About using IDR with the Central Admin Server Option

If you have purchased and installed the Central Admin Server Option (CASO), you can perform IDR of the managed media servers in a CASO environment. To prepare recovery media for the managed media servers, you must run the IDR Preparation Wizard on the central administration server. The *.dr files are stored on the central administration server. During IDR recovery of a managed media server, all restore jobs are submitted from the central administration server. The central administration server will then send the restore jobs to the appropriate managed media server.

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You cannot select a managed media server node as a valid media server for IDR preparation if the managed media server node is active in a CAS environment. To create the IDR boot media, you must select the CAS server to which the managed media server is attached.