About Bare Metal Restore For Windows Machines; Prerequisites For Performing A Bare Metal Restore For A Windows Machine; Roadmap For Performing A Bare Metal Restore For A Windows Machine - Dell PowerVault DL4000 User Manual

NOTE: It is possible to rollback to /, but only when performing a Bare Metal Restore while booted with a Live
CD. For more information, see
7. When prompted to proceed, enter y for Yes.
after the rollback proceeds, a series of messages are displayed to notify you of the status.
8. Upon a successful rollback, the aamount utility automatically mounts and re-attach the kernel module to the
rolled back volume if the target was previously protected and mounted. If not, mount the rollback volume to the
local disk and then verify that the files are restored.
For example, you can use the sudo mount command and then the ls command.
CAUTION: Do not unmount a protected Linux volume manually. In the event you need to do this, you must
execute the following command before unmounting the volume: bsctl -d [path to volume].
In this command, [path to volume] does not refer to the mount point of the volume but instead refers to the file
descriptor of the volume; it must be in a form similar to: /dev/sda1.

About Bare Metal Restore For Windows Machines

Servers, when operating as expected, run and perform the tasks they are configured to do. It is only when they fail, that
things change. When a catastrophic event occurs, rendering the server inoperable, immediate steps are needed to
restore the server to its previous operating condition. The process typically entails reformatting the machine, reinstalling
the operating system, recovering data through backups, and reinstalling software applications.
AppAssure 5 provides the ability to perform a bare metal restore (BMR) for your Windows machines whether the
hardware is similar or dissimilar. This process encompasses creating a boot CD image, burning the image to disk,
booting up the target server from disk, connecting to the recovery console instance, mapping volumes, initiating the
recovery, and then monitoring the process. After 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 your unique settings and
configuration.
Other circumstances in which you may choose to perform a bare metal restore include hardware upgrade or server
replacement.
BMR functionality is also supported for your protected Linux machines using the command-line aamount utility. For
more information, see Performing A Bare Metal Restore For A Linux

Prerequisites For Performing A Bare Metal Restore For A Windows Machine

Before you can begin the process of performing a bare metal restore for a Windows machine, you must ensure that the
following conditions and criteria exist:
• Backups of the server and the functioning AppAssure 5 Core
• Hardware to restore (new or old, similar or dissimilar)
• Blank CD and CD burning software
• VNC viewer (optional)
• Windows 7 PE (32-bit) Compatible Drivers Storage and Network adapter drivers for the target machine
• Storage Controller, RAID, AHCI, and chipset drivers for the target operating system
NOTE: The Storage Controller Drivers are only needed if the restore being performed is to dissimilar hardware.
Roadmap For Performing A Bare Metal Restore For A Windows
Machine
To perform a BMR for a Windows machine:
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Performing A Bare Metal Restore For A Linux Machine.
Machine.