In the not too distant past, SingleHop released a new feature for all their dedicated server hosting members. They have dubbed this the Server Bailout System (or SBS for short). The Server Bailout System provides a complete recovery environment for both Windows and Linux based servers to hopefully assist in disaster recovery or other tasks where the primary operating system of a server has become unbootable.

I have put together this video (actually as part of a Competition to win some SingleHop goodies) giving an overview and a brief demonstration of the emergency recovery environment.

Also a little bit of additional information about each of the bailout server recovery modes:

The Linux Environment includes:

• Full suite of base utilities – including the most common standard linux utilities.
• FSCK – To check your hard drive and partition status remotely.
• CHRoot – So that you can change root into your Os filesystem.
• Grub – In order to assist in troubleshooting any grub or kernel related mis-configurations.
• Backup – To allow you to backup data from a server that is not booting correctly.

The Windows Environment includes:

• RegistryLoaderPE – To assist in easy modifications of the Windows Registry
• NTPWEdit Password Edit – To enable you to edit passwords in the case where you have misplaced the password for your Windows Server.
• Recuva File Recovery – Will enable the recovery of files that have been deleted from the server or flushed from the recycling bin.
• Mitec Regisry Recovery – Mitec Registry Recovery allows you to read files containing Windows 9x, NT, 2k, XP, 2k3 registry hives.
• TestDisk Data Recovery – To enable the recovery of lost partitions, and assist in fixing partition tables.
• System Information Viewer – To provide an easy overview of various system information of your server.