NetVault Bare Metal Recovery 11.4 - User Guide for Plug-ins

When you select a saveset, the following details are displayed in the Saveset Information area: Job ID, job title, server name, client name, plug-in name, saveset date and time, retirement setting, Incremental Backup or not, Archive or not, saveset size, and snapshot-based backup or not.

When the backed-up NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client machine is displayed, double-click it to open it and list the disks that were backed up.

On the Create Selection Set page, locate each applicable disk, and click the box to its left to select it for a restore.

You can also expand each disk to view its contents. To open the applicable disk, double-click it. With a disk open, individual items can be selected for restore if desired. Selectable items for a restore consist of:

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Master Boot Record and System Partition

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Individual Partitions

Click Next.

Setting restore options for restoring data with Plug-in Live Client for Windows

On the Create Selection Set page, click Edit Plugin Options, and select Physical Machine — the default — as the Restore Type.

When Physical Machine is selected, the Physical Recovery Options frame containing the Restore Name field is shown. The default is the NetVault Backup name for the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client from which this backup was originally performed (based on the saveset selected on the Create Selection Set page). This name is associated with the client created under the Plug-in Server. You can use this field to relocate restored data to a standby NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client, if necessary. For complete details on this procedure and the use of this option, see Using Plug-in Offline Client to recover data to a standby NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client.

Select the applicable driver-related options; these options support using different hardware during a restore:

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Inject Boot-Critical Device Driver: If you are restoring to different hardware that also uses a different mass storage controller, select this option. After you select this option, the Boot-Critical Driver Directory and Driver Injection Only options are available.

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Boot-Critical Driver Directory: If you selected the Inject Boot-Critical Device Driver option, enter the complete path to the local drive where the drivers for the mass storage controller are stored.

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Driver Injection Only: If you previously completed a restore but pointed to an incorrect location in the Boot-Critical Driver Directory field, select this option to run the driver-injection portion of the restore process again. This option eliminates the need to restore the data again, but lets you inject the correct drivers. Check that you enter the correct path in the Boot-Critical Driver Directory field. By default, the Inject Boot-Critical Device Driver option remains selected; do not clear it as this option prevents the Driver Injection Only option from working.

Finalizing and submitting the job for restoring data with Plug-in Live Client for Windows

The final steps include setting additional options on the Schedule, Source Options, and Advanced Options pages, submitting the job, and monitoring the progress through the Job Status and View Logs pages. These pages and options are common to all NetVault Backup Plug-ins. For more information, see the Quest NetVault Backup Administrator’s Guide.

To save the settings, click Ok, and then click Next.

In Job Name, specify a name for the job if you do not want to use the default setting.

Assign a descriptive name that lets you easily identify the job when monitoring its progress. The job name can contain alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric characters, but it cannot include non-English characters. On Windows, there is no length restriction; however, a maximum of 40 characters is recommended.

In the Target Client list, select the NetVault Backup Server from the list of machines; restores of Plug-in Live Client backups must be routed through the NetVault Backup Server.


	TIP: You can also click Choose, and then locate and select the applicable client in the Choose the Target Client dialog box.

This step sets the chosen machine as the intended target. This setting works in tandem with the Restore Name option to route the restore properly.

Use the Schedule and Advanced Options lists to configure any additional required options.

Click Save or Save & Submit, whichever is applicable.

You can monitor progress on the Job Status page and view the logs on the View Logs page. For more information, see the Quest NetVault Backup Administrator’s Guide.

NOTE: Be aware of the following:

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When entering a name in the Restore Name field, ensure that the value used is the NetVault Backup machine name for the target machine, taking case sensitivity into account. The NetVault Backup machine name can be found in the Manage Clients page.

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As mentioned earlier, route a restore of this type through the NetVault Backup Server to use its locally installed Plug-in Server components. This step writes all restored data to the machine named in the Restore Name field, not to the NetVault Backup Server.

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If you select either of the inject driver-related options, NetVault Bare Metal Recovery attempts to inject the drivers into every disk during the restore process.

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After you restore the system, it displays the Windows Error Recovery screen when it is started the first time. This behavior is expected, and you can opt to start Windows normally.