Introduction to Rapid Recovery
The Core Console
Accessing the Rapid Recovery Core Console
Understanding the Quick Start Guide
Navigating the Rapid Recovery Core Console
Viewing the Protected Machines menu
Repositories
Viewing summary information for a protected machine
Viewing replicated machines from the navigation menu
Viewing the Recovery Points Only menu
Viewing the Custom Groups menu
Using the Error dialog box
Viewing the Summary pane
Viewing Volumes on a protected machine
Viewing replication information
Viewing the Exchange Server Information pane
Viewing the SQL Server Information pane
Viewing summary information for a host
Viewing recovery points for a machine
Viewing events for a protected machine
Viewing reports for a protected machine
Understanding repositories
Deduplication in Rapid Recovery
Managing a DVM repository
Core settings
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Creating a DVM repository
Adding a storage location to an existing DVM repository
Changing DVM repository settings
About checking the integrity of DVM repositories
About DVM repository optimization
Connecting to an existing repository
Viewing or modifying repository details
Checking a repository
Deleting a repository
Core settings key functions
Rapid Recovery Core settings
Managing privacy
Configuring Core general settings
Configuring update settings
Understanding nightly jobs
Modifying transfer queue settings
Adjusting client timeout settings
Understanding deduplication cache or dictionary size and storage locations
Configuring Replay engine settings
Configuring deployment settings
Core-level tools
Configuring database connection settings
Modifying loca database connection settings
Managing SMTP server settings
Configuring cloud account connection settings
Managing report settings
Managing Core SQL attachability settings
Understanding Core jobs
Understanding SNMP settings
Configuring vSphere settings
Managing VMware proxy settings
Configuring vFoglight settings
General Data Protection Regulation compliance
How Rapid Recovery uses personal information
Non-phone-home license restrictions
Obtaining and using non-phone-home licenses
Encryption
Understanding encryption keys
Encrypting data in transport over a network
Applying or removing encryption keys
Protecting machines
Associating an encryption key with a protected machine
Applying an encryption key from the Protected Machines page
Disassociating an encryption key from a protected machine
Managing encryption keys
About protecting machines with Rapid Recovery
Managing protected machines
Factors when choosing agent-based or agentless protection
About protecting Linux machines with Rapid Recovery
About protecting Oracle database servers
Understanding the Rapid Recovery Agent software installer
Deploying Agent to multiple machines simultaneously from the Core Console
Using the Deploy Agent Software Wizard to deploy to one or more machines
Entering or editing credentials for Oracle databases
Enabling archive log mode and adding VSS writer for protected Oracle databases
About truncating Oracle logs
Manually truncating Oracle database logs
About managing Exchange and SQL servers in Rapid Recovery Core
About protecting server clusters
Understanding Rapid Snap for Virtual
Benefits of installing hypervisor tools for agentless protection
Understanding crash-consistent and application-consistent backups
Support for Hyper-V guest cluster
Deploying to machines on an Active Directory domain
Deploying to machines on a VMware vCenter/ESXi virtual host
Deploying an upgrade of the Rapid Recovery Agent software to protected machines
Deploying to machines manually
Verifying the deployment to multiple machines
Modifying deploy settings
Understanding protection schedules
Protecting a machine
Protecting a cluster
Creating custom protection schedules in Simple Mode
Creating multiple protection schedule periods in Advanced Mode
Pausing and resuming protection
About protecting multiple machines
Protecting multiple machines on an Active Directory domain
Protecting multiple machines on a VMware vCenter/ESXi virtual host
Protecting vCenter/ESXi virtual machines using agentless protection
Protecting multiple machines on a Hyper-V virtual host
Protecting Hyper-V virtual machines using agentless protection
Protecting multiple machines manually
Monitoring the protection of multiple machines
Enabling application support
Settings and functions for protected Exchange servers
Setting credentials for an Exchange server machine
Forcing log truncation for an Exchange machine
About Exchange database mountability checks
Forcing a mountability check of an Exchange database
Forcing a checksum check of Exchange database files
Settings and functions for protected SQL servers
About managing protected machines
Viewing protected machines
Configuring machine settings
Credentials Vault
Viewing and modifying protected machine settings
Changing the settings for a Hyper-V host or node
Changing the settings for a Hyper-V protected virtual machine
Changing the vSphere settings for a VMware protected virtual machine
Understanding Active Block Mapping
About modifying transfer settings
Customizing nightly jobs for a protected machine
Understanding system information for a protected machine
Managing machines
Removing a machine
Removing a cluster from protection
Viewing license information on a machine
Downloading and viewing the log file for a protected machine
Converting a protected cluster node to a protected machine
Understanding custom groups
Understanding the Credentials Vault
Adding accounts to the Credentials Vault
Viewing or changing accounts saved in the vault
Using credentials from the vault
Snapshots and recovery points
Managing snapshots and recovery points
Viewing the recovery points page of a protected machine
Mounting a recovery point
Dismounting recovery points
Working with Linux recovery points
Forcing a snapshot
