Rapid Recovery 6.3 - User Guide

Starting the Screen utility

1. If the machine was booted from the Live DVD, then in the terminal window, type screen and press Enter.

   The Screen utility starts.

Launching a bare metal restore for a Linux machine using the command line

1. To run the Rapid Recovery local_mount utility as root, type the following command and then press Enter:

       sudo local_mount

2. To list the protected machines, type the following command and then press Enter:

       lm

3. When prompted, enter the connection information for the Rapid Recovery Core as described in the following table, pressing Enter after each required command:

   Table 147: Rapid Recovery Core connection information

   Text Box	Description	Required
   Rapid Recovery Core IP address or hostname	The IP address or hostname of the Rapid Recovery Core.	Yes
   Domain	The domain of the Rapid Recovery Core. This is optional.	No
   User	The user name for an administrative user on the Core	Yes
   Password	The password used to connect the administrative user to the Core.	Yes

   A list displays showing the machines protected by the Rapid Recovery Core. It lists the machines found by line item number, the host display name or IP address, and an ID number for the machine.

4. To list the recovery points for the machine that you want to restore, type the list recovery points command using the following syntax and then press Enter:

       lr <machine_line_item_number>

   NOTE: You can also enter the machine ID number in this command instead of the line item number.

   A list displays the base and incremental recovery points for that machine. This list includes:

   • A line item number
   • Date and time stamp
   • A lettered list of volumes within the recovery point
   • Location of the volume
   • Size of the recovery point
   • An ID number for the volume that includes a sequence number at the end, which identifies the recovery point
5. To select the recovery point for a restore, enter the following command and then press Enter:

   		r <recovery_point_ID_number> <path>

   Caution: You must ensure that the system volume is not mounted.

   NOTE: If you started the machine from the Live DVD, then the system volume is not mounted.

   This command restores the volume image specified by the ID from the Core to the specified path. The path for the restore is the path for the device file descriptor and is not the directory to which it is mounted.

   NOTE: You can also specify a line number in the command instead of the recovery point ID number to identify the recovery point. In that case, use the agent/machine line number (from the lm output), followed by the recovery point line number and volume letter (from the lettered list of volumes within the recovery point), followed by the path. For example: r <machine_line_item_number> <base_image_recovery_point_line_number> <volume_letter> <path> In this command, <path> is the file descriptor for the actual volume. For this syntax, when variables shown in brackets are replaced with values, the command looks like this example: ??r 1 24 a /dev/sda1

6. When prompted to proceed, enter y for Yes and then press Enter.

   After the restore begins, a series of messages display that notify you of the restore completion status.

   NOTE: If you receive an exception message, the details regarding that exception can be found in the local_mount.log file. The local_mount.log file is located in /var/log/apprecovery.

7. Upon a successful restore, exit local_mount by typing exit and then press Enter.
8. Your next step is to verify the restore. For more information, see Verifying the bare metal restore from the command line.

Restoring volumes for a Linux machine using the command line

1. Run the Rapid Recovery local_mount utility as root, for example:

   	sudo local_mount

2. At the Rapid Recovery mount prompt, enter the following command to list the protected machines.

   	lm

3. When prompted, enter the IP address or hostname of your Rapid Recovery Core server.
4. Enter the logon credentials, that is, the user name and password, for this server.

   A list displays showing the machines protected by this Rapid Recovery Core server. It lists the protected machines found by line item number, host or IP IP address, and an ID number for the machine (for example: 7d658e5f-fa08-4600-95f0-5f486bc1b6a4#de0896fd-571a-4cc5-aeed-264d2c3c72f4#f377e145-dd4d-3ac3-5b15-37ce8f4913ba:2).

5. Enter the following command to list the currently mounted recovery points for the specified machine:

   	lr <machine_line_item_number>

   NOTE: You can also enter the machine ID number in this command instead of the line item number.

   A list displays that shows the base and incremental recovery points for that machine. This list includes a line item number, date and time stamp, location of volume, size of recovery point, and an ID number for the volume that includes a sequence number at the end (for example,
”293cc667-44b4-48ab-91d8-44bc74252a4f:2”), which identifies the recovery point.

6. Enter the following command to select a recovery point to restore:

   	r <volume_recovery_point_ID_number> <device path>

   This command restores the volume image specified by the ID from the Core to the specified path. The path for the restore is the path for the device file descriptor, not the directory to which it is mounted.

   You can also specify a line number in the command instead of the recovery point ID number to identify the recovery point. In that case, you would use the protected machine line number (from the lm output), followed by the recovery point line number and volume letter, followed by the path, such as, r <machine_line_item_number> <recovery_point_line_number> <volume_letter> <path>. In this command, <path> is the file descriptor for the actual volume.

   For example, if the lm output lists three protected machines, and you enter the lr command for protected machine number 2, and you want to restore the 23 recovery point volume b to the volume that was mounted to the directory /dev/sda5, the command would be:

   	r 2 23 b /dev/sda5

    

   NOTE: It is possible to restore to / if needed. If performing a Bare Metal Restore using a Live DVD, it is assumed you want to restore to a different machine. For more information, see Launching a bare metal restore for Linux.

7. When prompted to proceed, enter y for Yes.

   Once the restore proceeds, a series of messages will display to notify you of the status.

8. Upon a successful restore, the local_mount utility will automatically mount and re-attach the kernel module to the restored volume if the target was previously protected and mounted. If not, you will need to mount the restored volume to the local disk and then should verify that the files are restored (for example, you can use the sudo mount command and then the ls command.)

Verifying a bare metal restore