NetVault Bare Metal Recovery 13.1 - User Guide for Plug-ins

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Plug-in Offline Client component Plug-in Live Client for Windows component Plug-in Live Client for Linux component Plug-in Server component VaultOS component

NetVault Bare Metal Recovery deployment scenarios

Plug-in Offline Client only x86/x86-64 clients with Windows-based NetVault Server deployment Plug-in Offline Client only x86/x86-64 Clients with Linux-based NetVault Server deployment Plug-in Live Client for Windows withWindows-based NetVault Server deployment Plug-in Live Client for Windows with Linux-based NetVault Server deployment Plug-in Live Client for Linux with Linux-based NetVault Server deployment Plug-in Live Client for Linux with Windows-based NetVault Server deployment Plug-in Live Client for Windows and for Linux with Linux-based NetVault Server deployment Plug-in Live Client for Windows and for Linux with Windows-based NetVault Server deployment

Using the Plug-in Offline Client

Plug-in Server: an overview Installing and removing Plug-in Server

Prerequisites for installing Plug-in Server Installing or upgrading Plug-in Server Removing Plug-in Server Upgrading Plug-in Server

Configuring Plug-in Server for use with Plug-in Offline Client

Creating a Plug-in Offline Client Boot System

Creating a Linux-based Boot System Creating a Windows PE-based Boot System Creating a rescue device for use with a LiveCD

Adding a NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client to the Plug-in Server

Editing an existing NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client Removing a NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client

Booting a NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client with Plug-in Offline Client

Booting with Plug-in Offline Client

Using a Windows Server 2012-based virtual machine with Plug-in Offline Client for Linux Gathering NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client network information Booting the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client with the Linux-based Plug-in Offline Client Booting the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client with the Windows PE-based Plug-in Offline Client Loading drivers dynamically Injecting drivers and restarting drdaemon to facilitate storage controller recognition Injecting drivers into the Plug-in Offline Client image Booting the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client from a LiveCD

Backing up data with Plug-in Offline Client

Prerequisites for backing up data with Plug-in Offline Client

Booting the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client with Plug-in Offline Client Verifying Disk Geometry and Device Size

Backing up data with Plug-in Offline Client

Selecting data for a backup with Plug-in Offline Client Setting backup options for backing up data with Plug-in Offline Client Finalizing and submitting the job for backing up data with Plug-in Offline Client

Restoring data with Plug-in Offline Client

Using Plug-in Offline Client to restore data to a physical machine

Prerequisites for restoring data with Plug-in Offline Client to a physical machine Restore procedure for using Plug-in Offline Client to restore data to a physical machine Post-restore for using Plug-in Offline Client to restore data to a physical machine

Using Plug-in Offline Client to restore data as a VMDK Image

Selecting data for a restore using Plug-in Offline Client to restore data as a VMDK Image Setting restore options for using Plug-in Offline Client to restore data as a VMDK Image Finalizing and submitting the job for using Plug-in Offline Client to restore data as a VMDK Image Creating the VM from the restored VMDK Image

Using Plug-in Offline Client to recover data to a standby NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client

Using NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Plug-in Live Client

Plug-in Live Client overview

Plug-in Live Client environment prerequisites

Configuring Plug-in Server for use with Plug-in Live Client

Creating a Plug-in Offline Client Boot System

Creating a Linux-based Boot System for use with Plug-in Live Client Creating a Windows PE-based Boot System for use with Plug-in Live Client for Windows Installing VaultOS on a writable CD for use with Plug-in Live Client

Adding a NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client to the Plug-in Server for use with Plug-in Live Client

Editing an existing NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client for use with Plug-in Live Client Removing a NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client from use with Plug-in Live Client

Installing and removing Plug-in Live Client

Installing or upgrading Plug-in Server for use with Plug-in Live Client Adding Plug-in Live Clients for use with Plug-in Live Client Installing or upgrading Plug-in Live Client Upgrading Plug-in Live Client Removing Plug-in Live Client

Backing up data with Plug-in Live Client

Prerequisites for backing up data with Plug-in Live Client for Windows

Verifying access to the Plug-in Server for use with Plug-in Live Client

Performing an online backup of data using Plug-in Live Client for Windows

Selecting data for a backup with Plug-in Live Client Setting backup options for a backup with Plug-in Live Client Finalizing and submitting the job for a backup with Plug-in Live Client

Booting a NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client with Plug-in Offline Client

Booting with Plug-in Offline Client

Gathering NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client network information Booting the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client with the Linux-based Plug-in Offline Client Booting the NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Client with the Windows PE-based Plug-in Offline Client

Restoring data with Plug-in Live Client

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

Prerequisites for restoring to a physical machine with Plug-in Live Client for Windows Restore procedure for restoring data with Plug-in Live Client

Restoring data as a VMDK Image with Plug-in Live Client for Windows

Selecting data for a restore as a VMDK Image with Plug-in Live Client for Windows Setting restore options for a restore as a VMDK Image with Plug-in Live Client for Windows Finalizing and submitting the job for a restore as a VMDK Image with Plug-in Live Client for Windows Creating the VM for a restore as a VMDK Image with Plug-in Live Client for Windows

NetVault Bare Metal Recovery physical-to-virtual (P2V) recovery

Installing SCSI and IDE device drivers on a physical machine Supported physical to virtual configurations

Troubleshooting

Excluding LUNs from the NetVault Selections pages Performing a restore in which Disk Numbers are different from the backup Access denied during MBR recovery VMware ESX and ESXi Server 4.x and earlier not supported with Windows PE Attaching a restored VMDK image to a VM fails to power on the machine VMDK restore job to remote ESXi 6.0 fails with failure to clone error

Attaching a restored VMDK image to a VM fails to power on the machine

Restoring a Plug-in Live Client Windows backup to a local directory VMDK image and then attaching it to a virtual machine (VM) created from VMware can fail to power on the VM with the following error: Failed - Unsupported or invalid disk type 2 for ‘scsi0:0’. Ensure that the disk has been imported.

This error happens ESXi version 6.5 fails to address the VMDK descriptor.

To resolve the issue, after you restore the VMDK image, complete one of the following two methods:

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Method 1: While attaching the VMDK to the VM, change the storage controller from SCSI to IDE.

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Method 2: Use vmkfstools to convert the flat disk vmdk to a vmdk descriptor file. For more information, see https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1028943.

VMDK restore job to remote ESXi 6.0 fails with failure to clone error

The VMDK restore job from a Windows NetVault Server to a remote ESXi virtual machine fails with the error “ERROR: Failed to clone remote VMDK disk.”

This error happens because The Windows NetVault Server does not have the VDDK certificate registry key.

To resolve this issue, add the following registry key on the Windows NetVault Server:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Wow6432Node/VMware, Inc./VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit/VerifySSLCertificates

REG_DWORD 0 = OFF

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