Business Continuity Solutions BUSINESS CONTINUITY SonicWALL CDP Series SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery User's Guide
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Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction ......................................................................................8 1.1 SonicWALL® Bare Metal Recovery – a complete solution for corporate users ...........................8 1.2 SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery components.......................................................................9 1.3 Supported file systems and storage media .........................................................................10 1.3.1 Supported file systems ........
.3.4 Selecting a disk/partition to restore ............................................................................42 6.3.5 Selecting a target disk/partition ..................................................................................42 6.3.6 Changing the restored partition type...........................................................................43 6.3.7 Changing the restored partition size and location .........................................................44 6.3.
11.3.10 Old and new disk partition layouts ..........................................................................78 11.3.11 Cloning summary...................................................................................................79 11.4 Cloning with manual partitioning .....................................................................................79 11.4.1 Old and new disk partition layouts ............................................................................79 Chapter 12.
Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 SonicWALL® Bare Metal Recovery – a complete solution for corporate users SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery is a comprehensive backup and recovery solution for heterogeneous computer infrastructure that may include any combination of physical and virtual, networked and standalone, Windows- and Linux-based servers.
Supports Leading Edge Technology Businesses today are moving to leverage the latest technologies, including dual-core, 64bit processors and 64-bit operating systems. With SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery, you can protect these new machines, as well as legacy servers, running a single application with a common interface.
3. image mounting in read/write mode 4. dynamic disks support 5. image consolidation 6. backup scheduling 7. backup multiple increments throughout a day 8. schedule periodic backup validation 9. Microsoft Volume Shadow copy Service (VSS) support Further in the text all mentions of these functions are related to the SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery Universal Enterprise Server.
and 21 for both TCP and UDP protocols and disable the Routing and Remote Access Windows service. ** - Burned rewritable discs cannot be read in Linux without kernel patch. Copyright © SonicWALL, Inc.
Chapter 2. SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery Server Edition installation and startup 2.1 System requirements 2.1.1 Minimum hardware requirements SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery Server Edition requires the following hardware: • Pentium processor or higher • 256MB RAM • FDD or CD-RW drive for bootable media creation • Mouse (recommended). 2.1.
2.2 Installing SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery components 2.2.1 Installation of SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery Server Edition SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery Server Edition Install Window For SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery Server Edition Typical, Custom and Complete installation is available. Having pressed Custom, you can choose to install, besides the main component, Rescue Media Builder and Bart PE plug-in for SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery Server Edition.
Recovery Server Edition) or by using separately sold Upgrade Install Utility setup file to SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery Server Edition. After installation, SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery Universal Enterprise Server automatically plugs in one or more of above program components. If it was installed as an Upgrade Install Utility, then SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery Server Edition name, displayed in its main window, changes to SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery Universal Enterprise Server. 2.
Chapter 3. General information and proprietary SonicWALL technologies 3.1 The disk/partition image A disk (partition) image is a file that contains a copy of all information stored on a disk. Image stores all the server data including operating system, databases, all programs, data, and settings. By backing up your information regularly you will completely protect yourself from data losses in case of system failures and even server malfunctions.
to undo changes made by the guests). In this case, you need not re-create the initial full image, so the backup time is not crucial and the restore time will be minimal. An incremental backup is most useful when you need frequent backups and possibility to roll back to any one of multiple stored states. For example, let’s say you create a full backup once a month. If you then create an incremental backup each day of a month, you will get the same result as if you created full backups every day.
The Windows default driver storage folder is determined in the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current version\DevicePath. This storage folder is usually WINDOWS/inf. 2. Manual selection of mass storage device driver If the target hardware has a specific mass storage controller (such as a SCSI, RAID, or Fibre Channel adapter) for the hard disk, you can install the appropriate driver manually, bypassing the automatic driver search-and-install procedure. 3.
To sort messages by a particular column, click the header (another click will switch the messages to the opposite order) or Arrange Icons by button and select the column. To select columns to view, right-click the headers line or left-click the Choose Columns… button. Then flag the columns you want to display. If you click the i (Display the properties of the selected item) button, you will see the selected partition or disk properties window. This window contains two panels.
