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

Table of Contents

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

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

Using the Plug-in Offline Client

Plug-in Server: an overview Installing and removing Plug-in Server

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

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

Editing an existing NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client Removing a NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client

Booting a NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client with Plug-in Offline Client

Booting 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

Backing up data with Plug-in Offline Client

Prerequisites for backing up 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

Selecting data for a backup with Plug-in Offline Client Setting backup options for backing up data with Plug-in Offline Client Finalizing and submitting the job for backing up data with Plug-in Offline Client

Restoring 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

Using NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Plug-in Live Client

Plug-in Live Client overview

Plug-in Live Client environment prerequisites

Configuring Plug-in Server for use with Plug-in Live Client

Creating a Plug-in Offline Client Boot System

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

Editing an existing NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client for use with Plug-in Live Client Removing a NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client from use with Plug-in Live Client

Installing and removing 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

Verifying access to the Plug-in Server for use with Plug-in Live Client

Performing an online backup of data using Plug-in Live Client for Windows

Selecting data for a backup with Plug-in Live Client Setting backup options for a backup with Plug-in Live Client Finalizing and submitting the job for a backup with Plug-in Live Client

Booting a NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client with Plug-in Offline Client

Booting with Plug-in Offline Client

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

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

NetVault Bare Metal Recovery physical-to-virtual (P2V) recovery

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

Target audience

System administration experience is recommended when using the Plug-in Offline Client or the Plug-in Live Client. Although it is not necessary to have this level of experience to perform routine backups, the initial configuration of each plug-in, the configuration of a target NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client, and the restore procedure require administrator knowledge.

Recommended additional reading

The following documentation is also available:

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Quest NetVault Installation Guide: This guide provides details on installing the NetVault Server and Client software.

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Quest NetVault Administrator’s Guide: This guide explains how to use NetVault and describes the functionality common to all plug-ins.

You can download these guides from https://support.quest.com/technical-documents/.

Deploying NetVault Bare Metal Recovery

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NetVault Bare Metal Recovery components

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NetVault Bare Metal Recovery deployment scenarios

NetVault Bare Metal Recovery components

NetVault Bare Metal Recovery includes two key components, or plug-ins, each of which provides its own form of disaster recovery (DR) backup, and a third component that serves as a basic OS that is used to prepare a target NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client for backup and restore.

NetVault Bare Metal Recovery includes the following technical components:

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Plug-in Offline Client for x86/x86-64 Clients

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Plug-in Live Client for Windows

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Plug-in Live Client for Linux

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The topics that follow provide a brief description of each of these components.

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