Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 15- Manuals

Preface Information presented in this guide is to support computers installed with the ThinkVantage ® Rescue and Recovery ® program (hereinafter refer to as the Rescue and Recovery program). The Rescue and Recovery program is an essential tool that enables users and administrators to restorebackups,...

Chapter 1. Overview The Rescue and Recovery program represents a unique combination of ThinkVantage Technologies. Thisintegrated application provides a suite of powerful tools that can be used even if the Windows operatingsystem will not start. The Rescue and Recovery program has two main interfaces...

– Map network drive: Helps users access network drives for software downloads or file transfer. • Troubleshoot – Diagnostic overview: Links to Rescue and Recovery diagnostics help topics. – Diagnose hardware: Starts the PC Doctor application that can perform hardware tests and report test results. –...

• Files and folders • Customized application settings, such as bookmarks in a Web browser or editing preferences in Microsoft Word • User accounts For more information, see Chapter 4 “Rejuvenation and migration” on page 53. Hints and tips For hints and tips on using the Rescue and Recovery 4.23 prog...

Chapter 2. Installation Prior to installing the Rescue and Recovery program, you can customize the Rescue and Recovery XMLfile for your enterprise and then deploy it to client systems. The XML file packaged with the Rescue andRecovery program is named the rnrdeploy.xml file. Once the XML file is cus...

will allow a user to choose the operating system and then gain access to the entire hard disk drive without apassword. Installation requirements This section addresses system requirements for installing the Rescue and Recovery package on Lenovoor non-Lenovo computers. For best results, make sure tha...

– USB Mass Storage specification for boot-ability • Video requirements – Video compatibility: VGA-compatible video that supports a resolution of 800 x 600 and 24-bit color– Video memory: – On non-shared video memory systems: a minimum of 4 MB of video RAM– On shared video memory systems: a minimum o...

Unattended installation To run an administrative installation silently, you can set the public property TARGETDIR on the commandline to specify the extract location. • For installation target directory paths that do not contain spaces, you can: – use the command line, for example: setup.exe /a /s /v...

(double-click the main installation package and then run the main executable without parameters, or extractthe MSI package and run the setup.exe file). This file contains log messages that can be used to debuginstallation problems. This log file will not be created by any actions performed from the ...

– The current code is less than the minimum code. The installer will look for a TVT file with a compatibility code, for example AA, AB, that is equal to the minimum version compatibility codeand a level that is greater than or equal to the minimum version. All other version fields in the TVTfile nam...

Table 4. Property Description PDA Specifies whether to install the Predesktop Area. The possible values are: • 1 : install Predesktop Area • 0 : do not install Predesktop Area The default value is 1 . Note: This setting is not used if any version of the Predesktop Area already exists. CIMPROVIDER Sp...

Table 5. (continued) Environmental variable Directory %TVT% c:\Program Files\Lenovo %TVTCOMMON% c:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo Note: For a complete list of variables, run the set command on a computer that has the Rescue and Recovery program installed. Including the Rescue and Recovery program...

Image deployment Table 9. X:\PQ\PQIMGCTR / CMD=X:\PQ\RRDEPLY.TXT /MBI=1 / IMG=X:\IMAGE.PQI Script language Result SELECT DRIVE 1 Selects first hard disk drive. X:\PQ\PQIMGCTR Creates the image program. /CMD=X:\PQ\RRDEPLY.TXT Creates the PowerQuest script file. /MBR=1 Restores the Rescue and Recovery...

3. Install the Rescue and Recovery program and restart the computer. 4. Start BitLocker from Control Panel and choose the partition to encrypt. Note: It is recommended to encrypt only the Windows operating system partition (usually drive C). 5. Click Turn on BitLocker , and follow the instruction on...

Chapter 3. Configurations This chapter provides information that you will need to configure the Rescue and Recovery program foryour enterprise. Within this chapter, you will find the following topics: • “XML and ADM file configurations” on page 17 • “Recovery methods” on page 17 • “Backups” on page ...

