Backup > Auto Recovery
Automatically restores any volume backup image to the same machine the backup was created on. Use Auto Recovery to restore images if the agent is still communicating with the server. Auto Recovery lets you select any backup image (full, incremental, or differential) for the selected machine ID to restore without any user interaction at all.
NOTE: Requires Secure Zone installed.
The server and agent configure the hidden secure zone partition to automatically restore the selected backup image from the Image Location path. Once configuration completes, the agent reboots the machine (without warning). The machine boots into the secure zone partition and automatically restores the selected backup image.
The restore may be scheduled to run at any time of day or on a recurring schedule. Set a recurring schedule to auto restore a machine in a public area subject to abuse by random users.
Schedule
Specify a time of day to restore the image. Remember, the restore will reboot the machine and restore the image without warning the user first.
Restore Now
Restore the backup image to the selected machine ID immediately.
Run recurring
Schedule selected machines to restore the backup image on a repeating scheduled basis.
Select backup to restore
Select a backup image to restore from a drop down control listing all available backups for the selected machine ID.
Restore may fail for any of the following reasons:
If the Image Location points to a local driver letter - When Windows boots, drive letters are automatically assigned to hard drives starting with C: With the disk manager, you can reassign these to any other unused drive letter. For example, you may decide to turn your D: drive into G: and set the Image Location path to G:\backups. The recovery boot process will not know about the driver letter mapping and will assign D: to the hard disk. The restore will then fail trying to access G:\backups. You can resolve this problem by setting your image location to D:\backups prior to selecting the restore options. Restore will then successfully access D:\backups.
Image stored on a USB drive - Similar to the issue above, when the recovery boot process assigns drive letters, it may assign the USB drive a different drive letter than Windows assigned it. You can resolve this problem by setting your image location to the new drive letter prior to selecting the restore options. Restore will then successfully access the USB drive.
Image stored on a network drive - If the remote drive (or the machine hosting the drive) is not turned on, or if the username and password have changed, then the recovery boot process will not be able to access the network drive.