Once you have configured the new system as described in Configuring the newly imaged system, use this procedure to restore the backup system from archive.
Note: Disaster recovery from tape archive is not supported.
| 1 | Attach archive media to the new system. |
| • | If restoring from a disk device, attach the device to the new system. For Unitrends Backup systems, attach to the ESX or Hyper-V host machine and configure the device for access by the Unitrends Backup VM within the hypervisor interface. |
| • | If restoring from external archive storage (NAS or SAN), configure this storage on the new system. See Adding archive storage. |
| • | If restoring a Unitrends Backup archive from virtual disk, configure this storage on the new system. See Adding archive storage and follow instructions for Added Disk. |
| 2 | On the new system, select the blue system icon in the Navigation pane and click Restore. |
| 3 | On the System Restore page, select the new system from the Restore a System (Perform DR) list. |
| 4 | Click the arrows to Scan for Archive Media. |
| 5 | Select the archive media in the Select Media list. |
| 6 | Select the storage configuration to use for the restore. |
| • | Click Yes to use storage devices configured on the new system. |
| • | Click No to use storage devices configured on the old system. |
| • | For more information, see Selecting storage devices during DR. |
| 7 | When the confirmation message displays, check the I understand... box and click Confirm to continue with the DR and restore system metadata. |
| 8 | A message displays indicating system metadata has been restored. Click one of the following: |
| • | Click Yes to continue restoring archives for protected clients. |
| • | Click No to exit DR and unmount the archive media. |
| 9 | An encryption message displays. If encryption was configured on the original system, reset the encryption state in a new browser window: |
Note: This reset must be performed after system metadata is restored.
| • | Log in to the new system using a different browser window. |
| • | Select Settings > System Monitoring > Encryption. |
| • | Turn encryption off and Confirm. |
| • | Turn encryption back on, enter the encryption passphrase, and click Confirm. |
| • | Return to the DR procedure in the original browser window. |
| 10 | Click Okay to close the encryption message and continue. |
| 11 | Click Select Target Device. |
| 12 | In the grid below, check boxes to select clients to restore. |
If you chose to restore storage from the new system, specify the device to which backups will be restored for each client selected.
Note: The device selected here is for this restore only. During DR, schedules are updated so that the default D2DBackups device is used. Scheduled backups for the client will be stored on D2DBackups. To change this, apply an option to the schedule once DR is complete.
| 13 | Click Confirm, then Yes to indicate that you wish to overwrite the selected client’s backups. |
| 14 | A message displays indicating that DR has started. Click Okay. |
| 15 | Monitor the DR job. Click Status, then click the Present blind on the side of the Status page. The DR job displays in the grid as an Archive Restore. |
| 16 | When the Archive Restore job completes, its status changes to successful. Click the refresh arrows below the Navigation pane to reload the system. Restored clients and data display in the system. |
| 17 | Restore clients as necessary. See Restoring backup data to the clients. |
| 18 | After all systems have been restored, see Post-recovery considerations for additional tasks you may need to perform in your environment. |