NetVault Bare Metal Recovery 13.1 - User Guide for Plug-ins

Plug-in Live Client for Windows and for Linux with Linux-based NetVault Server deployment

This scenario is deployed when you want to perform online or hot backups of both Linux and Windows Clients and you have deployed a Linux-based NetVault Server.

The Plug-in Server for Linux component is installed on the Windows-based NetVault Server. The Plug-in Live Client for Linux, Linux-based Client Component is installed on each Linux Client that you want to protect with online or hot backups.

Also, the Plug-in Server for Linux component is installed on the Linux-based NetVault Server and the Plug-in Live Client for Windows is installed on each Windows Client that you want to protect with online or hot backups.

In this scenario, Plug-in Offline Client is used to perform the recovery of the Windows Clients.

For more information, see Using NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Plug-in Live Client for Windows and Using NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Plug-in Live Client for Linux.

Plug-in Live Client for Windows and for Linux with Windows-based NetVault Server deployment

This scenario is deployed when you want to perform online or hot backups of both Linux and Windows Clients and you have deployed a Windows-based NetVault Server.

The Plug-in Server for Linux component is installed on the Windows-based NetVault Server and the Plug-in Live Client for Linux, Linux-based Client Component is installed on each Linux Client that you want to protect with online or hot backups.

Also, the Plug-in Server for Windows component is installed on the Windows-based NetVault Server, and the Plug-in Live Client for Windows is installed on each Windows Client that you want to protect with online or hot backups.

In this scenario, Plug-in Offline Client is used to perform the recovery of the Windows Clients.

For more information, see Using NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Plug-in Live Client for Windows and Using NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Plug-in Live Client for Linux.

Using the Plug-in Offline Client

Plug-in Server: an overview

The Plug-in Server resides on the NetVault Server and enables backup and recovery of a target client’s data by using the Plug-in Offline Client. The processes required to set up and use the Plug-in Server must be followed in a specific order. The following list outlines how to establish a Plug-in Server environment.

IMPORTANT: If you are targeting large-sector — 4K — Windows drives for backup, the EFI partition size must be larger than 256 MB. For more information, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/configure-uefigpt-based-hard-drive-partitions.