You can complete this process on any Windows system for which the following requirements are met:
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“NetVault Bare Metal Recovery ISO Builder for Plug-in Offline Client for Windows” file — on the Quest NetVault Installation CD or downloaded from the Quest website |
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Download the Windows ADK for Windows 8 from: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30652 |
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Install the Windows ADK on a Windows Server 2012 R2 or later system. |
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Extract the “NetVault Bare Metal Recovery ISO Builder for Plug-in Offline Client for Windows” file to the Windows ADK machine. |
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To create the Windows PE ISO image, navigate to the directory that contains the extracted “nvbmrisocreate.exe” file, type the following at the command prompt, and press Enter: |
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/TYPE: If you are working with an earlier version of the Plug-in Offline Client, enter WAIK. If you are using version 6.1 or later, you can enter ADK. |
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/PKG: Enter the full path and filename for the Plug-in Offline Client .pkg file that you downloaded separately. |
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/DIR: Enter the full path to the location of the Windows AIK or ADK directory. |
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/OUT: Enter the path where the bootable ISO image should be created. |
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/ADDDRV: Enter the full path where the downloaded device drivers are stored. |
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/BIT:32: If you must create a backward-compatible version of VaultOS for use with a 32-bit version of Windows PE, enter this option. |
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The following items are required for this procedure:
To create the CD, perform the following steps.
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Locate the CD image file entitled “vaultos_x86_vxxx.iso” where xxx indicates the VaultOS software version. |
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To access a NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client machine correctly for backup and restore, add it to the Plug-in Server. After you have added an initial NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client to the NetVault Server, repeat these steps to add additional clients.
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Next to the Selections list, click . |
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On the NetVault Selections page, double-click the NetVault Server — with the Plug-in Server installed on it — to open it. |
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When the Add Bare Metal Recovery Plug-in Offline Client dialog box is displayed, complete the following fields to add the client: |
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Client Name: The name of the applicable NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client. NetVault scans the network, looking for available systems that can be added as NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Clients, and displays them in the drop-down list. |
IMPORTANT: The Client Name must be the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client name exactly as it is displayed on the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client machine. If the Client Name is not the same, restore jobs may fail. |
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Address(es): A comma-separated list of addresses that can either be IP addresses or resolvable network names — for example, 10.55.55.1, Server_1, 10.55.55.2 — that see the machine to add. |
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Port Number: The port used to invoke drdaemon, for example, 15555. The default is 10000. |
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Click Next. |
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Next to the Selections list, click . |
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On the NetVault Selections page, double-click the NetVault Server — with the Plug-in Server installed on it — to open it. |
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Click the applicable NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client, and select Edit Client from the context menu. |
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When the Edit Bare Metal Recovery Plug-in Offline Client dialog box is displayed, update the applicable values: |
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Client Name: This field contains the current name for the selected client. Changing this value updates the name of the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client in NetVault. |
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Address(es): This field contains the IP address originally set for this client. You can change this value or add additional, comma-separated addresses. |
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Port Number: This field contains the port used to invoke drdaemon, for example, 15555. The default is 10000. |
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