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## The OS Recovery menu 

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All operations related to OS Recovery and OS Recovery images are performed from the service menu and can be accessed by selecting menu →  ProtecTIER Configuration →  OS images Management (...) , which opens the menu shown in Example A-2. 

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ProtecTIER Service Menu running on vela | | ProtecTIER Configuration (...) | | OS images Management (...) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1) Create an OS image | | 2) List the existing OS images | | 3) Check the status of the OS image creation | | 4) Check the latest OS recovery Journal | | | | B) Back | | E) Exit | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Your choice? 

The menu has the following options: 

1. Launches an OS recover image creation and is described in detail in “Launching an OS Recovery image creation” on page 442. 

2. Lists the existing OS images stored in /pt_work/images  directory in the local node. If this is a dual node cluster environment, then this option will also show the copies of the images residing in the peer node. 

