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NetVault Bare Metal Recovery 11.0 - User Guide for Plug-ins

Introducing Dell™ NetVault™ Bare Metal Recovery Plug-ins Deploying NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Using the Plug-in Offline Client
Plug-in Server: an overview Installing and removing Plug-in Server Configuring Plug-in Server for use with Plug-in Offline Client Booting a NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client with Plug-in Offline Client Backing up data with Plug-in Offline Client Restoring data with Plug-in Offline Client
Using NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Plug-in Live Client for Windows®
Plug-in Live Client for Windows: an overview Configuring Plug-in Server for use with Plug-in Live Client for Windows Installing and removing Plug-in Live Client for Windows® Backing up data with 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 for Windows
Using NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Plug-in Live Client for Linux®
Plug-in Live Client for Linux: an overview Installing and removing Plug-in Live Client for Linux Generating a DR image for use with Plug-in Live Client for Linux Creating the required bootable CD for use with Plug-in Live Client for Linux Recovering a DR image for use with Plug-in Live Client for Linux
NetVault Bare Metal Recovery physical-to-virtual recovery Troubleshooting

Plug-in Live Client for Windows and for Linux with Linux-based NetVault Backup Server deployment

This scenario is deployed when you want to perform online or hot backups of both Linux® and Windows® Clients and you have deployed a Windows-based NetVault Backup Server.
The Plug-in Live Client for Linux, Windows-based Server Component is installed on the Windows-based NetVault Backup Server. The Plug-in Live Client for Linux, Linux-based Client Component is installed on each Linux Client that you want to protect with online or hot backups.
Also, the Plug-in Server for Linux component is installed on the Linux-based NetVault Backup Server and the Plug-in Live Client for Windows is installed on each Windows Client that you want to protect with online or hot backups.
In this scenario, Plug-in Offline Client is used to perform the recovery of the Windows Clients.
Figure 7. NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client for Windows and Client for Linux with Linux-based server
For more information, see Using NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Plug-in Live Client for Windows® and Using NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Plug-in Live Client for Linux®.

Plug-in Live Client for Windows and for Linux with Windows-based NetVault Backup Server deployment

This scenario is deployed when you want to perform online or hot backups of both Linux® and Windows® Clients and you have deployed a Windows-based NetVault Backup Server.
The Plug-in Live Client for Linux, Windows-based Server Component is installed on the Windows-based NetVault Backup Server and the Plug-in Live Client for Linux, Linux-based Client Component is installed on each Linux Client that you want to protect with online or hot backups.
Also, the Plug-in Server for Windows component is installed on the Windows-based NetVault Backup Server, and the Plug-in Live Client for Windows is installed on each Windows Client that you want to protect with online or hot backups.
In this scenario, Plug-in Offline Client is used to perform the recovery of the Windows Clients.
Figure 8. NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client for Windows and NetVault Bare Metal Recovery for Linux with Windows-based server
For more information, see Using NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Plug-in Live Client for Windows® and Using NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Plug-in Live Client for Linux®.

Using the Plug-in Offline Client

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Plug-in Server: an overview
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Installing and removing Plug-in Server
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Configuring Plug-in Server for use with Plug-in Offline Client
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Booting a NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client with Plug-in Offline Client
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Backing up data with Plug-in Offline Client
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Restoring data with Plug-in Offline Client

Plug-in Server: an overview

The Plug-in Server resides on the NetVault Backup Server and enables backup and recovery of a target client’s data by using the Plug-in Offline Client. The processes required to set up and use the Plug-in Server must be followed in a specific order. The following list outlines how to establish a Plug-in Server environment.
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Required components: Verify that you have the Plug-in Server and Plug-in Offline Client.
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Installation: Install the Plug-in Server on the NetVault Backup Server.
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Configuration: Configure the Plug-in Server.
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Create a Plug-in Offline Client Boot System, for example, to a writable CD.
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Add the target NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Clients to the Plug-in Server on the NetVault Backup Server.
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Backup: Perform an offline backup of the desired NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client machine.
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Boot the target NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client system with Plug-in Offline Client.
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From the NetVault Backup Server, administer backup of the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client by selecting data to be backed up — for example, partitions, drives, volumes.
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Restore: Perform an offline restore to the target NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client.
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Boot the target NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client system with Plug-in Offline Client.
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From the NetVault Backup Server, administer restores to the target NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client by selecting data included in the DR backup.
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