Acer Altos EasyStore - Recovering a System Disk While Booting Remotely

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Recovering a system d i sk while booting remotely
If your computer meets the necessary prerequisites, you can remotely boot it from a
backup
on your storage system and recover your system disk or partition. You can
recover
only your most recent backup.
Note: If you replaced the original hard disk, the new disk must be a t leas t as
large
as the original disk.
In addition, t he system to which you are recovering the data must be identical t o the
original system. For example, if the original system had a particular type o f network
adapter , t he system to which you are recovering the data must have the exact same
type of network adapter . Otherwise , the recovered files will not
operate properly .
Prerequisites
Before you can recover a disk while booting remotely , the f ollowing criteria must be
met:
l The computer that you’re remotely booting must be in the same subnet as the
storage
system.
l Remote boot must be enabled for that computer (as described in “Enabling
remote
boot”).
l At least one backup must have been performed after remote boot was enabled.
l The network must have a DHCP server , or your storage system must be
configured
to act as a DHCP server (as described in “Changing the network
settings”).
l If you plan to remotely boot your computer from a di ff erent computer’s backup,
you
must enter the MAC address of your computer’s network interface card
(NIC) on t he storage system. For more information, refer to “Configuring remote
boot”.
l If you wan t to remotely boo t from any backup o t her than the most recent one ,
you must select the desired backup on the storage system. For more
informa
t ion, refer to “Configuring remote boot” .