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NetVault Bare Metal Recovery 10.5 - User Guide for Plug-ins

Introducing Dell™ NetVault™ Bare Metal Recovery Plug-ins Deploying NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Using the Plug-in Offline Client Using Plug-in Live Client for Windows® Using Plug-in Live Client for Linux® NetVault Bare Metal Recovery physical-to-virtual recovery Troubleshooting

Restore procedure

The following sections illustrate how to restore a Plug-in Live Client backup to a physical machine.
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Selecting data for a restore
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Setting restore options
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Finalizing and submitting the job
Selecting data for a restore
To select data to restore:
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With the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client booted with Plug-in Offline Client, access the NetVault Backup Server, and start the NetVault Backup WebUI.
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In the Navigation pane, click Create Restore Job.
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On the Create Restore Job — Choose Saveset page, select Plug-in Server from the Plugin Type list.
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To filter the items displayed in the saveset table further, use the Client, Date, and Job ID lists.
The table displays the saveset name (Job Title and Saveset ID), creation date and time, and size. By default, the list is sorted alphabetically by saveset name.
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In the saveset table, locate the applicable client, and select the applicable item.
When you select a saveset, the following details are displayed in the Saveset Information area: Job ID, Job Title, server name, client name, plug-in name, saveset date and time, retirement setting, Incremental Backup or not, Archive or not, and saveset size.
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When the backed-up NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client machine appears, double-click it to open it and list the disks that were backed up.
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On the Create Selection Set page, locate each applicable disk, and click the box to its left to select it for a restore.
You can also expand each disk to view its contents. Double-click the applicable disk to open it. With a disk open, individual items can be selected for restore if desired. Selectable items for a restore consist of:
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Master Boot Record and System Partition
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Individual Partitions
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Click Next.
Setting restore options
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On the Create Selection Set page, click Edit Plugin Options, and select Physical Machine (the default) as the Restore Type.
On the Create Selection Set page, click Edit Plugin Options, and select Physical Machine (the default) as the Restore Type.
When Physical Machine is selected, the Physical Recovery Options frame containing the Restore Name field is shown. The default is the NetVault Backup name for the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client from which this backup was originally performed (based on the saveset selected on the Create Selection Set page). This name is associated with the client created under the Plug-in Server. You can use this field to relocate restored data to a standby NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client, if necessary. (For complete details on this procedure and the use of this option, see Recovery to a standby NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client.)
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Select the applicable driver-related options (these options support using different hardware during a restore):
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Inject Boot-Critical Device Driver: If you are restoring to different hardware that also uses a different mass storage controller, select this option. After you select this option, the Boot-Critical Driver Directory and Driver Injection Only options are available.
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Boot-Critical Driver Directory: If you selected the Inject Boot-Critical Device Driver option, enter the complete path to the local drive where the drivers for the mass storage controller are stored.
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Driver Injection Only: If you previously completed a restore but pointed to an incorrect location in the Boot-Critical Driver Directory field, select this option to run the driver-injection portion of the restore process again. This option eliminates the need to restore the data again, but lets you inject the correct drivers. Check that you enter the correct path in the Boot-Critical Driver Directory field. (By default, the Inject Boot-Critical Device Driver option remains selected; do not clear it as this option prevents the Driver Injection Only option from working.)
Finalizing and submitting the job
The final steps include setting additional options on the Schedule, Source Options, and Advanced Options pages, submitting the job, and monitoring the progress through the Job Status and View Logs pages. These pages and options are common to all NetVault Backup Plug-ins. For more information, see the Dell NetVault Backup Administrator’s Guide.
To finalize and submit a restore job:
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Click Ok to save the settings, and then click Next.
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In Job Name, specify a name for the job if you do not want to use the default setting.
Assign a descriptive name that lets you easily identify the job when monitoring its progress. The job name can contain alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric characters, but it cannot include non-English characters. On Windows®, there is no length restriction; however, a maximum of 40 characters is recommended.
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In the Target Client list, select the NetVault Backup Server from the list of machines (restores of Plug-in Live Client backups must be routed through the NetVault Backup Server).
 
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TIP: You can also click Choose, and then locate and select the applicable client in the Choose the Target Client dialog box.
This step sets the chosen machine as the intended target. This setting works in tandem with the Restore Name option to route the restore properly.
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Use the Schedule and Advanced Options lists to configure any additional required options.
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Click Save or Save & Submit, whichever is applicable.
You can monitor progress on the Job Status page and view the logs on the View Logs page. For more information, see the Dell NetVault Backup Administrator’s Guide.
Notes
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When entering a name in the Restore Name field, ensure that the value used is the NetVault Backup machine name for the target machine, taking case sensitivity into account. The NetVault Backup machine name can be found in the Manage Clients page.
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As mentioned earlier, route a restore of this type through the NetVault Backup Server to use its locally installed Plug-in Server components. This step writes all restored data to the machine named in the Restore Name field, not to the NetVault Backup Server.
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If you select either of the inject driver-related options, NetVault Bare Metal Recovery attempts to inject the drivers into every disk during the restore process.
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After you restore the system, it displays the Windows® Error Recovery screen when it is started the first time. This behavior is expected, and you can opt to start Windows normally.

