Introducing NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Plug-ins
NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Plug-ins: at a glance
Key benefits
Feature summary
Target audience
Recommended additional reading
Deploying NetVault Bare Metal Recovery
NetVault Bare Metal Recovery components
Using the Plug-in Offline Client
Plug-in Offline Client component
Plug-in Live Client for Windows component
Plug-in Live Client for Linux component
Plug-in Server component
VaultOS component
NetVault Bare Metal Recovery deployment scenarios
Plug-in Offline Client only x86/x86-64 clients with Windows-based NetVault Server deployment
Plug-in Offline Client only x86/x86-64 Clients with Linux-based NetVault Server deployment
Plug-in Live Client for Windows withWindows-based NetVault Server deployment
Plug-in Live Client for Windows with Linux-based NetVault Server deployment
Plug-in Live Client for Linux with Linux-based NetVault Server deployment
Plug-in Live Client for Linux with Windows-based NetVault Server deployment
Plug-in Live Client for Windows and for Linux with Linux-based NetVault Server deployment
Plug-in Live Client for Windows and for Linux with Windows-based NetVault Server deployment
Plug-in Server: an overview
Installing and removing Plug-in Server
Using NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Plug-in Live Client
Prerequisites for installing Plug-in Server
Installing or upgrading Plug-in Server
Removing Plug-in Server
Upgrading Plug-in Server
Configuring Plug-in Server for use with Plug-in Offline Client
Creating a Plug-in Offline Client Boot System
Booting a NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client with Plug-in Offline Client
Creating a Linux-based Boot System
Creating a Windows PE-based Boot System
Creating a rescue device for use with a LiveCD
Adding a NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client to the Plug-in Server
Booting with Plug-in Offline Client
Backing up data with Plug-in Offline Client
Using a Windows Server 2012-based virtual machine with Plug-in Offline Client for Linux
Gathering NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client network information
Booting the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client with the Linux-based Plug-in Offline Client
Booting the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client with the Windows PE-based Plug-in Offline Client
Loading drivers dynamically
Injecting drivers and restarting drdaemon to facilitate storage controller recognition
Injecting drivers into the Plug-in Offline Client image
Booting the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client from a LiveCD
Prerequisites for backing up data with Plug-in Offline Client
Restoring data with Plug-in Offline Client
Booting the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client with Plug-in Offline Client
Verifying Disk Geometry and Device Size
Backing up data with Plug-in Offline Client
Using Plug-in Offline Client to restore data to a physical machine
Prerequisites for restoring data with Plug-in Offline Client to a physical machine
Restore procedure for using Plug-in Offline Client to restore data to a physical machine
Post-restore for using Plug-in Offline Client to restore data to a physical machine
Using Plug-in Offline Client to restore data as a VMDK Image
Selecting data for a restore using Plug-in Offline Client to restore data as a VMDK Image
Setting restore options for using Plug-in Offline Client to restore data as a VMDK Image
Finalizing and submitting the job for using Plug-in Offline Client to restore data as a VMDK Image
Creating the VM from the restored VMDK Image
Using Plug-in Offline Client to recover data to a standby NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client
Plug-in Live Client overview
Configuring Plug-in Server for use with Plug-in Live Client
NetVault Bare Metal Recovery physical-to-virtual (P2V) recovery
Creating a Plug-in Offline Client Boot System
Installing and removing Plug-in Live Client
Creating a Linux-based Boot System for use with Plug-in Live Client
Creating a Windows PE-based Boot System for use with Plug-in Live Client for Windows
Installing VaultOS on a writable CD for use with Plug-in Live Client
Adding a NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client to the Plug-in Server for use with Plug-in Live Client
Installing or upgrading Plug-in Server for use with Plug-in Live Client
Adding Plug-in Live Clients for use with Plug-in Live Client
Installing or upgrading Plug-in Live Client
Upgrading Plug-in Live Client
Removing Plug-in Live Client
Backing up data with Plug-in Live Client
Prerequisites for backing up data with Plug-in Live Client for Windows
Performing an online backup of data using Plug-in Live Client for Windows
Booting a NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client with Plug-in Offline Client
Restoring data with Plug-in Live Client
Restoring to a physical machine with Plug-in Live Client for Windows
Prerequisites for restoring to a physical machine with Plug-in Live Client for Windows
Restore procedure for restoring data with Plug-in Live Client
Restoring data as a VMDK Image with Plug-in Live Client for Windows
Selecting data for a restore as a VMDK Image with Plug-in Live Client for Windows
Setting restore options for a restore as a VMDK Image with Plug-in Live Client for Windows
Finalizing and submitting the job for a restore as a VMDK Image with Plug-in Live Client for Windows
Creating the VM for a restore as a VMDK Image with Plug-in Live Client for Windows
Installing SCSI and IDE device drivers on a physical machine
Supported physical to virtual configurations
Troubleshooting
Excluding LUNs from the NetVault Selections pages
Performing a restore in which Disk Numbers are different from the backup
Access denied during MBR recovery
VMware ESX and ESXi Server 4.x and earlier not supported with Windows PE
Attaching a restored VMDK image to a VM fails to power on the machine
VMDK restore job to remote ESXi 6.0 fails with failure to clone error
Upgrading Plug-in Server
Upgrading Plug-in Server
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Configuring Plug-in Server for use with Plug-in Offline Client
Configuring Plug-in Server for use with Plug-in Offline Client
The second phase of setting up the Plug-in Server involves environment configuration, which is divided into two steps. The following topics illustrate the procedures that must be followed to complete these steps.
Creating a Plug-in Offline Client Boot System
Creating a Plug-in Offline Client Boot System
Before using the Plug-in Server, create a Plug-in Offline Client Boot System. This minimal OS loads to a target machine’s memory, rather than to its hard drive. This process leaves the hard drives inactive (offline) and in a suitable state for backup or restore. The Plug-in Offline Client is created on a writable CD. You can also boot from a LiveCD with the Plug-in Offline Client binaries on a separate device, such as a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device that uses the 3.0 protocol or earlier. This process is described in Creating a rescue device for use with a LiveCD.
Creating a Linux-based Boot System
The following items are required for this procedure:
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