vRanger 7.7 - User Guide

Configuring email notifications

Configuring email notifications

The Email Notification Selection page lets you select the email addresses to which notifications should be sent for this job. You can also request that a report be sent to the recipients identified after the job is complete.

To add or edit email addresses, see Setting up the SMTP server.

To configure email notifications:

1	On the Email Notification Selection page, in the Selected column, select the address to which notifications should be sent.

 

TIP: To select all email addresses, select the check box in the Selected column header.

2	Click Next.

Starting the restore job

Starting the restore job

The final page in the Restore Wizard displays a summary of the selections you made for the job.

To start the restore job:

1	On the Summary page, review the data displayed in the tree view.

2	If you want to begin the job automatically after completing the wizard, select Run the Job after Finish is clicked.

 

NOTE: If this option is not selected, the job is saved and begins at the time determined during the Setting the Recurrence Schedule procedure.

3	Click Finish.

4	If you did not opt to begin the job automatically after clicking Finish, and this job is an on-demand job, do the following:

 

NOTE: If this job is not an on-demand job, the job begins at the scheduled time.

a	In the main vRanger UI, in the My Inventory view, select the server or host for the server you want to restore, and then select the job from the Working Inventory pane.

b	On the View toolbar, click Run.

c	In the Confirm Run Job dialog box, click Yes.

5	To check progress or confirm completion, click My Jobs, and then click Recent Jobs.

Performing a full restore from manifest for a physical machine

Performing a full restore from manifest for a physical machine

vRanger offers the ability to restore a savepoint after it has been moved from a repository. This feature allows for greater flexibility when restoring a file or server after it has been moved to long-term tape backups. You may also use the Restore from Manifest feature to restore a server after transporting the savepoint to a secondary location.

Each savepoint contains a manifest file that can be used to restore the savepoint without access to the vRanger database. If the vRanger machine is lost, you may install a fresh installation of vRanger, and restore savepoints using this manifest file.

 

NOTE: The procedures in this topic apply to restoring from a physical machine savepoint manifest. For information on restoring a VM from a savepoint manifest, see Performing a full restore from manifest for VMware VMs.

To perform a full restore from a manifest for a physical machine, complete the following tasks:

•	Creating the boot media

•	Booting the target server

•	Creating a restore job

•	Selecting a savepoint from the manifest

•	Mapping disks

•	Setting the recurrence schedule

•	Configuring email notifications

•	Starting the restore job

Creating the boot media

Creating the boot media

To restore a savepoint to a physical machine, you must first boot the target server into the vRanger restore environment using the vRanger Restore images — ISO for CD, IMG for a bootable USB drive. You can download the restore image files — vzRestore-<version>.iso and vzRestore-<version>.img — from the Quest website.

This task is a procedure in Performing a full restore from manifest for a physical machine.

To create the boot media, complete one of the following procedures:

•	Creating a bootable CD

•	Creating a bootable USB drive

Creating a bootable CD

Complete the steps in the following procedure to create a bootable CD.

 

IMPORTANT: The procedures for creating a bootable CD differ widely depending on the operating system and software used. The following procedures show how to use the native Windows® 7 utility to create a bootable CD. If you have a different image burning application, follow the instructions for that application.

 

NOTE: This procedure requires a blank CD/DVD and a writable CD/DVD drive.

To create a bootable CD:

1	Insert the blank CD/DVD into the writable drive.

2	Download the vzRestore-<version>.img file from http://quest.com/products/vranger/.

3	If necessary, copy the vzRestore-<version>.iso file to the machine with the writable CD/DVD drive.

4	Right-click the ISO file, select Open with, and then click Windows Disk Image Burner.

5	From the disk burner drop-down list, select the drive containing the blank disk.

6	Click Burn.

Creating a bootable USB drive

Complete the steps in the following procedure to create a bootable USB drive.

 

NOTE: There are no native Windows® utilities for creating a bootable USB drive from an IMG file. The following procedure was created using a freeware application, Image Writer for Windows. Follow the instructions for your application.

To create a bootable USB drive:

1	Insert a blank USB drive into your USB port.

2	Download the vzRestore-<version>.img file from http://quest.com/products/vranger/.

3	If necessary, copy the vzRestore-<version>.img file to the machine with the blank USB drive.

4	In the Image Writer for Windows UI, browse to the vzRestore-<version>.img file.

5	In the Device drop-down list, ensure that the correct USB drive is selected.

6	Click Write.

7	Click Exit.