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NetVault Bare Metal Recovery 12.5 - User Guide for NetVault Backup Server

Using a Windows Server 2012-based virtual machine

If your VMware virtual machine (VM) is based on Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2, update the VMware configuration file to use the E1000 adapter.

1
Locate and open the VMware configuration file.
This file is located in the directory where you created the virtual machine. For example, C:\Documents and Settings\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\<machine>\*.vmx.
2
Locate the E100OE entry, and change it to E1000.
3
Save and close the .vmx file.

Booting into NetVault Bare Metal Recovery for NetVault Backup Server

Before you perform an offline backup of the NetVault Backup Server, create a NetVault Bare Metal Recovery for NetVault Backup Server CD and boot from it.

1
Burn the “.iso” file for the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery for NetVault Backup Server onto a blank CD.
2
Use the CD created in Step 1 to boot the server; if connected through a USB port, the port must use the 3.0 protocol or earlier.
 
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IMPORTANT: Unless there is a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Server in your environment, drdaemon requires a static IP address to communicate with the NetVault Backup Server. If there is no DHCP Server, set the IP address manually.

If you are running multiple NetVault Bare Metal Recovery instances for NetVault Backup Server simultaneously, stopping the NetVault Service on one instance can cause the service of the other instances to stop if the host names are identical. To avoid this conflict, press the Tab key at the VaultOS client boot prompt to interrupt the boot routine, and enter a unique host name for each instance by using the kernel argument, for example, “hostname=samplehost1.”
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.
By default, the system uses DHCP for the Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) and IPv6 settings. If you want to change the network settings, complete the following steps:
a
Double-click the NetCFG icon on the desktop.
b
When the Network Connections dialog box is displayed, select the connection that you want to change, and click Edit.
 
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IMPORTANT: You can only use one active network interface during the backup and restore operation.
c
Click the IPv4 Settings tab, select Manual from the Method list, click Add, and enter the IP, netmask, and gateway addresses in the applicable fields. Leave the DNS servers field blank.
d
Click the IPv6 Settings tab, select Manual from the Method list, click Add, and enter the IP, prefix, and gateway addresses in the applicable fields. Leave the DNS servers field blank.
e
When you are finished, click Save to return to the Network Connections dialog box, and then click Close.
3
If you want to enable multipath support, perform the following steps:
a
In the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Daemon process terminal (command prompt), press <Ctrl+C> to stop the process.
b
To open a new NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Daemon process terminal, double-click the Terminal icon on the desktop.
c
At the command prompt, enter the following commands:
cd /vaultos_file
./drdaemon -o mpath
 
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NOTE: You can enter the -o mpath and -p port_number options together.

The NetVault Bare Metal Recovery for NetVault Backup Server desktop includes the following icons. You can click these icons at any time to access various components.

 
Table 1. Icons
Icon
Description

NetVault Backup: This icon starts the NetVault Backup WebUI.

drdaemon: This icon starts the drdaemon interface.

The next step is to detect and add the locally-attached tape library or standalone tape device through NetVault Backup. The following topics describe adding a library manually or using a VTL. For a detailed description, see the Quest NetVault Backup Administrator’s Guide.

Adding a locally-attached library

1
In the Navigation pane of the NetVault Backup WebUI, click Manage Devices, and then click Add Device.
2
Select the Tape library/media changer option, and click Next.
3
In the NetVault Backup Clients list, select the client that is physically connected to the target device.
If the device is connected to multiple clients, select the client that you want to designate as the library controller.
4
To scan the selected client and list the attached devices, click Next.
5
In the Choose library table, select the device that you want to add, and click Next.
After the tape drives are discovered and assigned to the appropriate storage bay, a message is displayed.
To use the default configuration, no further action is required. You can exit the configuration wizard.

Adding a VTL created on an NFS

1
After NetVault Bare Metal Recovery for NetVault Backup Server has started, change to the /usr/netvault/config directory.
2
Open the diskdevices.cfg file, and locate the [libraries] stanza.
3
After the [libraries] stanza, enter the following line:
location=/nfs-mount-dir/library-name
4
Locate the [drives] stanza, and insert the following line:
location=/nfs-mount-dir/library-name/drives/1
5
If there are multiple drives, enter more lines after the [drives] stanza.
location=/nfs-mount-dir/library-name/drives/2
location=/nfs-mount-dir/library-name/drives/3
…
6
Save and close the file.
7
In the Navigation pane of the NetVault Backup WebUI, click Manage Devices, and then click Add Device.
8
Select the Virtual tape library/media changer and Re-add previously generated virtual device options, and click Next.
9
After the VTL that you previously added is displayed, add the drives as appropriate.
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