Creating the Boot Media to Perform a Full Restore of a Physical Machine (video) (4042764)

In order to restore a savepoint to a physical machine, you must first create then boot the target server into the vRanger restore environment using the vRanger Restore images (ISO for CD, IMG for a bootable USB drive).

The two restore image files (vzRestore-X.XX.iso and vzRestore-X.X.X.img) can be downloaded from vRanger's Software Downloads in our Support Portal.

Creating a Bootable CD.
Important: The procedures for creating a bootable CD differ widely depending on the operating system and software used. The procedures below show how to use the native Windows 7 utility to create a bootable CD as an example. If you have a different image burning application, please follow the instructions for that application.
Note: This procedure requires a blank CD/DVD and a writable CD/DVD drive.

1. Insert the blank CD/DVD into the writable drive.
2. In the vRanger installation directory, find the file vzRestore-x.x.x.iso. If necessary, copy this file to the machine with the writable CD/DVD drive.
3. Right-click on the ISO file, and select Open with> Windows Disk Image Burner.
4. In the Disk burner dropdown, select the drive containing the blank disk.
5. Click Burn.

Creating a Bootable USB Drive.
Note: There are no native Windows utilities for creating a bootable USB drive from an img file. The procedure below was created using a freeware application - Image Writer for Windows. Follow the instructions for your application.

1. Insert a blank USB drive into your USB port.
2. In the vRanger installation directory, find the file vzRestore-x.x.x.img. If necessary, copy this file to the machine with the blank USB drive.
3. In the Image Writer for Windows UI, browse to the vzRestore-x.x.x.imgfile.
4. In the Device drop-down, ensure that the correct USB drive is selected.
5. Click Write.
6. Click Exit.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: