rlshew Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Using Windows Retrospect Single Server 7.7, is it possible to restore networked clients that have static IPs (e.g., not 192.168.xxx.xxx) with the Disaster Recovery CD? We have static IPs on this part of campus (not my decision), and though I've not had any problems adding and backing up clients, I ran into this issue last week when trying to restore a client. Fortunately, I was still able to use the service partition on the client's dying boot drive to make a set of system restore DVDs that way, but it would be nice to be able to use fixed IPs with Disaster Recovery if I don't have a working service partition or system recovery disks next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwright Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Perhaps I overlooked this too, but I did not see an option to specify the IP. Can you set your host up to get an address from a DHCP server? That is what I did. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlshew Posted February 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 No, I can't can't get a DHCP address for any machines in my group without high-level network admin participation and some hoops to jump. Like it or not, I have to work with the network architecture that exists. That's why I'm asking about using static IPs, thinking I might have missed some setting in the Disaster Recovery procedure. Would it be possible for EMC/ Dantz to include the ability to use static IPs in a future update? Without that, the entire Disaster Recovery utility is useless. Sure, I could recover machines by finding a complete retail copy of the OS, install Retrospect Client, then use UIR, but I don't always have an appropriate retail copy of the OS to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwright Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 (edited) Thinking about this more, it should be possible to edit the iso image and replace the startnet.cmd file to launch another command window. Then you could use the netsh command: (Assuming an IP of 111.222.333.5, a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and a default gateway of 111.222.333.1) netsh int ip set address local static 111.222.333.5 255.255.255.0 111.222.333.1 You could easily script the netsh command via similar method. EMC doesn't support mucking with the CD though. Still, I did so that all of my network drivers are on the CD. It wasn't difficult. Jeff Edited February 22, 2010 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastercam Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 I have this issue as well. Has this been addressed or has a formal 'work around' been found? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastercam Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 I just wanted to update you folks on this. One of the Tech Supp managers has helped direct me in the use of winbom.ini. It seems I need to add this file to the iso, but I don't know where it goes. This is not supported or tested, but he was good enough to help guide me on my way. Now to get this disk to boot with an IP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastercam Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 Well, it's been a while. We never got this working (did really spend a lot of time with it). Either way, is Retrospect coming back with a configurable setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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