Disaster recovery image restore

Create restore media

1. In the Management Console of the Backup & Disaster Recovery appliance, go to the Settings tab.

2. In the Tools group on the left, click Downloads.

3. In the Bare Metal Restore group, download the restore disk image (DR Restore Disk).

   

4. Create a bootable media (for example, a USB flash drive) from the downloaded image.

Restore from disaster recovery image

1. Insert the restore media created previously in the computer you want to restore to.

2. Start the computer and boot from the restore media.

   The license agreement opens.

3. Read the license agreement carefully and, if applicable, agree to the terms and conditions.

   The list of available appliances opens.

   If the target computer has a hardware or a hardware-assisted software RAID, before continuing, please check if the DR restore disk supports the RAID controller, and thus can perform restore as per the RAID configuration.

4. In the list of available appliances, select the appliance you want to restore from.

   

   If the system does not show any appliances on the list, click Scan () to automatically detect appliances available on the network.

   If the system is still unable to detect any appliances automatically, click Find () and enter the IP address of the appliance.

   The Login window opens.

5. In the Login window, enter the password used to log in to the appliance Management Console, and then click OK.

   

   The list of protected clients associated with the appliance opens.

6. In the list of clients, click the client you want to restore, and then click Next.

   

7. Use the slider to pick the date of backup you want to restore, and then click Next.

   

   The Backup Disks tab shows the drives backed up from the source and available for restore.

   The Job Info tab shows the basic details of the backup job selected for restore.

8. In the Pre-restore configuration window, select the drive or drives to restore, and then click Restore.

   

   

9. After the restore finishes, click Reboot.

   Remove the restore media when restarting the computer.

Check RAID controller support

If the computer you plan to restore to has a hardware or a hardware-assisted software RAID, you may check if the DR restore disk supports the RAID controller, and thus can perform restore as per the RAID configuration.

For this, after booting the target computer from the restore media:

1. Next to the Help icon, click More (), and then select Open Shell.

   

2. View information about the SCSI devices attached to the system.

   For this, run the lsblk command followed by the -So options and the +SIZE parameter.

   lsblk -So +SIZE
   

   The system lists all SCSI devices currently attached.

   

   Check if the system detected the RAID controller.

   • If the RAID controller is on the list, this means the DR restore disk supports it.

   • If the RAID controller is not on the list, this means the DR restore disk does not support it by default.

     You have to find and install drivers for the RAID controller manually before proceeding with the restore. If necessary, contact Support for assistance.

3. Next to the Help icon, click More (), and then select Close Shell, and continue restoring.

   

lsblk -So +SIZE

NAME    HCTL       TYPE    VENDOR     MODEL               REV     TRAN    SIZE
sda     0:2:0:0    disk    LSI        MR9266-4i           3.44            36.4T
sdb     2:0:0:0    disk    ATA        INTEL SSDSC2BB24    0130    sata    223.6G
sdc     7:0:0:0    disk    ATA        SATA SSD            02.1    sata    14.9G
sdd     1:0:0:0    disk    SanDisk    Ultra               1.00    usb     57.3G