File rescue The file rescue operation is used before the restore operation. It prompts the user for the backup storagelocation and then the user selects a backup. The Rescue and Recovery program will display the files that thecurrent user is authorized to access. The user then selects the files, fol...

of a backup, then after you use the backup to perform a rejuvenating operation, the folder will still be ina shared status. Also, if you have a shared folder at the time of the rejuvenate process but it was not inthe backup, the folder will still be shared after rejuvenation finishes. Full restore T...

Manifest files Customizing the recovery process is controlled with manifest files. The Base Software Administrator programcan create custom manifest files. Manifest files have the extension of .cfi , and contain information about the components within the service partition where they resides. Manife...

Advanced settings are used to define one or more commands that can be run at the first time when a userlogs on to his or her system. Command line interface The following executable supports a command line interface for the Base Software Administrator programand is supported under WinPE and the Windo...

Notes: 1. The Rescue and Recovery program synchronizes backups from the primary backup location to the secondary backup location (a USB hard disk drive, second hard disk drive, or network drive). Theprevious backups on the secondary backup location will be overwritten after the synchronization. 2. W...

User=11622606415119207723014918505422010521006401209203708202015... Pwd=11622606415100000000014918505422010521006401209203708202015... For deployment, this file can be copied onto multiple computers that will use the same user name andpassword. The UNC entry is overwritten by the Rescue and Recovery...

: Silent install using the MSI with a reboot: Type the following command on one line start /WAIT msiexec /i "C:\TVTRR\Rescue and Recovery.msi" /qn With reboot suppressed, enter the following command: : Silent install using the MSI without a reboot: Type the following command on one line star...

<BackupPartitions dword="20" /></Rescue__and__Recovery..Settings..Backup> For additional information on how to use the rnrdeploy.xml file, refer to the ThinkVantage TechnologiesXML/ADM Supplement. This document can be downloaded from the Lenovo Web site athttp://www.lenovo.com/su...

** Next time the machine boots, it will boot ** ** to the Predesktop Area and take a backup. ** *************************************************** 7. Shut down and reboot the system when Sysprep backup is complete. Note: The operating system will reboot into the Predesktop Area of the Rescue and Re...

Battery power settings for backups With the corresponding ADM file installed for the Rescue and Recovery program, if you have the BatteryPercent Requirement set in Group Policy at 1% in the following ADM path: ThinkVantage\Rescue andRecovery\Settings\Backup, and the system that you are attempting to...

• HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Settings\OSAppsList BackupList The registry entry format is: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Settings\BackupList • One line per include/exclude rule entry. • If more than one setting is applied to a file or folder, the last setting applied is used....

I=?:\Documents and Settings\*I=?:\Program Files\*I=?:\msapps\* X=?:\RecycledX=?:\RECYCLERx=?:\Documents and Settings\*\Cookies\* x=?:\Documents and Settings\*\Local Settings\History\*X=?:\Documents and Settings\*\Local Settings\Temp\*x=?:\Documents and Settings\*\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Fi...

For additional information about Rescue and Recovery settings and working with ActiveDirectory and Group Policy, see the XML/ADM Supplement inside the ThinkVantageTechnologies Administrator Tools, which can be downloaded from the following Web site:http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?...

Using the RRUTIL.EXE utility The RRUTIL.EXE utility is designed to access the Rescue and Recovery service partition and virtual partitiondata. This utility will work with both virtual partitions and type 12 partitions. This utility allows administratorsto customize the Predesktop Area. Only an Admin...

1. A text file identifies the files that should be copied to a location specified in the command line. 2. The <copy to location> must be an existing directory that will receive the files from the Predesktop Area. The files will be copied into this directory in the same tree structure as they a...

Renaming files in the Predesktop Area RRUTIL /r \<PDA-path>\oldfilename.ext newfilename.ext Rename a file located in the Predesktop Area. This function only works on files in the Predesktop Area. Thepath to the file to be renamed must be included without the drive letter. The new name of the f...

