Boot the target NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client with the Plug-in Offline Client to prepare it for the backup. To complete the boot routine, review the steps in Booting with Plug-in Offline Client.
Before backing up any portion of a NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client’s hard drive, note the Disk Size and the Disk Geometry of the selected drive. If these items are not accounted for, a restore might fail.
To verify the geometry and size, perform the following steps.
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With the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client booted using Plug-in Offline Client, as outlined in Booting a NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client with Plug-in Offline Client, access the NetVault Backup Server, and start the NetVault Backup WebUI. |
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On the NetVault Backup Selections page, double-click the NetVault Backup Server — the system containing the Plug-in Server — to open it. |
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To determine the Disk Geometry, click the applicable disk, and select Disk Geometry from the context menu Actions list. |
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Partitions: Each individual partition is listed here by number and the partition type. |
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Bootable: Displays the current state of the partition (“Yes” or “No”). |
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Offset: Displays the amount by which the partition is offset. |
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Size: Displays the size of each partition. |
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Type: Displays the type of partition. |
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To determine the overall size of a disk, click the applicable disk, and select Disk Size from the context menu. |
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Device: The number and type of the disk. |
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Size: The size of the selected disk. |
Before performing a NetVault Bare Metal Recovery backup, consider the following important points:
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When Disk Raw Mode is selected, not only is the disk in use backed up, but the entire disk is as well. For example, if 6GB are in use on a 30GB partition, 30GB of media is used to back up the disk. Only use the Disk Raw Mode option when a complete hard drive is selected for a Plug-in Server backup, that is, not an individual partition. |
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Dynamic disks must be backed up by using Disk Raw Mode to maintain partition information. |
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If you use the Windows PE-based VaultOS with BitLocker volumes, you must unlock the encrypted drives before running the backup job. |
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As stated previously, the MBR and the Partition Table items are backed up automatically when a partition is backed up using the Plug-in Server. Therefore, these items are not available to select for a backup. |
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