Best practices for Veritas System Recovery services
The following table describes some best practices for using Veritas System Recovery services.
Table: Best practices for using Veritas System Recovery services
| Best practice | Description |
|---|---|
| Check the Events tab first before using Services. | The Events tab in the Advanced view can help you to track down the source of a problem. Particularly when it is associated with the Veritas System Recovery Agent. You should view the most recent log entries in the Events tab for more information about the potential causes of the problem. |
| Verify that the Veritas System Recovery Agent starts without user intervention. | The Veritas System Recovery Agent is configured to start automatically when Veritas System Recovery starts. You can view the status information to verify that the Veritas System Recovery Agent has started. The status area in the Task pane displays a Ready status message when the agent starts. |
| You can also test that the Veritas System Recovery Agent starts automatically by looking in Services. You can check the status and restart the service if necessary. If the Startup type is set to automatic, you should restart the agent. | |
| See Starting or stopping the Veritas System Recovery Agent service . | |
| Use caution when changing default settings for the Veritas System Recovery Agent. | Changing the default Veritas System Recovery Agent properties can prevent Veritas System Recovery from running correctly. You should use caution when changing the default Startup type and Log On settings of the Veritas System Recovery Agent. It is configured to start and log on automatically when you start Veritas System Recovery . |