Manually
setting data paths for the *.dr files
If you did not use the
IDR Configuration Wizard to set an alternate data path for the *.dr
files, you can set it manually.
Copies of the *.dr files,
which contain the computer-specific information for the computer
being protected, are necessary to automate the recovery of an
IDR-protected computer.
Backup Exec automatically
creates the *.dr file during a backup and stores it in the Disaster
Recovery Data Path default location on the media server's hard
drive, which is
C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\IDR\Data\<computer name>.dr.
Symantec recommends that
you do not change this default.
You can also specify an
alternate location where a second copy of the *.dr file is stored
so that the *.dr file is available even if the media server has
been damaged. It is recommended that the alternate location be on
another computer or on a different physical drive than the default
location, and that it be a mapped network drive.
To manually set the default and alternate data
paths for the *.dr file
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From the Tools menu,
click .
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Under Settings, click
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Enter the data paths as
described in the following table:
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Data path
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Enter a directory path where a copy of the *.dr file for the
protected computer will be stored. Backup Exec automatically
creates the *.dr file during a backup and stores it in the default
location on the media server's hard drive, which is
C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\IDR\Data\<computer
name>.dr.
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Alternate path
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Enter an alternate directory path where a copy of the *.dr files
for the protected computers will be stored. Backup Exec
automatically creates or updates the *.dr file during a backup and
stores it in the specified location during a backup.
It is recommended that you specify an alternate data path that
is not on the media server, or is on a different physical drive
than the default location. During a recovery, you can copy the *.dr
file from the alternate path to any location to recover the target
computer if the media server's hard drive is unavailable.
To use a remote computer's hard drive as the alternate data
path, establish a valid connection to the remote computer. Specify
a UNC path as the alternate path, and then check the directory to
make sure the *.dr files were copied.
If you are specifying a directory on a different physical hard
drive on the local computer, browse to or type the drive name and
the path:
d:\drfiles
When using Backup Exec's Remote Administrator, do not specify a
floppy drive (A:, B:) as the alternative data path.
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