Veritas™ System Recovery 18 Service Pack 2 User's Guide

To create a new Veritas System Recovery Disk

1. On the Tasks menu, click Create New Recovery Disk.

   The Veritas System Recovery Disk Creation Wizard is displayed.

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

   See Welcome Panel.

3. In the Creation Options panel, select the disk creation option (Typical or Advanced) to create the Veritas System Recovery Disk and click Next.

   Feature Description	Typical	Advanced
   Uses Windows ADK 10, version 1809	No	Yes You require an Internet connection to download Windows ADK. See Download and install Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK).
   Platform support	Creates a 32-bit or a 64-bit recovery disk depending on the operating system installed on your computer. To create a 32-bit recovery disk, use this option on a 32-bit computer. To create a 64-bit recovery disk, use this option on a 64-bit computer.	Creates 32-bit and 64-bit recovery disks on the same computer.
   Windows operating systems that can be recovered See Veritas System Recovery Disk recovery matrix.	The computer's operating system on which you create the Veritas System Recovery Disk and all earlier versions. Use this option on the latest operating system to recover all Windows operating systems.	All versions of Windows supported by the product.
   Languages available in the recovery environment	The language of your operating system.	One or more of the 11 supported languages selected during Veritas System Recovery Disk creation.
   Temporary disk space required on local system	Approximately 500 MB	Approximately 500 MB for each recovery disk that you create. More space is required for each additional language that you select. An additional 3.5 to 5 GB disk space is required to install Windows ADK.
   PowerShell Cmdlets support in recovery environment (for example, Storage Space Creation Cmdlets)	Not Available	Available
   Time required for creation (approximately)	10 minutes	20 minutes If you select more than one language, approximately 10 minutes are added for each language.
   Can be customized on other operating systems See Veritas System Recovery Disk customization support matrix.	Yes	Yes

   See Creation Options.

4. In the Languages panel, select the languages that should be available in the recovery environment, and then click Next.

   See Languages Options.

   Note:

   The Languages panel is only available if you select the Advanced creation option.

5. 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 the platform of the recovery disk	This option is only displayed if you select the Advanced option to create a Veritas System Recovery Disk. Select the 32-bit, 64-bit, or both platforms for which you want to create the Veritas System Recovery Disk.
   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. 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. 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. A Veritas System Recovery Disk does not support the super formatted USB disk. Note: You cannot create a 64-bit Veritas System Recovery Disk if your computer has a 32-bit operating system.
   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 saved ISO file to a CD/DVD/Blu-ray.

   See Veritas System Recovery Disk Storage Media/Destination Options.

6. In the Licensed Features panel, enter the license key 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. Note: By default, this option is not available when you create a Veritas System Recovery Disk using the Veritas System Recovery Management Solution Mode.
   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 Veritas System Recovery Disk. Note: By default, this option is selected when you create a Veritas System Recovery Disk using the Veritas System Recovery Management Solution Mode.

   See Licensed Features Options.

7. 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. See Adding a Storage or Network Driver.
   Remove	Deletes the drivers from the driver list that is displayed on the wizard.
   Reset	Resets the list to the original list of storage and network drivers that is detected on the computer on which the Veritas System Recovery Disk creation utility is run.

   See Storage and Network Drivers Options.

8. In the Startup Options panel, select the time zone, display language, keyboard layout language for the Veritas 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.

9. 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	Automatically starts network services when you recover the computer through LightsOut Restore. Select this option if you want to enable network services in a recovery environment.
   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 select this option only if you know there is no DHCP server (or the DHCP server is unavailable) when you want to recover data.
   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 settings are applied for the recovery environment too.

   See Network Options.

10. In the Setup LightsOut Restore panel, select the Enable LightsOut Restore check box to enable the LightsOut Restore boot option and boot menu display time, and then click Next.

    Boot menu label	Indicates the title that appears on the Windows boot menu for LightsOut Restore.
    Display boot menu for seconds	Specifies how long you want the boot menu to display. The default is 10 seconds.

    See Setup LightsOut Restore Options.

11. 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.

    When a Veritas System Recovery Disk creation fails or is stopped, the recovery disk creation process is stopped. In some cases some files are left mounted in a temporary (folder name, SymSrdTemp) location and the files cannot be deleted. The WimCleaner.exe utility unmounts any such mounted system files and deletes the temporary folder (SymSrdTemp). Veritas System Recovery provides the 32-bit version of the WimCleaner.exe utility.

    The utility is at the following location: <VSRInstallPath>\Utility\WimCleaner.exe. You can double-click the exe file to run the utility or use the command prompt to run the utility.

    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.

12. Click Close to close the wizard.