Removing recovery points
Deleting an orphaned recovery point chain
Migrating recovery points manually to a different repository
Replication
Replication with Rapid Recovery
Recovery point chains and orphans
When replication begins
Determining your seeding needs and strategy
Performance considerations for replicated data transfer
Viewing incoming and outgoing replication
Configuring replication
Replicating to a self-managed target Core
Replicating to a third-party target Core
Events
Submitting a replication request to a third-party service provider
Reviewing a replication request from a customer
Approving a replication request
Denying a replication request
Ignoring a replication request from a customer
Adding a machine to existing replication
Consuming the seed drive on a target Core
Managing replication settings
Scheduling replication
Using the Copy function to create a seed drive
Monitoring replication
Pausing and resuming replication
Forcing replication
Managing settings for outgoing replication
Changing target Core settings
Setting replication priority for a protected machine
Removing outgoing replication from the source Core
Removing incoming replication from the target Core
Recovering replicated data
Viewing events using tasks, alerts, and journal pages
Reporting
Viewing tasks
Viewing alerts
Viewing a journal of all logged events
Navigating between tasks, alerts, and the events journal
Understanding event notifications in Rapid Recovery
Configuring event settings
About Rapid Recovery reports
Generating a report from the Core Console
Managing scheduled reports from the Core Console
Using the Reports menu
Using the Reports toolbar
Understanding the Job report
Understanding the Job Summary report
Understanding the Failure report
Understanding the Summary report
Understanding the Repository report
Understanding the Classic Summary report
VM export
Exporting to virtual machines using Rapid Recovery
Exporting data to an ESXi virtual machine
Exporting data to a VMware Workstation virtual machine
Exporting data to a Hyper-V virtual machine
Exporting data to a VirtualBox virtual machine
Exporting data to an Azure virtual machine
Restoring data
Working with Microsoft Azure
Managing exports
Azure interface disclaimer
Country codes used on the Azure website
Before virtual export to Azure
About Azure storage accounts
Creating an Azure storage account
Creating a container in an Azure storage account
Creating an Azure Active Directory web application
Obtaining the application ID for an Azure web application
Obtaining Azure subscription information
Obtaining the directory ID for your Azure web application
Obtaining a secret key for your Azure web application
Microsoft Azure documentation
Exporting and deploying VMs for Azure
About restoring data with Rapid Recovery
Understanding Live Recovery
Restoring data from recovery points
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About the file search and restore feature
About restoring volumes from a recovery point
Bare metal restore
Restoring volumes from a recovery point
Restoring a directory or file using Windows Explorer
Restoring a directory or file and preserving permissions using Windows Explorer
Restoring clusters and cluster nodes
Restoring from an attached archive
Mail Restore in Rapid Recovery
About bare metal restore
Differences in bare metal restore for Windows and Linux machines
Understanding boot CD creation for Windows machines
Managing aging data
Archiving
Understanding driver injection in a boot CD
Using UltraVNC for remote access
Creating a boot CD ISO image
Transferring the boot CD ISO image to media
Loading the boot CD and starting the target machine
Managing a Linux boot image
About the boot ISO image for Linux
Downloading a boot ISO image for Linux
Saving the Live DVD ISO image to media
Loading the Live DVD and starting the target machine
Connecting to the BMR target from the Rapid Recovery Core
Performing a bare metal restore using the Restore Machine Wizard
Using the Universal Recovery Console for a BMR
About the Universal Recovery Console tools
Loading drivers using the Universal Recovery Console
Performing a bare metal restore for Linux machines
Loading drivers in the Universal Recovery Console using portable media
Loading a driver in the URC using Chromium
Selecting a recovery point and initiating a BMR
About disk mapping for a bare metal restore
Performing a BMR from an archive
Loading drivers to the operating system
Managing Linux partitions
Verifying a bare metal restore
Creating partitions on the destination drive
Formatting partitions on the destination drive
Mounting partitions from the command line
Launching a bare metal restore for Linux
Starting the Screen utility
Launching a bare metal restore for a Linux machine using the command line
Restoring volumes for a Linux machine using the command line
Understanding archives
Cloud accounts
Archive creation and storage options
Amazon storage options and archiving
Recovery point chain options for archives
Methods to access an archive
Uses for archives
Creating an archive
Editing a scheduled archive
Pausing or resuming a scheduled archive
Forcing an archive job
Checking an archive
Attaching an archive
Detaching an archive
Importing an archive
About cloud accounts
Considering cloud storage options
Adding a cloud account
Editing a cloud account
Removing a cloud account
Core Console references
REST APIs
Intended audience
Working with Rapid Recovery REST APIs
Downloading and viewing Core and Agent APIs
Recommended additional reading
Glossary
Downloading a boot ISO image for Linux
To complete a bare-metal restore for a Linux machine, you need a Live DVD ISO image that matches your version of Rapid Recovery Core. The current version of Live DVD is available from the Downloads page from both the QorePortal and the Rapid Recovery License Portal. If you need a different version, contact Quest Data Protection Support.
