Recovering servers with device installation restrictions

When device installation restrictions in a system’s group policy could prevent a recovered server from starting successfully, the BMR Agent tries to change the device installation restrictions during a recovery.

You can change the device installation restrictions back after starting the recovered server.

To change device installation restrictions on a Windows server, do the following:

1. Start the recovered server.

2. Install required drivers.

3. Using the Registry Editor, import the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE_SYSTEM_DriverDatabase_Policies_Restrictions.reg file from the root of the Windows directory drive (usually drive C) into  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\DriverDatabase\Policies\Restrictions.

4. Using the Group Policy Editor, apply a change to a setting in Local Computer Policy\Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Device Installation\Device Installation Restrictions. The group policy settings will then be applied to the computer.