How to: Reinstall the OS on the Dell Powervault 715N
We have a small family of PowerVault 715N’s here at Crownhill. They’re lovely boxes, but reinstalling the OS on them is something of a black art
Admittedly it’s a long time since I ran a reinstall, but from memory, it must be done with a Windows 2000 client: XP just plain refused to work.
Dell’s article should cover everything you need to know.
Greg said,
23 April, 2008 at 2:36 am
THe restore CD has a Ghost image. It is PV715REC.NAS. This is a standard ghost file and can be restored using the ghostwo.exe file in the INSTALL directory. Once that is done, it takes about an hour once the drive is in the machine.
Phil Wiffen said,
23 April, 2008 at 8:59 am
Greg, that’s awesome!
Thanks for sharing
Shane Lindsay said,
23 July, 2008 at 12:11 am
Does anyone have the Reinstall and Resource CD for the 715n…I have one, but who knows what happened to the CDs…
Phil Wiffen said,
23 July, 2008 at 10:45 am
Shane, if I were you I’d ask Dell directly – possibly via your Account Manager. You’re more likely to get some sense out of them with a .mil address
Alex Threlfall said,
18 October, 2008 at 6:40 pm
I have a copy of the recovery disks – email me alex AT cyberprog DOT net.
Image File said,
11 May, 2009 at 3:29 pm
I cannot find my recovery disk anywhere, if anyone can post an image of the CD I would be very grateful!