03/15/04 22:44:50 PM 50003968 Data1003/15/04 22:51:56 PM 50003968 Data1103/15/04 22:56:39 PM 50003968 Data1203/15/04 23:00:27 PM 43480478 Data1303/15/04 22:30:00 PM 50003968 Data203/15/04 22:30:19 PM 50003968 Data303/15/04 22:30:34 PM 50003968 Data403/15/04 22:30:57 PM 50003968 Data503/15/04 22:32:2...

Displaying the backup space RRUTIL /bs The sample command RRUTIL /bs will display the backup space on the console. 1. Determine the amount of space that is consumed by \RRbackups. 2. Display the consumed space for each base backup and its incremental backups. Examples Example 1: Adding device driver...

Using the pdaguixx.ini configuration file By editing the configuration file pdagui xx .ini, where xx is the language designation, you can customize the following elements of the Rescue and Recovery environment: • “Changing the main GUI fonts” on page 37 • “Changing the environment background” on pag...

LeftNavNorm = "Microsoft Sans Serif" LeftNavBold = "Arial Bold" MenuBar = "Microsoft Sans Serif" Depending on your visual and character set requirements, after being tested, the following fonts arecompatible with the Rescue and Recovery environment:• Courier• Times New Roman•...

Table 18. Left-panel entries and customization options (continued) Entry Customization options 11 Must remain a button type 1. Text can be changed. An application or help functioncan be defined. No icon can be added. 16 Must remain a button type 1. Text can be changed. An application or help functio...

Button00=[0-10], "title", file.bmp, [0 or 1] This setting directs the environment to display orhide the entry. The value 0 hides the entry. If the value is set to 0 , then a blank line is displayed. The value 1 displays the entry. Button00=[0-10], "title", file.bmp, [0 or 1], 1 This ...

• LICENSE License • CANCEL Cancel • Command0 %tvtdrive%Preboot\Helps\en\f_welcom.htm • Command1 %tvtdrive%Preboot\Helps\en\C_ILA.htm To hide the Welcome window, change NoShowCk=0 to NoShowCk=1 . To change the display fonts for the title and welcome text, edit the last three lines of the preceding ex...

Configuring the Opera browser The Opera browser has two configuration files: the default configuration file and the active configuration file.Users can make changes to the active configuration file, but will lose changes made when the Rescue andRecovery program is restarted. To make permanent change...

Customizing bookmarks Opera is configured to read the bookmarks established in this ramdrive file: Z:\OPERADEF6.ADR. This fileis generated when the Rescue and Recovery program is started from code in the startup routine. Thestartup routine automatically imports Windows Internet Explorer bookmarks an...

Use GOPHER=[0 or 1] Use WAIS=[0 or 1] HTTP Server=[HTTP server] HTTPS Server=[HTTPS server] FTP Server=[FTP server] Gopher Server= [Gopher server] WAIS Server Enable HTTP 1.1 for proxy=[0 or 1] Use HTTP=[0 or 1]Use Automatic Proxy Configuration= [0 or 1]Automatic Proxy Configuration URL= [URL] No Pr...

5. Remove the two semicolons, and then save the file. When the Rescue and Recovery program is closed and reopened, a user is able to right-click a link and the Save Target As option is displayed. Then the Save As window is displayed. Note: Straight links (not redirected links) work with the precedin...

net start dhcp net start nla 7. Put the NETSTART.TBI file under the \SWWORK directory and the SYSTEM32 winbom.ini file under the \MININT directory back by using the RRUTIL process described in “Using the RRUTIL.EXE utility”on page 31. Note: The default environment supports only the DHCP environment....

To place a script or program in this directory, complete the following steps: 1. Get the RRUTIL from the Lenovo Rescue and Recovery Administration Tools site at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#rnr 2. Create a Temp directory. 3. In the \Temp directory, create th...

Backup password The backup password can be set through the Rescue and Recovery graphical user interface or the Rescueand Recovery command-line interface (RRCMD) with specified parameters. Once the password is set, it willbe used to protect all backups unless the password is disabled or changed. You ...

