Customizing an existing Veritas System Recovery Disk

Last published : Apr 02, 2026
Veritas recommends that you customize a Veritas System Recovery Disk, even if driver validation succeeds, and your Veritas System Recovery Disk appears to work. You can customize a Veritas System Recovery Disk, which is available on a USB device and DVD (manually burned). A custom Veritas System Recovery Disk contains your computer's current network and storage device drivers. It helps to ensure that in an emergency you can get to the recovery points that are required to restore your computer.
A customized Veritas System Recovery Disk can also be used as a source for creating another custom Veritas System Recovery Disk.
To launch the Customize Existing Veritas System Recovery Disk Wizard go to the Tasks menu and click Customize Existing Recovery Disk.
To customize an existing Veritas System Recovery Disk
  1. On the Tasks menu, click Customize Existing Recovery Disk.
The Customize Veritas System Recovery Disk Wizard is displayed.
  1. In the Welcome panel, review the information, and then click Next.
  1. In the Recovery Disk Sourcepanel, select the source Veritas System Recovery Disk and then clickNext.
    If you know the path to the source Veritas System Recovery Disk Type the path in the Veritas System Recovery Disk media location field.
    If you do not know the path to the source Veritas System Recovery Disk Do the following in the order listed\:
    - Click Browse .
    - Click Veritas System Recovery Disk ISO File to locate the path for the ISO image file, or click Veritas System Recovery Disk Folder to locate the path for the disk on other media.
    - On the Open dialog box, navigate to the location of the appropriate ISO image file, media drive, or folder.
    - Click Open .
  1. In the Veritas System Recovery Disk Storage Media/Destination panel, select the destination to save the recovery disk, and then click Next.
    Disk label Lets you specify the name that you want to use for the
    Veritas System Recovery Disk label.
    Select a drive to create a Veritas System Recovery Disk on a USB device Lets you save your new Veritas System Recovery Disk to a USB device.
    Select the media drive in which you have inserted in the USB device.
    Note: The existing data on the USB device is not formatted during Veritas System Recovery Disk creation. If you have a recovery disk created on the same USB drive, the new recovery disk overwrites the older recovery disk.
    Note: Veritas recommends that only privileged users or an administrator should have the rights to access the USB folder. Veritas also recommends that the recovery media files be managed only by trusted users. This is to ensure that the files are always safe and no one can tamper with them.
    See How to add new drivers or driver versions to the Veritas System Recovery Disk .
    If you attach an unsupported volume to your computer, the Show Unsupported Devices link is displayed. When you click the link, the Unsupported Devices dialog box with a list of the unsupported volumes and the reason for the unsupported volume is displayed.
    Save the Veritas System Recovery Disk as an ISO file Lets you save your new Veritas System Recovery Disk as an ISO file.
    Click Browse and specify the path where you
    want to save the ISO file.
    You can manually burn the ISO file to a CD/DVD/Blu-ray.
  1. In the Licensed Featurespanel, enter the license of the product and then clickNext.
    Use the license file that is activated on this computer Enables the cold backup feature in the recovery environment using the product license file that is provided.
    Use the following license file Enables the cold backup feature in the new Veritas System Recovery Disk by browsing to the product
    license file.
    Prompt for a license file Prompts you for a product license file at the
    time you want to enable features in the
    customized Veritas System Recovery Disk.
  1. In the Storage and Network Driverspanel, review the list of any storage or network drivers to be included, add or remove storage and network drivers, and then clickNext.
    Storage and network drivers Lets you review the list of any storage or
    network drivers to be included.
    Add Lets you add additional drivers.
    The location that you specify should contain
    the fully extracted installation package for
    the driver you add. If you have more than
    one missing storage or network driver, you
    can click Add for each missing driver.
    Remove Deletes the drivers you do not need.
    Reset Resets the list to the original list of drivers that is detected on the computer.
  1. In the Startup Options panel, select the time zone, display language, keyboard layout language for theVeritas System Recovery Disk, and then click Next.
    Time zone Sets the time zone to use for the Veritas System Recovery Disk.
    Display language Sets the default display language for the Veritas System Recovery Disk.
    Keyboard layout Lets you select the default keyboard layout
    to use when you boot from the Veritas System Recovery Disk.
  1. In the Network Optionspanel, select the dynamic or static IP, save the Windows firewall settings to the Veritas System Recovery Disk, and then clickNext.
    Automatically start network services Select this option if u want to enable network services in a recovery environment. Networking starts automatically when you recover the
    computer through LightsOut Restore.
    Dynamic IP Connects to a network without the need for additional
    network configuration. You can click this option if you
    know there is a DHCP server available on the network
    at the time you restore.
    Static IP Connects to a network with a particular network
    adapter and specific address settings. You should click
    this option if you know there is no DHCP server (or the
    DHCP server is unavailable) when you recover.
    Use Windows firewall settings Applies the local computer's firewall settings to the recovery environment. For example, if you turn on the firewall for your local computer and then select this option, the firewall is turned on for the recovery environment.
  1. In the Summary panel, review all of the options that you selected, and then click Finish.
The Progress panel displays the progress status and the approximate time that is required to create theVeritas System Recovery Disk. The Result panel displays a success result if the recovery disk is created successfully or a failed result if the recovery disk is not created successfully.
Note: Veritas recommends that you test the recovery disk after it is created. It ensures that you can use the Veritas System Recovery Disk to start your computer and can access the drive that contains your recovery points.
  1. Click Close to close the wizard.
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