This task is a step in Performing a bare metal restore for Linux machines. It is part of the process for Managing a Linux boot image.
To download the Live DVD ISO image, complete the steps in this procedure.
- In a web browser, open the QorePortal at https://qoreportal.quest.com/.
- Click Settings, and then click
Downloads.
- Under Utilities, locate Linux Live DVD, and then click Download.
The Linux boot ISO image, for example
rapidrecovery-livedvd-6.3.x.iso, saves to the downloads destination folder. - If restoring from a physical machine, transfer the Live DVD ISO image onto physical media. For more information, see Saving the Live DVD ISO image to media.
- Optionally, if restoring a Linux virtual machine, you can save the ISO image to a network location, and then edit the VM settings to boot from it. Or you can transfer the Live DVD ISO image onto physical media, and change your VM settings to boot from a DVD or CD drive containing that physical media.
Saving the Live DVD ISO image to media
When you download the Linux Live DVD file, it is stored as an ISO image in the path you specified. You must be able to boot the target Linux machine from the Live DVD image.
This task is a step in Performing a bare metal restore for Linux machines. It is part of the process for Managing a Linux boot image.
- Copy the boot CD ISO image onto removable media supported by your Linux machine; for example, a bootable USB flash drive, digital video disk (DVD), or compact disc (CD).
- If necessary, take the proper steps to ensure that the media with the Live DVD ISO image is bootable. For example, change the boot order of devices to ensure the volume or drive containing the Live DVD boot image.
If performing a BMR on a virtual machine, this task is not required. Simply edit the VM settings to boot from the volume or drive containing the Rapid Recovery Live DVD ISO image instead of from physical media.
You can also use virtual export to restore a Linux VM. For more information, see VM export.
Loading the Live DVD and starting the target machine
Bare metal restore > Managing a Linux boot image > Loading the Live DVD and starting the target machine
After you obtain the Live DVD ISO image, you need to start the Linux machine from the Live DVD ISO image that matches your version of Rapid Recovery Core.
This task is a step in Performing a bare metal restore for Linux machines. It is part of the process for Managing a Linux boot image.
- Navigate to the BMR target machine and load the Live DVD image from the appropriate location.
- If necessary, access settings for the BMR target machine, and modify the boot order so that the server will start from the device containing the Live DVD image.
- Boot the machine.
A Quest splash screen displays. A terminal window opens, displaying the IP address and authentication password for the machine.
NOTE: A new temporary password is generated each time the machine is started with the Live DVD image.
- Write down the IP address and the authentication password displayed on the introduction screen. You will need this information to connect the BMR target machine with the Rapid Recovery Core Console to complete the bare metal restore.
Connecting to the BMR target from the Rapid Recovery Core
Bare metal restore > Managing a Linux boot image > Connecting to the BMR target from the Rapid Recovery Core
After you boot the target Linux machine from the Live DVD ISO image, this machine is ready for you to connect to it from the Core and begin the bare metal restore process. You can perform this process using either of two methods:
- Launching a restore using the Restore Machine wizard accessed from the Rapid Recovery Core Console. For more information, see Launching a bare metal restore for Linux.
- Launching a Restore from the command Line using the local_mount utility. For more information, see Launching a bare metal restore for a Linux machine using the command line.