– Enabling the password Currently no parameter in the RRCMD can be used to enable the backup password. To enable the backup password, you need to use the Rescue and Recovery advancedgraphical user interface by selecting the Protect your backups with a password check box or using Group Policy. No pas...

Chapter 4. Rejuvenation and migration As part of the Rescue and Recovery program, rejuvenation and migration tools are utilized to help yourejuvenate and migrate your data and settings. Migration methods are managed with System MigrationAssistant. For additional information about System Migration As...

Table 23. (continued) Command Parameters Parameter Values and Examples <temp_file_location> To specify the directory to where temporaryfiles are written, enter a fully qualified directoryname. You can specify a shared directory onanother system. If you do not set this parameter, temporaryfiles...

Table 24. (continued) Command Parameter Description Example <Exclusions> <ExcDescription> <Description> <DateCompare> <Operand> <Date> <SizeCompare> <Operand> <Size> where • <Source> is a fully qualified file name orfolder name. You can use...

Selecting files during the capture phase This section contains three examples of code used to select files during the capture phase. Example 1 The following code example selects all files with a .doc extension (Microsoft Word documents) and relocatesthem in the "d:\My Documents" directory. I...

Example 4 The following code example selects the entire contents of the %USERPROFILE% folder that is the UserProfile Path of the current logon user, excluding all files with a .dat extension and the Local Settings subfolder. <Inclusions><IncDescription><Description>/Description>...

Table 25. (continued) <OS> specifies the operating system and is one ofthe following values: • Windows Vista • WinXP • Win2000 • WinNT • Win98 <Registry> specifies the registry entry and isin the format hive, keyname, value, where: • hive is either HKLM or HKCU. • keyname is the keyname....

1. Use a text editor that can handle Unicode to open an existing application.xml file. If you installed SMA in the default location, the application.xml files are located in the c:\%RR%\Migration\bin\Apps directory,where d is the drive letter of the hard disk drive. 2. Modify this application.xml fi...

where Location\ is a fully qualified file or directory, and [File] is an optional parameter that canbe used only if Location\ specifies a directory. In the Adobe Reader example, the customizationfiles are in the Preferences directory. b. Check all related directories for personal settings that might...

Chapter 5. Best practices This chapter provides best practice scenarios to install and configure Rescue and Recovery for yourenterprise. Within this chapter, you will find the following topics: • “Scenario 1 - New rollouts” on page 75 • “Scenario 2 - Installing on OEM systems” on page 80 • “Scenario...

@ECHO OFF:: This is the name of the EXE (Without the .EXE) set BUILDID=z696zisXXXXus00.exe :: This is the drive letter for the z696zisXXXXus00.exe :: NOTE: DO NOT END THE STRING WITH A "\". IT IS ASSUMED TO NOT BE THERE. SET SOURCEDRIVE=C: :: Create the RRTemp directory on the HDD for the ex...

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo\Python24\pythonC:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo\spi\mkspiim.pyc :: Take the base backup... service must be started c: cd "C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery" RRcmd.exe backup location=L name=Base level=0 :: Reboot the system C:\Program Files\...

button13 = 8, "Open browser", Internet.bmp, 1, 1, 0, %tvtdrive%\Preboot\Opera\Opera.EXE, http://www.pc.lenovo.com/cgi- bin/access_IBM.cgi?version=4&link=gen_support&country=__ COUNTRY__&language=__LANGUAGE__ TO button13 = 8, "Open browser", Internet.bmp, 1, 1, 0, %tvtdriv...

Table 26. UPDATE_RR.CMD script @ECHO OFF::Obtain the PDAGUIen.ini file from the RRc:\RRDeployGuide\RRUTIL\RRUTIL -g getlist.txtc:\RRDeployGuide\GuideExample\RROriginal:: Make a directory to put the edited file for import back into the RRmd c:\RRDeployGuide\GuideExample\put\preboot\usrintfc:: Open th...

