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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

Setting backup options

Plug-in Live Client for Linux does not support any backup options. Although Create New is enabled in the WebUI, there are no options to set.

Finalizing and submitting the job

The final steps include setting additional options on the Schedule, Target Storage, 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 backup job:
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Use the Schedule, Target Storage, and Advanced Options lists to configure any additional required options.
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Click Save or Save & Submit, whichever is applicable.
 
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TIP: To run a job that you have already created and saved, select Manage Job Definitions in the Navigation pane, select the applicable job, and click Run Now.
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.

Creating the required bootable CD

With a successful DR image taken, the next phase of the DR procedure is the creation of a CD that contains the proper OS and device driver files for the target NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client to boot this machine when a recovery is required. This required data is included in a Boot Image during the backup of a target NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client. A CD-creation file entitled “linuxboot.iso” is created and saved on both the target NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client itself and on the piece of media targeted by the backup. This process allows an administrator to select from various different methods to create this CD. Any number of methods can be used to access this data and create this required CD. The following sections cover two example methods that can be used to accomplish this task.
Creating the CD and saving it for future use
Performed before the need for a recovery, this method lets you create this required CD from the “linuxboot.iso” file that was saved locally on the target NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client, and then store this CD for later use.
The following items are required to create the CD:
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Writable CD-ROM drive (available locally on the target NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client)
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One blank, writable CD
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CD-generation software (installed locally on the target NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client)
This procedure can be performed on any machine that has access to a writable CD-ROM drive and the “linuxboot.iso” file.
To create the CD:
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From the target NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client, insert a blank, writable CD into the drive.
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Start the CD-generation software, and access the “linuxboot.iso” file.
This file resides in the directory named in the Boot Images Directory field for this particular backup job (for example, the default is /storix/temp). If this value was not changed before backup, the file is located in this directory.
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Using this file, create the CD using the utilities within the CD-generation software.
 
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IMPORTANT: As CD-generation software varies, no instruction is given here on how to start or administer its use. For complete instructions on generating a CD using an “.iso” CD creation file, see the relevant software’s documentation.
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With the CD completed, remove it from the drive and label it appropriately so that it can be easily referenced for future use (for example, assign a label corresponding to something specific about the target NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client, such as its OS-assigned name).

Creating the CD at the time of recovery

With this method, you can create this required CD using data recovered from the actual DR image backup, at the point that a recovery is required. To create the CD using this method, perform the following steps:
The following items are required to create the CD:
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Writable CD-ROM drive (available locally on the target NetVault Backup Server)
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One blank, writable CD
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CD-generation software (installed locally on the target NetVault Backup Server)
You must first recover the Boot Image data taken from the backup of the target Linux® NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client.
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Selecting data for a restore
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Finalizing and submitting the job
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 Live Client for Linux 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 NetVault Backup Client that was configured as the Linux NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client in question, and select the backup saveset that contains a backup of the Boot Image data for the target NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client.
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 NetVault Backup Client appears in the tree, double-click it to reveal the data included in the DR image.
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Locate the “linuxboot.iso” file, and select it for recovery.
 
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IMPORTANT: Only include the “linuxboot.iso” file in this recovery job. Any other items selected for recovery during this procedure are not successfully restored.
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Click Next.
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