license activation. (7399)
BitLocker compatibility issues: Backups and Restores with BitLocker will succeed, however, BitLocker is not
persevered. BitLocker is not supported. (7366,7353,7308)Mount Points are not supported. (7354)
Windows User Quota feature is in a disabled state after restoring a Quota Enabled backup image.
WORKAROUND: Re-enable the quotas after the restore. (7307)
Driver injection functionality to enable installation from *.exe files. The ESR application allows a user to inject a
missed network driver by pointing to the INF file on your local drive. This is not suitable for some of Intel's
network drivers,which are packaged as one EXE file and require installation.
To install some of Intel's network drivers, you will need toexecute the SetupBD.exe file located on a USB
attached drive.***The following steps are required to execute this driver injection:
1. Access driver file .exe located at the USB drive attachedto this local machine through WinPE command line.
2. Run the SetupBD.exe file.
3. Installs drivers for Intel Network connections.(7296)
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5. PRODUCT SUPPORT
5.1 Technical Support
Contact information is available from your provider's website.
5.2 Product Updates
Product updates are available from your provider's website.
5.3 Documentation
The following documentation is available for ESR:
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System Restore User Guide (PDF)
System Restore Driver Scripts (PDF)
System Restore Release Notes (this text file)
System Restore Driver Injection read-me (txt)
All documentation is available from your provider's website.
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