1. Zebra 4Sight XV7 Product Reference Guide
  2. Operation System Recovery and RAID Configuration
  3. OS Backup of Zebra 4Sight XV7 Windows 11 IoT Enterprise
  • Zebra 4Sight XV7 Product Reference Guide
OS Backup of Zebra 4Sight XV7 Windows 11 IoT Enterprise

OS Backup of Zebra 4Sight XV7 Windows 11 IoT Enterprise

You can create an OS backup .wim file of your Zebra 4Sight XV7 unit’s operating system partition and save the file to a specified location. It is useful to do this procedure if you need to save any changes made to the specific Zebra 4Sight XV7 unit. Note that the OS backup process will copy the unique ID of the unit. This ID will be applied to any Zebra 4Sight XV7 that is restored with this backup .wim file; therefore, an OS backup should only be applied to the same unit from which it was taken. If two units with the same unique ID are running on the same network, there will be network conflicts. Be aware of this limitation when performing an OS backup.
To perform an OS backup, you must access your Zebra 4Sight XV7 directly; you cannot perform this task remotely. To access the unit directly, connect a display device, keyboard, and mouse to your Zebra 4Sight XV7. For information, see the Connecting peripheral devices section.
To backup your operating system partition, perform the following directly from your Zebra 4Sight XV7:
  1. Save all your work and close all running applications.
  2. From the Windows Start menu, launch the OSConfig utility.
  3. Go to the
    Write Filter
     tab. If the Unified Write Filter (UWF) option is enabled, disable it.
  4. Click on the
    Capture OS
     tab.
  5. On the Capture OS tab, click on the
    Reboot and launch backup tool
     button that is found in the Backup for this unit area. Your Zebra 4Sight XV7 will reboot.
  6. When the reboot process completes, it will display a screen asking you to choose an option. Click on the
    Troubleshoot
     option, and then on the
    Zebra ResQDisk Utility
     option.
  7. When the Zebra ResQDisk Utility dialog opens, you must read the license agreement. When done, click on the
    I agree
     button to accept the license agreement.
  8. The next page is presented with an option already selected: Backup the OS for this unit; leave this option as is. Below this, you can specify the location of your USB key. If you do not already have your USB key connected, you can do so now. It is not recommended to save the backup in the current operating system partition, or to a virtual drive. It is recommended to save to a USB key with at least 16 Gbytes free. Once you have selected the location of the USB key, click on
    OK
     and the Zebra ResQDisk utility will copy the information to the destination specified.
  9. When the process completes, a message dialog will open, explaining what was done. Click on the
    OK
     button.
  10. After the reboot, if UWF was enabled before you started the OS backup process, launch the OSConfig utility from the Windows Start menu, and re-enable UWF.
Note that to restore the OS backup without a working copy of the operating system on your Zebra 4Sight XV7, additional files are required. The OS backup .wim file can either be used with the Zebra ResQDisk utility, if the RECOVERY partition is not corrupt, or with a rescue USB key, if the RECOVERY partition is corrupt. To restore your Zebra 4Sight XV7 with the Zebra ResQDisk utility, see the Restore Windows 11 IoT Enterprise section. To create a rescue USB key, see the Making a rescue USB key for Windows 11 IoT Enterprise section.