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Restoring volumes for a Linux machine using the command line
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A list displays the base and incremental recovery points for that machine. This list includes:
•
A line item number
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Date and time stamp
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A lettered list of volumes within the recovery point
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Location of the volume
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Size of the recovery point
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An ID number for the volume that includes a sequence number at the end, which identifies the recovery point
5. To select the recovery point for a restore, enter the following command and then press Enter:
r <recovery_point_ID_number> <path>
CAUTION:
You must ensure that the system volume is not mounted.
NOTE:
If you started the machine from the Live DVD, then the system volume is not mounted.
This command rolls back the volume image specified by the ID from the Core to the specified path. The
path for the restore is the path for the device file descriptor and is not the directory to which it is mounted.
NOTE:
You can also specify a line number in the command instead of the recovery point ID number
to identify the recovery point. In that case, use the agent/machine line number (from the
lm
output),
followed by the recovery point line number and volume letter (from the lettered list of volumes within
the recovery point), followed by the path. For example:
r <machine_line_item_number> <base_image_recovery_point_line_number>
<volume_letter> <path>
For example, type:
r 1 24 a /dev/sda1
In this command,
<path>
is the file descriptor for the actual volume.
6. When prompted to proceed, enter y for Yes and then press Enter.
After the restore begins, a series of messages will display that notify you of the restore completion status.
NOTE:
If you receive an exception message, the details regarding that exception can be found in the
local_mount.log file. The local_mount.log file is located in
/var/log/apprecovery
.
7. Upon a successful restore, exit local_mount by typing
exit
and then press Enter.
8. Your next step is to verify the restore. For more information, see
Verifying the bare metal restore from the
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Restoring volumes for a Linux machine using the command line
In Rapid Recovery, you can restore volumes on your protected Linux machines using the command line
local_mount
utility.
NOTE:
This process was previously referred to as Rollback. When performing this procedure, do not
attempt to mount recovery points to the /tmp folder, which contains the rapidrecovery-vdisk (formerly
aavdisk) files. Restoring volumes is also supported for your protected machines within the Rapid Recovery
Core Console. See