Chapter 4. Using SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery supports the GUI mode and the command-line mode. Here we describe the operations available in the GUI mode, which provides the widest functionality. For console commands and scripting please see Chapter 13. Command-line mode and scripting. 4.1 Main program window The main program window contains the menu, the toolbar, the sidebar and the main area. The sidebar features a pane for selecting task category, the Tools and Help panes.
• Create Bootable Rescue Media – run the bootable media creation procedure Program menu The program menu bar features the Operations, View, Tools and Help items. The Operations menu contains a list of the available operations, including scheduling tasks and mounting disk/partitions as virtual drives.
Operation How to access Back up and Recover Back up and restore data, including system Click Backup or Recovery, then follow the disks/partitions wizard’s instructions. See details in Chapter 5. Creating backup archives and Chapter 6. Restoring the backup data. Browse logs of SonicWALL Bare Metal Click Show Log in the Tools menu or Recovery operation select the Show Log tool on the sidebar to navigate to the Event Log window. See details in 10.3 Viewing logs.
Convert disk images to virtual disk files of Select Tools -> Convert backup to the type you select (.vmdk, .vhd, .hdd) Virtual Disk and follow the wizard’s instructions. See details in 9.3 Converting disk images to virtual disks. Mount partitions’ images to explore and Select Operations -> Mount Image and modify their contents, or to restore follow the wizard’s instructions. See details individual files in 9.2.2 Mounting an image.
Chapter 5. Creating backup archives To be able to restore the lost data or roll back your system to a predetermined state, you should first create a data or entire system backup file. Backing up the entire system disk (creating a disk image) takes more disk space but enables you to restore the system in minutes in case of severe data damage or hardware failure.
3. Select the name and location of the archive. If you are going to create a full backup, type the file name in the File Name line, or use the file name generator (a button to the right of the line). If you select an existing full backup, it will be overwritten. Including [date] in the backup file name will add to the name the time and date of the backup creation formatted as . Example: C:\MyBackup[date].tib. If you are going to create an incremental backup (see 3.
You may Use default options or Set the options manually. If the latter is the case, the settings will be applied only to the current backup task. Alternatively, you can edit the default options from the current screen. Then your settings will be saved as the defaults. See 5.2 Setting backup options for more information. 6. Provide a comment for the archive. This can help prevent you from restoring the wrong disk or partition. However, you also can choose not to make any notes.
You can also close the progress window by clicking Hide. The backup creation will continue, but you will be able to start another operation or close the main program window. In the latter case, the program will continue working in the background and will automatically close once the backup archive is ready. If you prepare some more backup operations, they will be queued after the current. You can adjust the backup process priority.
An archive can be protected with a password. To protect the archive data from being accessed by anybody except you, enter a password and its confirmation into the text fields. A password should consist of at least eight symbols and contain both letters (in the upper and lower cases preferably) and numbers to make it more difficult to guess.
5.2.3 Database support Database servers, such as MS SQL Server and MS Exchange, can be problematic to backup, partially due to open files and indexes and partially due to rapid data changes. Therefore it is usually recommended that the database be suspended just before the backup (data capture). You can suspend the database and clear all caches to ensure that all transactions are completed at the moment of data capture.
can be ensured by executing batch files or scripts that pause the appropriate Windows services and automatically resume them after data capture.
Enable the Multi-volume snapshot feature if you are going to back up data located on multiple volumes and you must preserve its consistency (such as a database spanned across the volumes). In this case, a single snapshot for all volumes is created, which will be used for backup creation. When this feature is disabled, snapshots for volumes will be taken one by one. 5.2.4 Compression level The preset is Normal.
archive contains essentially compressed files, such as .jpg, .pdf or .mp3. However, formats such as .doc or .xls will compress more than other file types. Generally, it is recommended that you use the default Normal compression level. You might want to select Maximum compression for removable media to reduce the number of blank disks required. 5.2.5 Backup performance The three options below might have a more or less noticeable effect on the backup process speed.
slider or enter the bandwidth limit for transferring backup data in kilobytes per second. This setting is also applied to an FTP connection, if an FTP server is selected as backup destination device. 5.2.6 Archive splitting Sizeable backups can be split into several files that together make the original backup. A backup file can be split for burning to removable media or saving on an FTP server (data recovery directly from an FTP server requires the archive to be split into files no more than 2GB in size).
