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 of a physical machine

Performing a full restore of a physical machine

Like the restore process for a VM, the restore process for a physical machine uses the vRanger Job Wizard. While the process of restoring physical machines is similar to the VM restore process, some of the preliminary preparations are different.

For information about performing a full restore from a savepoint manifest, see Restoring from manifest.

To perform a full restore of a physical machine, complete the following tasks:

•	Creating the boot media

•	Booting the target server

•	Selecting a savepoint

•	Mapping disks

•	Mapping disks

•	Setting the recurrence schedule

•	Configuring email notifications

•	Starting the restore job

Creating the boot media

Performing a full restore of a physical machine

Like the restore process for a VM, the restore process for a physical machine uses the vRanger Job Wizard. While the process of restoring physical machines is similar to the VM restore process, some of the preliminary preparations are different.

For information about performing a full restore from a savepoint manifest, see Restoring from manifest.

To perform a full restore of a physical machine, complete the following tasks:

•	Creating the boot media

•	Booting the target server

•	Selecting a savepoint

•	Mapping disks

•	Mapping disks

•	Setting the recurrence schedule

•	Configuring email notifications

•	Starting the restore job