In some instances, the Disk Number assigned to a drive during backup might be different for the restore. To work around this issue, note the Disk ID and disk order displayed on the Create Selection Set page, use the Plug-in Offline Client to boot the machine that is targeted for the restore, and then note whether the disk order is different. If the order is different, use the Rename option during the restore process to prevent data loss.
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In the Navigation pane of the NetVault WebUI on the NetVault Server, click Create Restore Job. |
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Use the Plug-in Offline Client to boot the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client that is targeted by the restore, access the NetVault Server, and open the NetVault Selections page. |
Because the Plug-in Offline Client for Windows PE is based on Windows 8, you might encounter the following error if you boot a VM that resides on VMware ESX or ESXi Server 4.x or earlier:
For more information, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2814803.
This error happens ESXi version 6.5 fails to address the VMDK descriptor.
To resolve the issue, after you restore the VMDK image, complete one of the following two methods:
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Method 1: While attaching the VMDK to the VM, change the storage controller from SCSI to IDE. |
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Method 2: Use vmkfstools to convert the flat disk vmdk to a vmdk descriptor file. For more information, see https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1028943. |
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