Recovery and Repair Tools

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To assist you in a successful site recovery operation, SMS provides various recovery and repair tools, the main one being the Recovery Expert. These tools are automatically installed with SMS, with the exception of the Recovery Expert, which administrators must set up before they can use it.

During a site recovery operation, recovery and repair tools greatly simplify some recovery tasks, reduce the risk associated with editing low-level data, and perform tasks that are impossible to perform by using any other method.

Caution

  • Failing to use recovery tools appropriately can significantly interrupt site operations, or cause unrecoverable loss of data.

The recovery and repair tools set includes the following tools:

Recovery Expert Guides you through the recovery process by generating a recovery task list based on the site's specific failure scenario and site configuration.

SMS Site Repair Wizard Automates some of the Recovery Expert's tasks, and helps recover some of the data that was not backed up. Using the SMS Site Repair Wizard eliminates user errors that might occur when performing complex tasks.

ACL Reset (ACLreset.exe)

  • Resets access control lists used by the SMS Server Connection account and remote site systems to access the site server.

Hierarchy Maintenance tool (PreInst) Passes commands such as site repair or site diagnostics commands to the SMS Hierarchy Manager while the SMS Hierarchy Manager is running.

Unenforce Software Metering tool (Unenforce.exe) Overrides software metering enforcement rules. This utility is needed only when recovering an SMS 2.0 site, and it is included on the SMS 2003 CD for compatibility reasons. For more information about the Unenforce Software Metering tool, see the SMS 2003 Help.

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