Cisco Video Surveillance Manager Recovery Guide, Release 7.0.1 and 7.2
Creating a Recovery Flash Drive
Recovering the Operating System from a Flash Drive
This document describes how to create a recovery flash drive for Cisco Video Surveillance Manager (Cisco VSM) Release 7.0.1 and 7.2, running on the Cisco VSM servers. This bootable USB drive contains a recovery image that you can use to restore the operating system on a server, or restore the server to the factory state, if needed.
The Cisco VSM 7.0.1 recovery image is supported by the Cisco Multi-Services Platform (Cisco MSP) servers that included pre-installed Cisco VSM 7 server software:
Note Other server models and servers shipped with earlier versions of the Cisco VSM software are not compatible with the recovery process described in this document.
The Cisco VSM Release 7.2 recovery image is supported by the Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS Platform Series servers, including the following:
Note Other server models and servers shipped with earlier versions of the Cisco VSM software are not compatible with the recovery process described in this document.
This section describes how to create a recovery flash drive by obtaining the recovery image and placing it on a USB flash drive.
The USB flash drive that you use must:
Step 1 Insert a USB drive into a PC port (see the “Requirements” section).
Step 2 Download the recovery image on the Windows PC.
a. Go to http://software.cisco.com/download/release.html?mdfid=282976740&softwareid=281933881&release=7.2.1&relind=AVAILABLE&rellifecycle=&reltype=latest
b. Select the release number for your deployment.
c. Click Download for the recovery image and follow the on-screen instructions to download the recovery file. For example: VSM7.2.0-cd17-rhel5.8.img
Step 3 Download and install a utility used to raw write a binary image to a USB disk.
For example: see the Win32 Disk Imager download at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/files/latest/download
Step 4 Write the recovery image to the disk:
a. Launch the disk image utility and select the binary recovery file.
b. Select the destination USB drive.
c. Follow the utility instructions to create the recovery disk.
Step 5 Remove the USB stick from the Windows PC.
This section describes how to use a recovery flash drive to restore the operating system on a server.
To restore the operating system from a recovery flash drive, follow these steps:
Step 1 Power off the server on which you need to restore the operating system.
Step 2 Disconnect (unplug) any USB storage devices and any external storage (such as SAN storage connected through a fibre channel) that are connected to the server.
This ensures that only the recovery flash drive is attached to the server and prevents other storage devices from accidentally being cleared by the recovery process.
Step 3 Put the recovery flash drive in a USB port on the server and power on the server.
Step 4 When the Cisco logo appears, select the boot device:
Step 5 Select the USB recovery flash drive and press Enter.
Step 6 At the “boot>” prompt, type one of the following options and press Enter :
Tip To skip software re-installation remove the USB flash drive and reboot the server by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL keys.
Step 7 If prompted for an installation method:
a. Select Hard Drive and press Enter (Figure 1).
b. Press Enter again when prompted for a directory for the installation source (Figure 2).
Figure 2 Partition and Directory Prompt
Step 8 When the installation is complete, you will be prompted to reboot.
Remove the USB flash drive and reboot the server.
Step 9 On the server, configure system, network, and related settings as appropriate for your deployment.
For instructions, see the “System Setup” chapter in Cisco Video Surveillance Management Console Administration Guide, Release 7.2.
Installation and Administration
Cisco Physical Security UCS Platform Series User Guide.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10823/products_user_guide_list.html
Additional Server Hardware and Software Documentation
Cisco UCS C-Series Server Documentation (Roadmap)
http://www.cisco.com/go/unifiedcomputing/c-series-doc
Cisco Video Surveillance 7 Documentation Roadmap
Descriptions and links to Cisco Video Surveillance documentation, server and storage platform documentation, and other related documentation.
http://www.cisco.com/go/physicalsecurity/vsm/roadmap
Cisco Physical Security Product Information:
www.cisco.com/go/physicalsecurity/