To describe the media needed for recovering a machine, first complete the following fields and then click Finish, or click Cancel to end the task. Recovery media can be associated with one or more machines. This panel only applies to environments licensed to use the ADSM Disaster Recovery Manager (DRM) feature.
Enter the name of the recovery media to be defined. The maximum length of the recovery media name is 30 characters.
Enter the list of volume names that contain the recovery data.
Example: OS/2 operating system image copies
Enter a description of the recovery media. This field is optional. The maximum length of the description is 255 characters.
Example: District_5 Base System Image
Enter the volume location of the recovery media. This field is optional. The maximum length of the volume location is 255 characters.
Example: Building=021 Floor=02 Room=2846 Cabinet=1A0
Select the type of recovery media.
Boot | Specifies that this media contains information for preparing or initial booting of a computer system. When Boot is selected, you must enter a list in the Volume Names field. |
Other | Specifies that this media is something other than boot media. For example, the media may contain software or hardware softcopy reference publications. The default is Other. |
Enter a name of the product that has been used to write data on the media. This field is optional. The maximum length of the name is 16 characters.
Enter a description about the product that has been used to write data on the media. This type of information is helpful when restoring the machine. This field is optional. The maximum length of the description is 255 characters.