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Managing a Linux boot image
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Prerequisites for performing a bare metal restore for a Linux
machine
Before you can begin the process of performing a bare metal restore for a Linux machine, you must ensure that
the following conditions and criteria exist:
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Backups of the machine you want to restore. You must have a functioning Rapid Recovery Core containing recovery
points of the protected server you want to restore.
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Hardware to restore (new or old, similar or dissimilar). The target machine must meet the installation requirements for an
agent; for details, see the Rapid Recovery Installation and Upgrade Guide.
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Live DVD boot image. Obtain the Linux Live DVD ISO image, which includes a bootable version of Linux. Download
it from the Dell Data Protection | Rapid Recovery License Portal at
. If you have any issues
downloading the Live DVD, contact Dell Rapid Recovery support.
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Image media and software. If using physical media, you must have a blank CD or DVD and disk burning software, or
software to create an ISO image.
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Compatible storage drivers and network adapter drivers. If restoring to dissimilar hardware, then you must have
compatible storage drivers and network adapter drivers for the target machine, including RAID, AHCI, and chipset drivers
for the target operating system, as appropriate.
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Storage space and partitions, as appropriate. Ensure that there is enough space on the hard drive to create destination
partitions on the target machine to contain the source volumes. Any destination partition should be at least as large as
the original source partition.
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Restore path. Identify the path for the restore, which is the path for the device file descriptor. To identify the path for the
device file descriptor, use the
fdisk
command from a terminal window.
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Managing a Linux boot image
A bare metal restore for Linux requires a Live DVD boot image, which you download from the Dell Data Protection
| Rapid Recovery License Portal. You will use this image to start the destination Linux machine. Based on the
specifics of your environment you may need to 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 Linux server from the boot image.
NOTE:
The Live DVD was previously known as the Live CD.
Managing a Linux boot image is a step in
Performing a bare metal restore for Linux machines
.
You can perform the following tasks:
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About the boot ISO image for Linux
The first step when performing a bare metal restore (BMR) for a Linux machine is to download the Linux Live DVD
ISO image from the Dell Data Protection | Rapid Recovery License Portal. The Live DVD functions with all Linux
file systems supported by Rapid Recovery, and includes a bootable version of Linux, a screen utility, and the
Rapid Recovery Universal Recovery Console (URC) interface. The Rapid Recovery Universal Recovery Console
is an environment that is used to restore the system drive or the entire server directly from the Rapid Recovery
Core.
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