Creating a backup directly on CD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW generally will take considerably more time than it would on a hard disk. 5.2.7 Media components The preset is disabled. When backing up to removable media, you can make this media bootable by writing to it additional components. As a result, you will not need a separate rescue disk. Choose the basic components necessary for boot and restoring data on the General tab.
Corporate administrators need an option to continue a back up despite any errors that might occur without the system popping up an error box. Details of the operation, including errors, if any, could be found in the operation log. With the silent mode enabled, the program will not display interactive windows. Instead, it will automatically handle situations requiring user intervention such as running out disk space (except for handling bad sectors, which is defined as a separate option.
You can choose whether to display the Insert First Media prompt when backing up to removable media. With the default setting, backing up to removable media may be not possible if the user is away, because the program will wait for someone to press OK in the prompt box. Therefore, you should disable the prompt when scheduling a backup to removable media. Then, if the removable media is available (for example, CD-R/RW inserted), the task can run unattended. Copyright © SonicWALL, Inc.
Chapter 6. Restoring the backup data 6.1 Considerations before recovery 6.1.1 Restore under Windows or boot from CD? As mentioned above (see 2.3 Running SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery), SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery can be run in several ways. We recommend that you first try to restore data running SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery under Windows because this method provides more functionality. Boot from the bootable media only if Windows does not load.
A dynamic volume can be recovered over the same volume or unallocated space of a dynamic group. If recovered over another volume, the target volume’s contents will be overwritten with the image contents, but the type or other properties of the target volume will not be changed. To restore a dynamic volume exactly as it is, prepare a target dynamic group without volumes.
If the archive is located on removable media, e.g. CD, first insert the last CD and then insert disks in reverse order when Restore Data Wizard prompts. Data recovery directly from an FTP server requires the archive to consist of files no more than 2GB in size. If you suspect that some of the files may be larger, first copy the entire archive (along with the initial full backup) to a local hard disk or network share disk. See notes and recommendations for supporting FTP server in 1.4.
7. Select the options for the restoration process (that is, pre/post restoration commands, restoration process priority, file-level security settings etc.). You may Use default options or Set the options manually. If you set options manually, the settings will be applied only to the current restore task. Alternatively, you can edit the default options from the current screen. Then your settings will be saved as default. See 6.4 Setting restore options for more information. 8.
Overwrite existing file if it is older – this will give the priority to the most recent file modification, whether it be in the archive or on the disk Do not overwrite existing file – this will give the file on the hard disk unconditional priority over the archived file. 9. At the final step, the restoration summary is displayed. Up to this point, you can click Back to make changes in the created task. Clicking Proceed will launch the task. 10. The task progress will be shown in a special window.
If the archive is located on removable media, e.g. CD, first insert the last CD and then insert disks in reverse order when Restore Data Wizard prompts. Data recovery directly from an FTP server requires the archive to be split into files no more than 2GB in size. If you suspect that some of the files may be larger, first copy the entire archive (along with the initial full backup) to a local hard disk or network share disk. See notes and recommendations for supporting FTP server in 1.4.
6.3.4 Selecting a disk/partition to restore The selected backup can contain images of several partitions or even disks. Select which disk/partition to restore. Disks and partitions images contain a copy of track 0 along with the MBR (Master Boot Record). It appears in this window in a separate line. You can choose whether to restore MBR and track 0 by checking the respective box. Restore the MBR if it is critical to your system boot. 6.3.5 Selecting a target disk/partition 1.
All the data stored on the target partition will be replaced by the image data, so be careful and watch for non-backed-up data that you might need. When restoring a Windows system disk and select a target disk, the program compares critical for the system start devices, found in the image registry and the target computer registry. If the chipset, motherboard or mass storage devices are different, there is a risk that the system will not be able to boot. 2.