Restoring as a VMDK Image

The following section details the procedures required to recover a Plug-in Live Client backup to a VMDK Image, which you can then attach to a virtual machine created from a VMware. This process lets you convert the backup of a physical machine to a virtual machine.
Plug-in Server must be installed on the NetVault Backup Server.
This procedure includes the steps outlined in the following sections:
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Selecting data for a restore
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Setting restore options
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Finalizing and submitting the job
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Creating the virtual machine
Selecting data for a restore
To select data to restore:
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In the Navigation pane of the NetVault Backup WebUI on the NetVault Backup Server, click Create Restore Job.
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On the Create Restore Job — Choose Saveset page, select Plug-in Server from the Plugin Type list.
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To filter the items displayed in the saveset table further, use the Client, Date, and Job ID lists.
The table displays the saveset name (Job Title and Saveset ID), creation date and time, and size. By default, the list is sorted alphabetically by saveset name.
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In the saveset table, locate the applicable client, and select the applicable item.
When you select a saveset, the following details are displayed in the Saveset Information area: Job ID, Job Title, server name, client name, plug-in name, saveset date and time, retirement setting, Incremental Backup or not, Archive or not, and saveset size.
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Click Next.
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On the Create Selection Set page, locate each applicable disk, and click the box to its left to select it for a restore.
You can also expand each disk to view its contents. Double-click the applicable disk to open it. With a disk open, individual items can be selected for restore if desired. Selectable items for a restore consist of:
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Master Boot Record and System Partition
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Individual Partitions
 
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IMPORTANT: If restoring to a VMDK Image, select both Master Boot Record & System Partition and the individual partitions or the restore job fails.

Setting restore options

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On the Create Selection Set page, click Edit Plugin Options, and select VMDK Images as the Restore Type.
This type of restore provides two additional options — either to restore the VMDK Image to a local directory of the NetVault Backup Server or to restore to a remote ESX® Server.
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If you want to restore the VMDK Image to a local directory of the NetVault Backup Server, in the Local Target Directory box of the VMDK Recovery Options frame, enter a valid path to the location for storing recovered images.
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Restore the VMDK Image to a local directory of the NetVault Backup Server.
From the VMDK Recovery Options, enter a valid path in the Local Target Directory field for storing the recovered images. If this field is left blank, the default is the NetVault Backup temp directory, “…/NetVault Backup/tmp”.
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Restore the VMDK Image directly to a remote ESX Server. This process is useful when there is no space on the local storage on the NetVault Backup Server machine or when users are using an ESX server.
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From the VMDK Recovery Options, select Restore to Remote ESX Server.
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Enter the values for ESX Host, Port, Username, Password, and Path.
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ESX Host: Enter the host name of the IP address of the ESX Server.
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Port: Enter the remote console port on the ESX Server.
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Username: Enter the user name to log on to the ESX Server.
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Password: Enter the password for the specified user name.
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Path: Enter the directory on the ESX Server where the VMDK files should be created. This path should always start with a datastore within square brackets: [datastore] dir. If the path specified does not exist, the plug-in cannot connect to the ESX Server.

Finalizing and submitting the job

The final steps include setting additional options on the Schedule, Source Options, and Advanced Options pages, submitting the job, and monitoring the progress through the Job Status and View Logs pages. These pages and options are common to all NetVault Backup Plug-ins. For more information, see the Dell NetVault Backup Administrator’s Guide.
To finalize and submit a restore job:
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Click Ok to save the settings, and then click Next.
2
In Job Name, specify a name for the job if you do not want to use the default setting.
Assign a descriptive name that lets you easily identify the job when monitoring its progress. The job name can contain alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric characters, but it cannot include non-English characters. On Windows®, there is no length restriction; however, a maximum of 40 characters is recommended.
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To use the Plug-in Server components installed on the NetVault Backup Server, in the Target Client list, select the NetVault Backup Server from the list of machines
 
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TIP: You can also click Choose, and then locate and select the applicable client in the Choose the Target Client dialog box.
Restores of Plug-in Live Client backups must be routed through the NetVault Backup Server. This step sets the chosen machine as the intended target. This setting works in tandem with the Restore Name option to route the restore properly.
4
Use the Schedule and Advanced Options lists to configure any additional required options.
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Click Save or Save & Submit, whichever is applicable.
You can monitor progress on the Job Status page and view the logs on the View Logs page. For more information, see the Dell NetVault Backup Administrator’s Guide.
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