Best practices for hard drive setup: Option 1 This scenario covers new image deployments that include the Rescue and Recovery program. If deployingthe Rescue and Recovery program to existing OEM clients that contain OEM product recovery code, runthe following test to determine if the OEM product rec...

• win51ip • win51ip.sp2 Note: If you create a new ISO image, you must have at least 400 MB of free space available on the system drive in order to copy the directory trees and build the ISO. Moving this much data around is a hard diskdrive-intensive task, and might take fifteen or more minutes on so...

• Method B: complete the procedure as follows: 1. Launch the advanced user interface from PDA. 2. Click Restore your system . 3. Make sure to select Do not preserve windows passwords during the following restoring process. Scenario 8 - Manually creating the Service Partition of S drive To manually c...

Appendix A. Administrative tools ThinkVantage technologies offers tools that can be implemented by corporate ITadministrators. These tools can be downloaded from the Lenovo Web site at:http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#rnr Command line support The following sectio...

Table 27. RRcmd parameters (continued) Command Result Boot manager ConfigurationFile Format The format of the boot manager configuration file is backward compatible with theprevious version of boot manager. Any switch not show below is not supported. Thefile format is a text file with each entry is ...

• High DWORD=StartTimeHigh • Low DWORD=StartTimeLow CREATSP This command creates a partition for Service Partition by desired megabytes. The drive letter is optional. The syntax is: createsp size= x drive= x /y The parameters for CREATSP are: Table 28. Parameters Description size=x Size of service p...

MapDrv MapDrv provides network share functions for ThinkVantage Technology products. MapDrv is used toconnect and disconnect ThinkVantage Technology products with network shares. The network shareinformation is contained in the registry and includes the network share name as an encrypted string. Net...

Table 29. MapDrv parameters (continued) Parameter Result /timeout Sets the timeout value. /unc The stored network share. /user Sets the stored encrypted user name for this share. /NetPath Sets the value output from MapDrv to indicate the actual connection path. Using MapDrv The following examples pr...

• Previous Partition type Displays the partition type that the service partition was set to prior to booting to it, when booted to the service area. • Prior IBM MBR Index Used by installer. • Patch IN: OUT Input and output values from the patch code if used. • F11 Msg Message to display to user if p...

SP.PQI This file can be used to create a type 12 service partition. See “Scenario 3 - Installing on Type 12 servicepartition” on page 82 for more information. Note: This function is not available in Windows Vista. Active Directory Support Active Directory is a directory service. The directory is whe...

Customers not using Active Directory can create a default set of policy settings to be deployed to clientsystems. Administrators can modify XML configuration scripts and specify that they be processed duringthe installation of the product. Defining manageable settings The following example shows set...

Table 34. User configuration>Rescue and Recovery>Settings (continued) Policy Description Include Enable or disable the Include setting. Default: Disabled. SIS Enable or disable the SIS setting. Default: Disabled. Compress and Encrypt Enable or disable the Compress and Encrypt feature. Default:...

Table 35. User Configuration>Rescue and Recovery>User interface (continued) Policy Setting Description Schedule andPreferences Password Protect Show, gray or hide the Password Protect item in the Schedule andPreferences dialog. Default: Show. Schedule andPreferences CSS Encrypt Show, gray or h...

Appendix B. Antidote Delivery Manager Antidote Delivery Manager works by delivering instructions from an administrator to each system and bysupporting commands to combat a virus or a worm. The administrator prepares a script containing theactions desired on each system. The repository function safel...

notify the user of progress of the Antidote Delivery Manager script on the client machine. The NETWKcommand enables or disables networking or restricts networking to a limited group of network addresses.The INRR command can be used to determine if the Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista isrunn...

Minor application update Not all maintenance requires the drastic measures previously described. If a patch is available, but a virusattack is not in progress, a more relaxed approach might be appropriate. A single script can control the operation through the use of the RETRYONERROR command and tag ...

