USER GUIDES

Radix MDM: Using the SmartRecovery Command Line Tool

Smart Recovery is an application that allows you to implement settings to repair a Windows device that has crashed. You can either use Smart Recovery in the form of a GUI interface or as a command line tool. It gives you options such as restoring a device’s system configuration and settings to the latest system snapshot, or factory settings. Once you have installed Smart Recovery on your remote Windows devices, you can implement the Smart Recovery app from the Radix Device Manager.

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Overview

SmartRecovery provides you with a command line tool that can take snapshots, restore the system, change the program settings, and more. You can do this either by using batch files or network scripts.

There are three versions of the Smart Recovery app:

Smart Recovery LTE (or LITE)

This is the simplest version, which only allows you to restore a Windows device to a previous baseline state. You can choose between:

  • Automatic Restore Mode
  • Manual Restore Mode

In Automatic Restore Mode, the computer undergoes a system restore every time it reboots. In Manual Restore Mode, the computer is restored to the most recently saved baseline state.

Smart Recovery LITE allows only one baseline point.

Smart Recovery DUO

In addition to the Smart Recovery LITE options, this version allows you to choose to restore a Windows device to one of two (= hence the name “DUO”) states:

A fixed baseline state (referred to as the “root” baseline point), or

A dynamic restore point that you can adjust if you wish.

Smart Recovery PRO

This version of Smart Recovery offers even more options and allows you to restore your computer to

A fixed baseline state,

A dynamic restore point, or

The current snapshot.

The following table describes how to use the Smart Recovery command line tool, and how you should modify the command, depending on your version of Smart Recovery:

Summary of Smart Recovery Command Line Tool options

Examples of Using the Command Line Tool

Here are some examples of the command line tool that implement these switches.

For the username and password, we will use “admin” and “1234”, respectively.

First example: Restore the system to the latest snapshot

Command line tool to restore system to latest snapshot

Second example: Take a snapshot of the system:

Command line tool to take a snapshot of the system

Third example: To change the admin password on Smart Recovery:

This will change the password from “1234” to “12345678”:

Command line tool to change Smart Recovery password

Fourth example: To set the restore schedule to “Restore at every restart”:

Command line tool to restore system on every restart

Fifth Example: To register (activate) SmartRecovery:

In the example below, the organization registering Smart Recovery is “org name”, and the Activation Code is “XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX”.

Command to register Smart Recovery

Sixth example: Uninstall Smart Recovery and keep the current system state (without restoring to a previous state):

Command to uninstall Smart Recovery

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