Using the DRNetConfig Utility for BrightStor Disaster Recovery Option

Overview

DRNetConfig is a command line utility used to view and modify the TCP/IP configuration 
information contained in a Machine Specific Floppy generated by BrightStor Disaster 
Recovery (DR) Option. 

This utility should be used for remote DR only.
This utility is supported on Windows 2000/XP/2003, but not Windows NT.

Network configuration information for a Disaster Recovery-protected client machine is 
contained in a file called W2KTCPIP_DRF. This file is found on the Machine Specific Floppy 
disk created for the client machine using the Create Boot Kit Wizard as well as in the 
DR\"client machinename" folder under the BrightStor server home directory. The DRNetConfig 
utility lets you view and modify this information, giving you additional flexibility 
when performing a disaster recovery.

When to Use the DRNetConfig Utility

If changes to the network configuration of the client machine have occurred between the 
time the W2KTCPIP_DRF file was created (for example, the last full backup) and the time 
disaster recovery is performed, you can use the DRNetConfig utility to modify the 
information in the W2KTCPIP_DRF file on the Machine Specific Floppy disk to reflect those 
changes, and perform the disaster recovery procedure using the changed disk.

Example
DR stores the MAC address of each adapter, and the IP configuration associated with it, 
during backup. During restore, DR uses the MAC address of the network adapter to match it 
to its proper IP configuration stored during the backup. If you have changed the network 
adapter, the MAC address stored during the backup cannot be found and its corresponding IP 
configuration may be assigned to the wrong network adapter. This occurs only when there 
are multiple network adapters in the system and the system is in a static IP environment. 
Use the DRNetConfig utility to associate the new MAC address of the adapter to the proper 
IP configuration stored in the W2KTCPIP_DRF file. 

	WARNING! Exercise caution when using this utility. Incorrect information in the 
	W2KTCPIP_DRF file can cause a disaster recovery operation to fail.


Using the DRNetConfig Utility 

Usage:	DRNetConfig [-debug] [-dump] {-client clientname|-file filename}

Options:
	-debug			Output detailed error information
	-dump			Dump the information in the file to the screen and exit
	-client clientname	View/edit network info for the named client
	-file filename		View/edit network info in the named file

Use the -debug switch to instruct the utility to output more detailed information if 
errors occur.
 
Use the -dump switch to instruct the utility to dump the information in the file to the 
screen. This switch does not allow you to modify any information.

Use the -file switch to specify a file on which to run the utility. This file should always 
be a W2KTCPIP_DRF file generated by DR.

Use the -client switch instead of the -file switch to run the utility on the W2KTCPIP_DRF 
file contained in the clientname folder under the DR folder under the BrightStor program 
folder. This switch works only when you run the utility on the BrightStor server used to 
back up the client.