To illustrate why you might need to do this, let’s imagine that both the operating system and data were stored on the same primary partition on a damaged disk. If you are restoring a system partition to the new (or the same) disk and want to load an operating system from it, you will select Active. If you restore a system partition to another hard disk with its own partitions and OS, most likely you will need only the data. In this case, you can restore the partition as Logical to access the data only.
6.3.9 Restoring several disks or partitions at once During a single session, you can restore several partitions or disks, one by one, by selecting one disk and setting its parameters first and then repeating these actions for every partition or disk to be restored. If you want to restore another disk (partition), select Yes, I want to restore another partition or hard disk drive. Then you will return to the partition selection window (7.3.4) again and will have to repeat the above steps.
The program will find the most suitable drivers of all available drivers and install them into the restored system. However, the driver defined by the user, will have the priority. It will be installed, with appropriate warnings, even if the program finds the better driver. 6.3.11 Setting restore options Select the options for the restoration process (that is, pre/post restoration commands, restoration process priority etc.). You may Use default options or Set the options manually.
6.4 Setting restore options To view or edit the default restore options in SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery, select Tools -> Options -> Default Restoration Options from the main program menu. You can edit the default (or set the temporary) restore options while creating a restore task as well. 6.4.1 Files overwriting mode This option allows you to keep useful data changes made since the backup being restored was done.
Overwrite existing file if it is older – this will give the priority to the most recent file modification, whether it be in the archive or on the disk. Do not overwrite existing file – this will give the file on the hard disk unconditional priority over the archived file. 6.4.2 Pre/post commands You can specify commands or batch files to be automatically executed before and after the restore procedure.
The priority of any process running in a system determines the amount of CPU usage and system resources allocated to that process. Decreasing the restoration priority will free more resources for other CPU tasks. Increasing of restoration priority may speed up the restore process due to taking resources from the other currently running processes. The effect will depend on total CPU usage and other factors. 6.4.4 File-level security settings The preset is Restore files with their security settings.
6.4.5 Additional settings 1. You can choose whether to restore files’ date and time from the archive or assign the files the current date and time. 2. Before data is restored from the archive, SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery can check its integrity. If you suspect that the archive might have been corrupted, select Validate backup archive before restoration. To check archive data integrity you must have all incremental backups belonging to the archive and the initial full backup.
6.5 Creating dynamic disks and volumes SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery Universal Enterprise Server must obtain exclusive access to the disks to perform operations with disks and volumes. This means no other applications can access it at that time. Please close all other applications that use the disks (such as Windows Disk Management) before starting the disk conversion and dynamic volume creation wizards. 6.5.
4. Select the type of dynamic volume that will be created: simple/spanned, striped, mirrored or RAID 5. 5. Specify amount of space that the dynamic volume will occupy on each of the selected disks. The value you set is adjusted to the selected volume type. For a spanned volume, amount of space on each disk is selected independently. If only one disk is selected, a simple volume is created. Striped, mirrored and RAID 5 volumes imply even distribution of data between disks.
6. Click Proceed in the summary window. On completion of operations, the dynamic volumes are unformatted and have no letters assigned. You will be able to assign the letters using Windows Disk Management tool after restoring Windows on the created volumes. Copyright © SonicWALL, Inc.
Chapter 7. Scheduling tasks SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery Universal Enterprise Server allows you to schedule periodic backup and archive validation tasks. Doing so will give you peace of mind, knowing that your data are safe. You can create more than one independently scheduled task. For example, you can back up your current project daily and back up the application disk once a week. All the scheduled tasks appear in the Scheduled Tasks window, where you can start, stop, edit, delete and rename them.
• Manually later – the task will be saved, but not launched automatically. You will be able to launch it later by clicking Run in the Scheduled Tasks window • Daily – the task will be executed once a day or once in several days • Weekly – the task will be executed once a week or once in several weeks on the selected day • Monthly – the task will be executed once a month on the selected day • One time only – the task will be executed once at the specified time and day 5.
