Before you run the Intelligent Disaster Recovery Preparation Wizard, run a full backup of the hard drive before creating the boot and recovery media (unless you are creating a bootable tape image).
When running full backups for IDR preparation, do the following:
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Make sure that volumes (C, D, etc.) have been backed up. The *.dr files are not created or updated if only individual directories are backed up.
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For Windows Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008, back up Shadow Copy components.
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If utility partitions are present on the computer, select them for backup.
See About the Computer Name node in the backup selections list.
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Do not include or exclude files from the backup using the Advanced File Selection feature.
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Ensure that if the computer is a remote computer, a compatible version of the Remote Agent has been installed on it. To determine if the Remote Agent is installed on a remote computer, from Windows Explorer, right-click the remote server and then from the shortcut menu, click Properties. The status of the Remote Agent, if installed, appears.
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If you install Backup Exec into an existing SQL instance, Symantec recommends that you periodically back up the SQL system databases using the optional SQL Agent.