This is from a co-worker doing some DR testing, in this case, restoring a W2K box, essentially doing BMR........
****************************************************************************************************** I am trying to recreate the restore procedures in the IBM redbook "Deploying Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows 2000". The procedure is outlined in the redbook indicated in chapter 6, starting on page 96. I am using a Dell, with Raid-5, Windows 2000 advanced server with all recent service packs. Server is part of workgroup, not a domain controller. Not in an AD environment. TSM 4.2.1.32 client for Windows 2000 I have built a test box, done several backups during the build to mimic a production server that changes over time. Wiped partition and recreated new RAID-5 partition with primary and logical drives The procedure follows as indicated hardware set up install same OS install service packs Ensure connectivity with TSM server Recreate drive partitions Install and configure TSM Run TSM Check consistency of system object Start TSM and select the restore tab ** At this point in the documentation there is a tip to change a setting in Edit / Preferences / General. The setting for Preferences is grayed out, and this tip therefore cannot be followed Restore the boot partition (parts a-e followed verbatim, including the no reboot indication) Restore the system object. This is where it gets odd. I am prompted for the Windows 2000 CD with the error message "Windows File Protection - files that are required for Windows to run properly have been replaced by unrecognized versions. To maintain system stability, Windows must restore the original version of these files. Insert your Windows 2000 Advanced server CD now". I have tried both the Cancel and inserting the CD with the same results Also, the 3 prompts indicated in 11b (during the restore process) are not displayed Restart the system. When the system restarts, message is "<win2000 root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe is missing or corrupt" and the OS does not start as this is an essential file.The ntoskrnl is in the directory indicated. I have tried this several times with the same results. I am obviously missing something in the procedure, but do not know where this goes awry. Any help is appreciated.