Rapid Recovery 6.3 - User Guide

Selecting a recovery point and initiating a BMR

1. In the Rapid Recovery Core Console, from the list of protected machines (or attached archives, if relevant), click the name of the protected machine you want to restore.
   The Summary page for the selected machine appears.
2. Click Recovery Points.
3. Next to the recovery point you want to use for the BMR, click the drop-down menu, and then click Restore.
   The Restore Machine Wizard appears.
4. Select Recover to any target machine using a Boot CD.
5. Select I already have a Boot CD running on the target machine.
   The authentication text boxes appear.
6. Enter the information about the machine you want to restore as described in the following table.

   Table 145: Target machine information

   Text Box	Description
   IP Address	The IP address of the machine to which you want to restore. This is identical to the IP address displayed in the URC.
   Authentication Key	The specific password to connect to the selected server. This is identical to the Authentication Key displayed in the URC.

7. Click Next.

   If the connection information you entered matches the URC, and if the Core and the target server can identify each other properly on the network, then the volumes for the selected recovery point are loaded, and the Disk Mapping page appears. In this case, your next step is to map volumes.

8. Proceed to About disk mapping for a bare metal restore to learn about your disk-mapping options.

About disk mapping for a bare metal restore

After you connect to the Universal Recovery Console, you need to map volumes between those listed in the recovery point and the volumes existing on the target hardware.

Rapid Recovery attempts to automatically map volumes. If you accept the default mapping, then the disk on the destination machine is cleaned and re-partitioned and any previously existing data is deleted. The alignment is performed in the order the volumes are listed in the recovery point, and the volumes are allocated to the disks appropriately according to size, and so on. Assuming there is enough space on the target drive, no partitioning is required when using automatic disk alignment. A disk can be used by multiple volumes. If you manually map the drives, note that you cannot use the same disk twice.

For manual mapping, you must have the new machine correctly formatted already before restoring it.

The destination machine must have a separate partition for each volume in the recovery point, including the system reserved volume. For more information, see Using the Universal Recovery Console for a BMR.

As of Rapid Recovery Core release 6.3, you can use automatic mapping when performing BMR for LVM and software-based RAID volumes on Linux machines without first creating the partitions.

Complete the procedure for one of the following disk-mapping options:

• Automatically mapping disks for a BMR
• Manually mapping disks for a BMR

This task is part of the process for Using the Universal Recovery Console for a BMR.

If performing a BMR for a Linux machine from the Core Console, then this task is also a step in Performing a bare metal restore for Linux machines. It is part of the process for Launching a bare metal restore for Linux.

Automatically mapping disks for a BMR

1. On the Disk Mapping page of the Restore Machine Wizard, next to Volume mapping, select Automatic from the drop-down menu.
2. In the left table, verify that the appropriate volumes are listed and are selected.

   NOTE: Typically for a BMR, you should restore, at minimum, the system reserved volume and the system volume (usually, but not always, the C:\ volume). You must select at least one volume to perform a BMR.

3. In the right table, select the disk or disks to which you want to map volumes on the target machine.
4. Click Next.
5. On the Disk Mapping Preview page, review the mapping of the recovery point volumes and the destination volume for the restore.
6. To begin the restore, click Finish.

   Caution: If you select Begin Restore, all existing partitions and data on the target drive are permanently removed and replaced with the contents of the selected recovery point, including the operating system and all data.

Manually mapping disks for a BMR

1. On the Disk Mapping page of the Restore Machine Wizard, next to Volume mapping, select Manual from the drop-down menu.

   NOTE: If no volumes exist on the drive of the machine on which you are performing a bare metal restore (BMR), you cannot see this option or manually map volumes.

2. In the Volume Mapping area, under Source Volume, verify that the source volume is selected, and that the appropriate volumes are listed beneath it and are selected.
3. For each source volume, from the Destination drop-down menu, select the appropriate destination to restore on the BMR target volume. If you do not want to restore a specific volume, select Do not restore.
4. When mappings for all listed volumes are selected, then click Next.
5. In the confirmation dialog box, review the mapping of the source of the recovery point and the destination volume for the restore.
6. To begin the restore, click Finish.

   Caution: When you proceed with the restore, all existing partitions and data on the target drive is removed permanently, and replaced with the contents of the selected recovery point, including the operating system and all data.