In the upper field, enter a user name. Enter a password twice in two fields below. 7. At the final step, the task configuration is displayed. Up to this point, you can click Back to make changes in the created task. If you click Cancel, all settings will be lost. Click Finish to save the task. 8. The task schedule and default name appear in the Scheduled Tasks window. You can rename the task, if need be. 7.1.
If the computer is off when the scheduled time comes, the task won’t be performed, but you can force the missed task to launch at the next system startup by checking a box under the Start time fields. 7.1.3 Setting up monthly execution If you select monthly execution, set the Start time and days on which to execute the task: • Day – on the specified date • The – on the specified day (e.g. on first Tuesday or fourth Friday); select this from the drop-down lists.
If the computer is off when the scheduled time comes, the task won’t be performed, but you can force the missed task to launch at the next system startup by checking a box under the Start time fields. 7.1.
Chapter 8. Creating bootable media You can run SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery on a bare metal or on a crashed computer that cannot boot. You can also back up disks on a non-Windows computer, copying all its data sector-by-sector into the backup archive. To do so, you will need bootable media with the standalone SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery version. Because SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery is available only as a download, you must create bootable media using the Bootable Media Builder.
Does not include USB, PC Card, or SCSI drivers. Recommended for use in case of problems with running Full version To find more about components of other SonicWALL products, see the respective user guides. The Start automatically after parameter specifies the timeout interval for the boot menu. If this parameter is not specified, at booting a computer the program will display the boot menu and wait for someone to select whether to boot the OS or the SonicWALL component.
Chapter 9. Operations with archives 9.1 Validating backup archives You can check the integrity of an archive to be certain that the archive is not damaged. Here’s how to run a one-time validation task. For how to schedule regular archive validation, see 7.1 Creating scheduled tasks. 1. To start the Backup Archive Validation Wizard, select Validate Backup Archive in the Explore and Validate Archives tools group or in the Tools group or click Validate Backup Archive on the toolbar. 2.
• using Windows Explorer and other file managers, you can view the image contents as if they were located on a physical disk or partition • you will be able to use the virtual disk in the same way as the real one: open, save, copy, move, create, delete files or folders. If necessary, the image can be mounted in read-only mode Please keep in mind that although both file archives and disk/partition images have a default “.tib” extension, only images can be mounted.
3. The program opens a Windows Explorer window displaying the archive contents. If you selected an archive containing incremental backups, SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery will suggest that you select one of the successive backups by its creation date/time. This allows you to explore the data state for a given point in time. To explore an incremental backup, you must have all previous incremental backups and the initial full backup. If any successive backups are missing, exploring is not possible.
5. Select whether you want to mount image in Read-only or Read/Write mode. 6. If you select Read/Write mode, the program assumes that the connected image will be modified, and creates an incremental archive file to capture the changes. It is strongly recommended that you list the forthcoming changes in the comment to this file. 7. The program displays a summary containing a single operation. Click Proceed to connect the selected partition image as a virtual disk. 8.
Since the disk space is not pre-allocated, the physical disk on which the virtual disk will run is expected to have sufficient space for the virtual disk to grow. 6. Click Proceed in the summary window. 9.4 Consolidating backups The file name-based consolidation allows deleting the backups that you do not need any more from any archive while keeping the archive consistency. In either case, you can delete from an archive, if need be, the base full backup.
The clone archive will consist of MyBackup3 and MyBackup5, however, their numbers will be zero (no number) and 2. MyBackup3 will change into a full backup 4. Choose location and name for the archive copy. By default, the program suggests the same location and the source archive name with (1) added. New archive will be created in the same folder and named MyBackup(1) 5. The program displays the summary window. Click Proceed to start consolidation.
2008, 12:05:55 PM. You can make sure of this by starting the consolidation wizard again, selecting the archive MyBackup(1) and proceeding to the next window. The resulting archive contents Copyright © SonicWALL, Inc.
