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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

Booting the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client with the Linux®-Based Plug-in Offline Client

With all relevant networking information noted, you can boot the target NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client.
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Power down the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client, and insert the VaultOS CD; if connected through a USB port, the port must use the 3.0 protocol or earlier.
On reboot, there is a 5-second delay after the boot prompt appears.
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Press Enter to start the sequence immediately.
A series of dialog boxes appear as various applications are loaded to system memory. The initial load sequence may take several minutes, during which time the screen may appear blank.
3
When the Network Connections dialog box appears, select the applicable interface, and press Edit.
 
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IMPORTANT: You can only use one active network interface during the backup and restore operation.
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In the Editing Network Interface dialog box, configure the IPv4 and IPv6 settings for the selected network interface.
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When you are finished, press Apply to return to the Network Connections dialog box, and then press Close.
The Client is now prepared for backup or restore.

Booting the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client with the Windows® PE-based Plug-in Offline Client

With all relevant networking information noted, you can boot the target NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client. To boot from a standard Plug-in Offline Client CD, perform the following steps.
1
Power down the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client, and insert the Plug-in Offline Client CD; if connected through a USB port, the port must use the 3.0 protocol or earlier.
On reboot, the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery interface appears.
2
When the BMR Network Configuration dialog box appears, select the applicable option:
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Use DHCP (recommended): To use the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to configure the network interface, select this option.
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Use Static IP Address: To enter specific IP addresses, select this option, and enter the addresses in the IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway fields.
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To submit the information, click Config, and then click OK when the confirmation message appears.
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To close the BMR Network Configuration dialog box and start the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Agent, click Exit.
After the network configuration is completed, the agent is started and the initialization process is finished. The NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client is now prepared for backup or restore.
You can use the list above the Run button to output information related to the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery GUI when you issue the Run command.
Also, the information displayed in the text window is automatically exported to the “x:\dellbmr\bmr_gui.log” file.

Restoring data with Plug-in Live Client for Windows

The restore of data backed up with the Plug-in Live Client is handled by the Plug-in Server. Backups performed using the Plug-in Live Client are revealed beneath the Plug-in Server node , labeled “VaultDR APM,” on the Create Selection Set page of the NetVault Backup WebUI.
The sections that follow illustrate all the procedures required to perform a restore of a Plug-in Live Client backup.
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Restoring to a physical machine with Plug-in Live Client for Windows
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Restoring data as a VMDK Image with Plug-in Live Client for Windows
 
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IMPORTANT: Verify that the Disk Geometry of the OS targeted by the restore matches the geometry of the source OS that was backed up. If they do not match, for example, the source used 32 sectors per track, and the target uses 63 sectors, an error occurs when the system attempts to start.

Restoring to a physical machine with Plug-in Live Client for Windows

The following section details the procedure required to recover a Plug-in Live Client backup to a physical machine with the same hardware specifications as the machine used for the backup.
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