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Performing a bare metal restore for Windows machines
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Performing a BMR is possible for physical or virtual machines. As an added benefit, Rapid Recovery allows you to
perform a BMR whether the hardware is similar or dissimilar. Performing a BMR on Rapid Recovery separates the
operating system from a specific platform, providing portability.
Examples of performing a BMR for similar hardware include replacing the hard drive of the existing system, or
swapping out the failed server with an identical machine.
Examples of performing a BMR for dissimilar hardware include restoring a failed system with a server produced
by a different manufacturer or with a different configuration. This process encompasses creating a boot CD
image, burning the image to disk, starting up the target server from the boot image, connecting to the recovery
console instance, mapping volumes, initiating the recovery, and then monitoring the process. Once the bare metal
restore is complete, you can continue with the task of loading the operating system and the software applications
on the restored server, followed by establishing unique settings required for your configuration.
Bare metal restore is used not only in disaster recovery scenarios, but also to migrate data when upgrading or
replacing servers.
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Performing a bare metal restore for Windows machines
To perform a bare metal restore for Windows machines, perform the following tasks.
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Creating a Windows boot image. This boot CD ISO image will be used to start up the destination drive, from which you
can access the Universal Recovery Console to communicate with backups on the Core. See
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If you require physical media to start up the destination machine, you need to transfer the boot CD ISO image to
Transferring the boot CD ISO image to media
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In all cases, you must load the boot image into the destination server and start the server from the boot image. See
Loading the boot CD and starting the target machine
NOTE:
This process describes how to manage a boot CD image from the Create Boot CD dialog
box. You can also perform these steps from the Restore Machine Wizard, starting from the Boot
CD page of the wizard. You access this when you specify Recover to any target machine using
a boot CD from the Destination page of the wizard. For step-by-step instructions for managing a
Windows boot image from the Restore Machine Wizard as part of a bare metal restore, see
performing a bare metal restore using the Restore Machine Wizard
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Launch a Bare Metal Restore for Windows. After the destination machine is started from the boot CD, you can launch the
BMR. See
Using the Universal Recovery Console for a BMR
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Initiate a restore from a recovery point on the Core. See
Selecting a recovery point and initiating a BMR
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Map the volumes. See
About disk mapping for a bare metal restore
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If restoring to dissimilar hardware, and the necessary storage and network drivers are not present on the boot CD,
you may need to load the drivers from a portable media device. For more information, see
the Universal Recovery Console
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Performing a BMR from the Restore Machine Wizard. Optionally, the processes for managing a Windows boot image
and for launching the BMR, including all sub-tasks, can be performed from the Restore Machine Wizard. For information
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