Accessing the integrated bare metal recovery ISO images

For the recovery, you must use the 32-bit or 64-bit integrated BMR ISO image provided on the Unitrends Recovery Series or Unitrends Backup appliance. The ISO contains WinPE 4.0, a minimal version of Windows used for installations, and the Unitrends Integrated Bare Metal Recovery Wizard that guides you through the recovery. Use the procedure described below to access the 32-bit and 64-bit ISO images.

To access the integrated bare metal recovery ISO images

1

Mount a working client to the Samba share virtual_failover on your Unitrends appliance.

Mounting procedures vary depending upon the operating system, but for most Windows versions, you should be able to access the Map network drive option after selecting Computer. For example, to mount to the virtual_failover share in Windows 7, you can select Computer and then Map network drive. You can then map to the Samba share by entering the following in the Folder field: \\<IP address of your Unitrends appliance>\virtual_failover.

2

Select winbm32 for 32-bit BIOS-based clients and winbm for 64-bit BIOS-based clients. Select winbm for 32-bit and 64-bit UEFI clients.

3

Burn the image to a disk for recovery to a physical machine, or save it in a location that you can access from your hypervisor for recovery to a virtual machine.

4

Proceed to Preparing the destination machine for an integrated bare metal recovery to continue the recovery.