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HORM
Manager Lite
User Interface for XP embedded "Hibernate Once Resume Many" (HORM)
and the Enhanced Write Filter
Attention!
HORM Manager Lite is not tested and
supported for Windows Embedded Standard 2011 or
later.
There are currently no updates for WES 2011
planned.
HORM Manager Lite [1] version 1.0
HORM Manager Lite (HML) is a
graphical user interface for the EWF and HORM APIs provided by Microsoft. It
also enables the user to mount an dismount volumes, which are not protected
by the EWF. Doing this the is no danger of arising inconsistencies between
the one time recorded hibernation file and the systems view on the
unprotected volumes. Normally a system booting from an always identical
hibernation file requires that all partitions have a read only protection.
If the there are any unprotected partitions that changes during the systems
uptime the data data consistency on the file system is not reliable.
By dismounting the unprotected partitions before the hibernation file is
generated, HML takes care that only protected information is persisted for
hibernation. It also re-mounts the not protected volumes after booting from
the hibernation file.
HML supports the following
system configuration:
- System partition c: protected by EWF in
RAM or RAM/REG mode.
- Any further unprotected number of
partitions e.g. D, E,...
- Hibernation activated in Windows power
management
- Attention:
-
Processes that still hold onto resources on the unprotected volumes
during an un-mount, will encounter errors or data loss!
- Network shares are not automatically reconnected.
HML is available as freeware!
Please send us a request at
HMLite@wechsler-consulting.de.
We will send You the HML XPe Component asap.
In addition, please pay attention to our
disclaimer at the end of this page!
HORM
Manager Lite Jumpstart
To use HML, you have to add
the HML component to your XP embedded database. It guarantees, that the EWF
and HORM API as well as the power management component is added to your
image along with some of the necessary registry entries.
1. Import
of the HML component into the database
Extract the content of the ZIP
archive into a folder, then open the component database manager.
Click on import and choose the component
definition file (*.sld) of HML. If the import was successful you should see
a result message.
Check that the message
really states "Suceeded:1" at its bottom end.
In target designer now a component a new "HORM Manager Lite" component
should be ready to use und Software-> System-> Management in the
component catalog.
To make HML work one has to "Enable Hibernation Support" in the ACPI or
Standard PC component of your image. Should the EWF use RAM/REG mode, it is
also important to disable the resource FBAReg.dll in the Enhanced Write
Filter Component.
2. Starting up HML
After the FBA process succeeded HML can be started via a shortcut under
Start->Programs or via calling "HORM_Manager" from the command line. The
user interface [1] then opens and provides the actual information regarding
HORM and EWF. If EWF is not installed all buttons are deactivated and a
corresponding error messages is displayed.
Any choosen action can be triggered by pressing the OK button.
To dismount unprotected drives, their drive letters need to be entered in a
textbox separated by a comma. Invalid drive letters as well as protected
volumes are not accepted.
After pressing OK, HML informs about the next steps it will take and if any
manual interaction of the user (e.g. restart after hibernation) will be
required. Only when "Deactivate" or "Disable Live" is chosen no
further information will appear, because the functions do not require any
reboot.
Attention:
Do not change the file "resmany.dat" on your boot drive! If so HML can react
unstable.
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