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This document provides steps to back up and restore the file system components and registry components used by Storage Exec 5.5.

1. Install a fresh copy of Storage Exec

2. Create Space Allocation and File Blocking Policies as desired

3. Create managed resources as needed

4. Stop the Storage Exec services:
FileScreen Server
QuotaAdvisor Server

5. Back up the following files from each drive:
VxSEQuotas.md - located in the System Volume Information directory at the root of each drive that contains a managed resource. As seen in Figure 1, and 2 each file is drive letter specific.
QaPolicyV5.mdb - located in the SCSRM directory at the root of each drive that contains a managed resource As seen in Figures 1, and 3 each file is drive letter specific.
SCTrend.mdb and SCAudit.mdb - located in the Storage Exec DataBase (\DB) directory; typically \Program Files\VERITAS\Storage Exec\DB

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Note: To see the VxSEQuotas.md,  NTFS permissions to System Volume Information directory must be changed to accessible control such as Full control as seen below Figure 4.  And the view of the Storage Exec server must be configured as seen below in Figure 5.

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6. Back up the Storage Exec registry tree: 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Veritas\Storage Exec as seen in Figure 6

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7. Uninstall Storage Exec and reboot

8. Reinstall Storage Exec

9. Set the Storage Exec services to manual:
FileScreen Server
QuotaAdvisor Server

10. Set the Storage Exec drivers to manual via the registry and reboot. The reboot is required to allow the drivers to release VxSEQuotas.md:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\QAFilter\Start = 3 as seen in Figure 7

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11. After rebooting, restore the files VxSEQuotas.md, QaPolicyV5.mdb, SCTrend.mdb and SCAudit.mdbto their original location, replacing the ones generated by the latest installation. If a file is restored to an incorrect drive or directory,  the restoration will fail. Example: The restoration of the VxSEQuotas.md that originated on the C: drive to the D: drive will result in failure. Remember, each VxSEQuotas.md andQaPolicyV5.mdb file is drive letter specific.

12. Restore Storage Exec registry tree: 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Veritas\Storage Exec

13. Set the Storage Exec services to Automatic:
FileScreen Server
QuotaAdvisor Server

14. Set the Storage Exec drivers to Automatic via the registry and reboot:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\QAFilter\Start = 0 as seen in Figure 8

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Upon reboot, the previous Storage Exec installation configuration information will be present and Storage Exec will be enforcing Space Quota and File Blocking policies as configured before.