NetVault Bare Metal Recovery 10.5 - User Guide for Plug-ins


	IMPORTANT: Installation of Windows ADK also installs Microsoft® .NET Framework if it is not already installed. After .NET Framework is installed, the system is automatically restarted.

Extract the “NetVault Bare Metal Recovery ISO Builder for Plug-in Offline Client for Windows” file to the Windows ADK machine.

This step creates two files, “nvbmrisocreate.exe” and “nvbmriso.pkg.”

Verify that the path to where you intend to create the ISO image exists.

If the directory does not exist when you run the next step, the ISO image is not created.

To create the Windows PE ISO image, navigate to the directory that contains the extracted “nvbmrisocreate.exe” file, type the following at the command prompt, and press Enter:

The following list describes what you can specify for each option:

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/TYPE: If you are working with an earlier version of the Plug-in Offline Client, enter WAIK for Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK). If you are using version 6.1 or later, you can enter ADK.

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/PKG: Enter the full path and filename for the Plug-in Offline Client .pkg file that you downloaded separately.

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/DIR: Enter the full path to the location of the Windows AIK or ADK directory.

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/OUT: Enter the path where the bootable ISO image should be created.

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/ADDDRV: Enter the full path where the downloaded device drivers are stored.

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/BIT:32: If you need to create a backwards-compatible version of VaultOS for use with a 32-bit version of Windows PE, enter this option.

Example:

nvbmrisocreate /TYPE:ADK

/PKG:"<pathToFile>\nvbmriso.pkg"

/DIR:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0"

/OUT:"C:\temp\bmr.iso"

Insert a blank CD in the writable drive.

Create a CD with CD-generation software using the “bmr.iso” file generated in Step 5.

Creating a rescue device for use with a LiveCD

A LiveCD is an OS that boots from a CD without the necessity of installing to a hard drive. This tool lets you initiate DR without the OS on disk. Plug-in Server supports booting from a LiveCD with VaultOS on a separate device, such as a USB device (Rescue USB) that uses the 2.x protocol or earlier, or a different CD (Rescue CD).

The following items are required to create a Rescue CD or Rescue USB device:

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The “drdaemon” and “vaultdr_client.sh” files (obtained through download).

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A USB port and a USB device with enough space to hold the “drdaemon” and “vaultdr_client.sh” files (1MB is sufficient),

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A blank CD and a writable CD-ROM drive.


	NOTE: You need two CD-ROM drives on the target system to use a Rescue CD with a LiveCD.

To create the device:

Download Plug-in Offline Client, VaultOS from the Dell website.

Note the name and location of this file (for example, “/home/vaultos_x86_vxxx.zip” where xxx represents the software version number).

Insert a blank CD in the writable drive.

Create a CD with the CD-generation software using the “vaultos_x86_vxxx.iso” file.

For details on this procedure, see the relevant documentation for the CD-generation software in use.

For instructions on booting from a LiveCD, see Booting the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client from a LiveCD.

Adding a NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client to the Plug-in Server

To access a NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client machine correctly for backup and restore, add it to the Plug-in Server. After you have added an initial NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client to the NetVault Backup Server, repeat these steps to add additional clients.

To add the client to the plug-in:

In the Navigation pane of the NetVault Backup WebUI, click Create Backup Job.

Next to the Selections list, click Create New.

On the NetVault Backup Selections page, double-click the NetVault Backup Server (with the Plug-in Server installed on it) to open it.

Select the Plug-in Server (labeled “VaultDR APM”), and select Add Client from the Actions list.

When the Add Bare Metal Recovery Plug-in Offline Client dialog box appears, complete the following fields to add the client:

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Client Name: The name of the applicable NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client. NetVault Backup scans the network, looking for available systems that can be added as NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Clients, and displays them in the drop-down list.

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Address(es): A comma-separated list of addresses that can either be IP addresses or resolvable network names (for example, 10.55.55.1, Server_1, 10.55.55.2) that see the machine to add.

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Port Number: The port used to invoke drdaemon (for example, 15555). The default is 10000.

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NDMP Protocol: This field determines whether to use the Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) during backup and restore jobs. The default is FALSE. If you are using the Plug-in Offline Client for Linux, the protocol must be set to TRUE.

Click Next.

After the client is successfully added to the server, a message is displayed.

Repeat these steps as required until all NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Clients have been added.