Table 37. Antidote Delivery Manager commands (continued) Commands Description STATUS [/QUERY locationmessage_name | /CLEAR location] The STATUS /QUERY command can be used to determine if a scripthas been run, or is queued to be run. The location value must beone of the following: • FAIL the message ...

Notes: Entering the PDA environment might fail after creating partitions using DISKPART. When you create partitions using DISKPART, restart the system, and enter the PDA environment, the system might prompt themessage that NTLDR is missing. Because Boot Manager is unable to locate the correct servic...

Table 39. Schedule modes (continued) Schedule Mode SCHED_STARTUP 0x010 SCHED_WAKEUP 0x020 SCHED_USB_ATTACH 0x040 SCHED_NETWORK_ATTACH 0x080 SCHED_NETWORK_DETACH 0x100 Signing Key If signing keys will be used, then they must be distributed to the client. The file keyfile.pub created by theAPKGMES com...

4. Run netsvcinst /install /inf:"c:\program files\common files\lenovo\pfdinst\netsf_m.inf" /cid:"lgl_tvtpktfiltermp". Server infrastructure The administrator must establish network shares for a repository or provide a FTP or HTTP site. An additionalrepository may be needed for fixes ...

9. Implement Antidote Delivery Manager. a. When the timer has expired on the donor system, the package will run and a Hello World message box will appear. b. If you prefer not to wait, on the donor system, you can enter C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\ADM\mailman.exe Examples Antidote De...

:InPEexit 1 4. Place go.rrs in C:\ADM\PATCHBUILD directory and run: apkgmes.exe /key mykey.prv C:\ADM\PATCHBUILD PATCHBUILD 5. Copy PATCHBUILDYYDDHHMM.ZAP to your mailbox. 6. The patch will be installed either on next scheduled run of the mailman.exe file for the client machine or on reboot of the c...

#place code to patch or whatever action Example scripts For example scripts download the Administrator Tools package located at:http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#rnr. Virtualization Module for Antidote Delivery Manager Virtualization Module for Antidote Delivery M...

5. Enable the Intel Virtualization Technology line item. 6. Press F10 to save and exit the Setup Utility. 7. Press Enter. To install the Virtualization Module for Antidote Delivery Manager program, complete the following steps: 1. Start your computer. 2. Close any open programs. 3. Insert the Virtua...

The following table provides information for System Health and Help. Table 42. System Health and Help Module Description Health Allows you to monitor system health, and provides health status. Logs Allows you to view log files. Installing certificates The user interface for the Virtualization Module...

• NETWK /D disables all network traffic by disabling all network adapters. • NETWK /E enables all network traffic. Networking will be disabled until a NETWK /E (enable) command is run. • NETWK /A restricts networking to the IP address specified by either the /IP switch (dotted decimal) or /DN (DNS n...

Appendix C. User tasks Users may not be able to perform certain tasks, based upon user rights. The following tables outline basictask capability with the limited user, power user, and administrator default operating system user IDpermissions. The tasks and capabilities differ by Windows operating sy...

Create rescue media Administrators can use the following command lines to create the Rescue Media ISO. These commandlines enables you to make the required ISO file and the file is automatically placed in the C:\ProgramFiles\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rrcd\ directory: :: This line will create the ISO...

Appendix D. Working with Lenovo Patch Utility The Lenovo Patch Utility program is an application that searches for, downloads, and installs a patch fromthe Lenovo server when a WER (Windows Error Reporting) event occurs. When a WER event occurs, a private callback is invoked. During the callback pro...

Table 46. Registry settings (continued) Name Type Value LanguageOverride REG_SZ Language code such as "en-us" or "fr". Lenovo Patch Utility uses thisvalue to select the language of user interface elements. The default value is blank, in which case Lenovo Patch Utility uses thesame us...

[HKLM\Software\Lenovo\LPU] ([HKCU\Software\Lenovo\LPU]) Setting: AskBeforeSearch Possible values: YES, NO The default value is YES. If the value is NO, Lenovo Patch Utility will automatically search for a patchwhen a WER event occurs. If no applicable patch is available, Lenovo Patch Utility will ex...

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