Recovering from a crash using cold bare metal

To restore a bare metal backup, you must first have a Bare Metal Plus crash recovery media and the last master and differential (if applicable) backups for the client. Follow the procedures in the above mentioned sections to create the media for the client you want to restore.

To restore a crashed system using Metal Plus

1

A client Metal Plus crash recovery media should be available with you.

2

Boot the client with the media. To get more details about the usage of the bare metal boot CD, see To create a bare metal boot CD.

3

Restore the bare metal backup to the client.

4

Interrupt the automatic backup so that the Bare Metal Plus menu displays.

5

Remove the bare metal media and reboot the client using its normal operating system.

6

Restore the last master backup to the client.

7

Restore the last differential backup that was performed after the last master backup, to the client. This may not be necessary if no differentials have been done since the last master.

8

Once the restore is done, remove the media.

Basic bare metal restore procedures

1

Boot the client using the bare metal crash recovery media. Press the Enter key when you see the Automatic Backup countdown to proceed to the main menu.

2

Select Restore from the main menu. This takes you to the restore menu. From the restore menu you can restore:

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Everything

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Just the master Boot Record (MBR)

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Selected partitions

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The system and disk info file

3

Select one of the restore options and you will be asked a few simple questions and then the restore will be queued to the backup system.

4

After having restored the system, reboot to the newly restored operating system and restore the last master and incremental backups.