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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

Upgrading Plug-in Live Client on Windows Server® 2008 and later

To upgrade the plug-in:
1
Uninstall the previous version of Plug-in Live Client for Windows (for details, see Removing Plug-in Live Client for Windows®).
2
Install Plug-in Live Client for Windows (for details, see Installing Plug-in Live Client for Windows).
 
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IMPORTANT: After completing the upgrade process, re-create backup and restore jobs.

Removing Plug-in Live Client for Windows®

To remove the plug-in:
1
In the Navigation pane, click Manage Clients.
2
On the Manage Clients page, select the applicable NetVault Backup Heterogeneous Client, and click Manage.
3
In the Installed Software table on the View Client page, select the applicable plug-in for removal (for example, Plug-in Live Client for Windows), and click the Remove Plugin button ().
4
In the Confirm dialog box, click Remove.

Backing up data with Plug-in Live Client for Windows®

Backups of a target NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client are broken down into a two-part process. The sections that follow illustrate all the steps used to perform both phases of the Plug-in Live Client backup process.
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Prerequisites
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Performing an online backup of data with Windows Server® 2008
Prerequisites
This section documents any prerequisite procedures that must be followed, before performing a backup with the Plug-in Live Client.
The following limitations apply to backups performed with the Plug-in Live Client for Windows®:
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Backup of Dynamic Disks is not supported.
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Backup of Active Directory is not supported.
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The Plug-in Live Client checks for the required VMware driver during a backup. If the required driver is not present, the backup job completes with warnings. If recovery to a VMDK Image is not intended, the VMware driver is not required and you can update the configuration file to disable the warning.
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To update the configuration file, perform the following steps:
a
Locate and open the “nvdrw.cfg” file in a text editor.
This file is located in \\NetVault Backup\config\. If the file does not exist, you can create it.
b
Add the following section:
[VM Option]
CheckVmDriver=FALSE
c
Save and close the file.
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To install the VMware device driver, perform the following steps:
a
Download the VMware drivers from the Dell website.
 
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NOTE: For VMDK Image recovery, only SCSI drivers are supported.
b
Copy the required device driver (for example, “vm_lsi_2008.inf”) to the physical machine.
c
To install the required device driver on the physical machine, locate the file on the physical machine.
d
Right-click it and select Install from the pop-up menu.
e
When the Hardware Installation warning message appears, click Continue Anyway.
f
Reboot the system for the new settings to take effect.
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If the space allocated for shadow copies on the volume is insufficient, the oldest persistent shadow copy may be lost when you perform a backup. For information about shadow copies and how they are implemented, see the MSDN Library page at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb968832(VS.85).aspx
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For instructions on allocating space for shadow copies, see: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc786104.aspx

Verifying access to the Plug-in Server

Backups of a target NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client are broken down into a two-part process. The sections that follow illustrate all the steps used to perform both phases of the Plug-in Live Client backup process.
•
Prerequisites
•
Performing an online backup of data with Windows Server® 2008
Prerequisites
This section documents any prerequisite procedures that must be followed, before performing a backup with the Plug-in Live Client.
The following limitations apply to backups performed with the Plug-in Live Client for Windows®:
•
Backup of Dynamic Disks is not supported.
•
Backup of Active Directory is not supported.
•
The Plug-in Live Client checks for the required VMware driver during a backup. If the required driver is not present, the backup job completes with warnings. If recovery to a VMDK Image is not intended, the VMware driver is not required and you can update the configuration file to disable the warning.
•
To update the configuration file, perform the following steps:
a
Locate and open the “nvdrw.cfg” file in a text editor.
This file is located in \\NetVault Backup\config\. If the file does not exist, you can create it.
b
Add the following section:
[VM Option]
CheckVmDriver=FALSE
c
Save and close the file.
•
To install the VMware device driver, perform the following steps:
a
Download the VMware drivers from the Dell website.
 
* 
NOTE: For VMDK Image recovery, only SCSI drivers are supported.
b
Copy the required device driver (for example, “vm_lsi_2008.inf”) to the physical machine.
c
To install the required device driver on the physical machine, locate the file on the physical machine.
d
Right-click it and select Install from the pop-up menu.
e
When the Hardware Installation warning message appears, click Continue Anyway.
f
Reboot the system for the new settings to take effect.
•
If the space allocated for shadow copies on the volume is insufficient, the oldest persistent shadow copy may be lost when you perform a backup. For information about shadow copies and how they are implemented, see the MSDN Library page at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb968832(VS.85).aspx
•
For instructions on allocating space for shadow copies, see: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc786104.aspx
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