NetVault Bare Metal Recovery 11.1 - User Guide for Plug-ins

Dell NetVault Bare Metal Recovery (NetVault Bare Metal Recovery) Plug-ins reduce the time required to recover a failed disk drive and restore operations. Online full-partition backups and offline block-level backups can be scheduled as an extension to your existing backup routine. If a server crashes, you can use the provided minimal operating system (OS) to recover a system that has no functioning OS. After it is in a state to be restored, the Dell NetVault Backup (NetVault Backup) web-based user interface (WebUI) is used to restore the most recent system image. NetVault Bare Metal Recovery improves your ability to meet Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and service-level agreements (SLAs) by eliminating much of the manual intervention and guesswork commonly associated with the task of rebuilding a disk. By automating system recovery — including recovery of operating systems, network settings, system settings, applications, disk partitions and data — NetVault Bare Metal Recovery ensures that the disk rebuild is done correctly.

Key benefits

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Speeds bare metal recovery to minimize downtime: A typical bare metal recovery can consume an entire day. Using NetVault Bare Metal Recovery, you can reduce the task of rebuilding a disk to a few hours — minimizing downtime and improving user productivity. NetVault Bare Metal Recovery provides protection for operating systems, network settings, systems settings, application binaries, disk partitions and data. Providing protection down to the partition level, NetVault Bare Metal Recovery lets you choose between online backups, allowing a protected system to remain online and available to your users and offline block-level backups. Using the Plug-in Offline Client minimal OS that is provided, NetVault Bare Metal Recovery lets you recover a system that has no functional OS. NetVault Bare Metal Recovery substantially reduces the time consuming manual steps typically required to rebuild the disk and restore operations and enables you to meet aggressive RTOs.

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Reduces risk by reducing manual intervention: One problem inherent to bare metal recoveries is the amount of information required to ensure success on the first attempt. A typical manual bare metal recovery may include sixteen or more steps, with each requiring input of values that must be correct to minimize the effect on users. By providing protection down to the partition level during regularly scheduled online or offline backups, NetVault Bare Metal Recovery manages these steps for you, eliminates guesswork, and keeps you current with changes and modified server configurations.

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Ensures business continuity: NetVault Bare Metal Recovery provides an added level of protection to ensure business continuity. NetVault Bare Metal Recovery takes advantage of NetVault Backup’s integration with a range of backup devices. NetVault Bare Metal Recovery gives you the confidence that your critical system settings are captured regularly and stored offsite for disaster-recovery purposes. When combined with Dell NetVault Backup Plug-ins, NetVault Bare Metal Recovery ensures a comprehensive data-protection strategy.