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Creating a boot CD ISO image
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transfer this image to physical media such as a CD or DVD. You must then virtually or physically load the boot
image, and start the Windows server from the boot image.
The first step when performing a bare metal restore (BMR) for a Windows machine is to create the boot CD file in
the Rapid Recovery Core Console. This is a bootable ISO image which contains the Rapid Recovery Universal
Recovery Console (URC) interface, an environment that is used to restore the system drive or the entire server
directly from the Rapid Recovery Core.
The boot CD ISO image that you create is tailored to the machine being restored; therefore, it must contain the
correct network and mass storage drivers. If you anticipate that you will be restoring to different hardware from the
machine on which the recovery point originated, then you must include storage controller and other drivers in the
boot CD. For information about injecting those drivers in the boot CD, see
Understanding driver injection in a boot
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Understanding driver injection in a boot CD
The boot CD image requires storage drivers to recognize the drives of the server, and network adapter drivers in
order to communicate with the Rapid Recovery Core over the network.
A generic set of Windows 8.1 x64 storage controller and network adapter drivers are included automatically
when you generate a boot CD for Windows. This satisfies the requirements of newer Dell systems. Systems from
other manufacturers or older Dell systems may require you to inject storage controller or network adapter drivers
when creating the boot CD. If you discover the boot CD you created does not contain the drivers necessary to
complete the restore, you can also load drivers on to the target machine using the URC. Fore more information,
see
Loading drivers using the Universal Recovery Console
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When creating the boot CD, driver injection is used to facilitate the operability between the recovery console,
network adapter, and storage on the target server.
Data restored from the recovery point includes drivers for the hardware previously in place. If performing a bare
metal restore to dissimilar hardware, then you must also inject storage controller drivers into the operating system
being restored using the URC after the data has been restored to the drive, This allows the restored operating
system to boot using the new set of hardware. After the OS is booted after the restore, you can then download
and install any additional drivers needed by the OS to interact with its new hardware.
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Creating a boot CD ISO image
A boot CD is the term Rapid Recovery uses to refer to the portable storage location of the ISO image reserved
for performing a bare metal restore (BMR). The image includes the Rapid Recovery Universal Recovery Console
(URC).
To perform a BMR on a machine, you must start the machine from the boot CD, which launches the URC. The
URC is what makes it possible to connect the BMR target to the location of the recovery point you want to use to
complete the restore.
1. From the Rapid Recovery Core Console where the server you need to restore is protected, in the icon bar,
click the More menu, and then click Boot CDs.
2. On the Boot CDs page, click Create Boot CD.
The Create Boot CD dialog box displays.
3. In the Create Boot CD dialog box, in the Output path text box, enter the location where you want to store
the boot CD ISO image.
