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PERFORMING A SINGLE FILE RESTORE

ReadyRECOVER allows you to recover entire operating system in case of a hardware failure, disaster, or data corruption.  
however, smaller recovery tasks are far more frequent.  One of the most common recovery situations in a server environ-
ment is the need to restore a single file that may have been changed or deleted.

ReadyRECOVER provides a simple and reliable way to recover any file from any previous backup.
 

Press Ctrl + R, then enter 

“\\” and the ReadyDATA IP 

Address  

 

 

Open backup location 

using the ReadyDATA 

admin account 

Browse to desires 

backup time stamp 

Select StorageCraft 

“Quick Mount” 

Recovery Steps

1.  Connect to the desktop of any system that has the shadowProtect agent installed
2.  Press the Ctrl + R to bring up the windows Run menu
3.  Enter the uNC path for the ReadydATA that hosts the ReadyRECOVER backups ( \\{iP Address})
4.  Open the backup share with the same name as your Backup set
5.  Browse through the “Competed_Backups” folder to the time stamped folder which contains the desired backup
6.   Right click on the backup image file of the volume that contains the file you wish to restore.  select “storageCraft Quick mount”.
 

Summary of Contents for ReadyRECOVER

Page 1: ...NETGEAR ReadyRECOVER Application Note Technology Overview and Configuration Guide...

Page 2: ...VER Restoration options 4 Block level Deduplication Inline Compression Savings 5 Solution Components 6 Implementation Steps 7 Configure ReadyDATA 7 Install ShadowProtect Backup Agent on client systems...

Page 3: ...ner to get business operations back online Specifically traditional backup solutions are often unable to Send backups offsite where they are safe from disaster Protect data at frequent intervals to me...

Page 4: ...hines VM Every 15 minute backup is a full restore point Restores are fast because there is no need to traverse long backup image chains and frequent restore points mean less lost work Full System Rest...

Page 5: ...block In ReadyRECOVER inline checksumming is implemented to guarantee every block is correct when restoring If a block is corrupt it is silently repaired using checksums and object based RAID technol...

Page 6: ...on on read 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 Checksum individual blocks on write Fingerprint Data Disk Disk Disk Disk 1 1 1 1 0 1 Only one Full Backup operation 1 3 Self healing object bas...

Page 7: ...these manuals by clicking the icon in the ReadyDATA dashboard The support website at http support netgear com 1 Connecting to ReadyDATA ReadyDATA is fully administrable from a supported web browser Wh...

Page 8: ...ith multiple performance options Selecting medium performance is recommended for ReadyRECOVER installations 2 Select Drives Hold down the left mouse button and drag to select many drives 2 Click New V...

Page 9: ...an cause the ReadyDATA device to become disconnected from the network Ensure that the time is set correctly on the ReadyDATA device and that the hostname is unique and recognizable for logging and ale...

Page 10: ...nd recovery question answers 5 Configure Email Alerting To receive email alerts about ReadyRECOVER backup client failures hardware status and storage volume health from the ReadyDATA device email aler...

Page 11: ...can be downloaded from the NETGEAR ReadyRECOVER product page at http www netgear com readyrecover Once the agent is installed the client system will need to be rebooted CREATE A BACKUP JOB From the W...

Page 12: ...u would like to protect Typically the volumes with assigned drive letters are all that are required Select Network Locations from the dropdown menu Select Boot and Data volumes From the dropdown list...

Page 13: ...which ReadyDATA account you would like to use when the backup process access the storage By default this will be the ReadyDATA admin account By selecting new existing an alternate ReadyDATA account c...

Page 14: ...leave the default names From the scheduler select which days as well as the time range you would like backups to occur Backups can run continuously by selecting a time in Start taking backups at this...

Page 15: ...s into less granular restore points that span the defined backup range as per the Retention policy rules below Confirm all the settings on the summary screen and optionally select Execute Now to run t...

Page 16: ...hares tab to see the ReadyRECOVER Backups After 3 Backups Savings ratio will grow example 3 1 as each full backup only stores block level changes After 4 Backups Savings ratio will continue to grow ex...

Page 17: ...nd incremental block level changes after the first successful full replication cycle forever Virtualization VM VM VM Physical Servers PCs Virtual Machines VM Backup unique changes only forever Ongoing...

Page 18: ...arding ReadyDATA s cloud managed replication can be used Please reference the ReadyDATA OS Software Manual for setup instructions This document is available on the resource CD that came with your Read...

Page 19: ...onal When replicating over a public network or limited bandwidth connection it is recommended to select Compression 3 Click the Next button to continue Enter a name for the remote backup set When repl...

Page 20: ...scheduled on an hourly basis to meet aggressive recovery point objectives RPOs at offsite locations However for environments with restricted band width it is recommended to schedule periodic replicati...

Page 21: ...e Finish Button to complete the replication wizard Once the wizard is complete the replication job is ready to run its first replication cycle Footer use for Presentation Title or footnotes Click Fini...

Page 22: ...e ReadyDATA IP Address Open backup location using the ReadyDATA admin account Browse to desires backup time stamp Select StorageCraft Quick Mount Recovery Steps 1 Connect to the desktop of any system...

Page 23: ...l time verification on write 3 Centralized monitoring and alerting 4 WAN optimized replication 5 Support for Windows based Servers Virtual Machines Workstations and Laptops with support for all major...

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