Chapter 10. Notifications and event tracing Sometimes a backup or restore procedure can last for 30 minutes or more. SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery can notify you when it is finished through the WinPopup service or email. The program can also duplicate messages issued during the operation or send you the full operation log after operation completion. By default all notifications are disabled. 10.
10.2 WinPopup notification To set up WinPopup notification: 1. Enable the Messenger service on both the computer executing the task and the computer that will receive messages. The Messenger service is disabled by default in Windows Server 2003 family. Change the service Startup mode to Automatic and start the service. 2. Select Tools -> Options -> Notifications -> Windows Messenger (WinPopup): Provide the name of the computer to which notifications will be sent.
The left panel can contain up to 50 logs. If there are more, you can browse the list using the More and Less buttons with the left and right arrows. To delete a log, select it and click Delete. If any step was terminated by an error, the corresponding log will be marked with a red circle with a white “X” inside. The right window features the list of steps contained in the selected log.
An additional choice is available - recording All events, Warnings and Errors, or Errors only. 10.4.2 SNMP notifications SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery can provide the following Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) objects to SNMP management applications: 1.3.6.1.4.1.24769.100.200.1.0 - string identifying a type of occurred event (Information, Warning, Error) 1.3.6.1.4.1.24769.100.200.2.
Chapter 11. Transferring the system to a new disk 11.1 General information Sooner or later computer users find that their hard disk is just too small. If you don’t have space for more data, you can add another disk specifically for data storage. For example, you might find that your hard disk does not have enough space for the operating system and installed applications, preventing you from updating your software. In this case, you have to transfer the system to a higher-capacity hard disk.
No data will be lost because the original disk is only being read (no partitions are changed or resized) until data transfer is completed. We recommend that you do not delete data from the old disk until you are sure it is correctly transferred to the new disk, the server boots up from it and all applications work. 11.3 Executing transfers 11.3.1 Selecting Clone mode You will see the Clone mode window just after the welcome window. We recommend using automatic mode in most cases.
You can determine the source and destination using the information provided in this window (disk number, capacity, label, partition and file system information). 11.3.3 Selecting destination disk After you select the source disk, select the destination where the disk information will be copied. The previously selected source becomes grayed-out and disabled for selection. If either disk is unpartitioned, the program will automatically recognize it as the destination and bypass this step.
11.3.4 Partitioned destination disk At this point, the program checks to see if the destination disk is free. If not, you will be prompted by the Nonempty Destination Hard Disk window stating that the destination disk contains partitions, perhaps with data. You will have to select between: • Delete partitions on the destination hard disk – all existing partitions will be deleted during cloning and all their data will be lost.
• Keep data – leave the old disk partitions and data intact • Destroy data – destroy all data on the old disk. If you are going to sell or give away your old disk, we recommend that you make sure you destroyed the data on it. If you are going to keep it for data storage, you can create a new partition layout on it. In this case, the disk will be ready right after cloning is complete.
The second method takes more time, but makes it impossible to recover data afterwards, even with special equipment. The first method is less secure, but is still suitable for most cases. 11.3.
If you elect to transfer information "as is," a new partition will be created for every old one with the same size and type, file system and label. The unused space will become unallocated. As a rule, "as is" transfers are not recommended, as they leave much unallocated space on the new disk. Using the "as is" method, SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery transfers unsupported and damaged file systems.
Along with the hard disk number, you will also see disk capacity, label, partition and file system information. Different partition types, including primary, logical and unallocated space are marked with different colors. If you selected manual partition creation earlier, the partition layout will look different. This partitioning method is described below. 11.3.11 Cloning summary In the next window, you will see a list of briefly described operations to be performed on the disks.
Along with the hard disk number, you will see disk capacity, label, partition and file system information. Different partition types, including primary, logical and unallocated space are marked with different colors. To resize either partition, check the Proceed relayout box. If you are satisfied with the partition layout shown, uncheck this box (if checked). Clicking Next, you will proceed to the cloning summary window.
Chapter 12. Adding a new hard disk If you don't have enough space for your data, you can either replace the old disk with a new, higher-capacity one (data transfers to new disks are described in the previous chapter), or add a new disk to store data, leaving the system on the old disk. If the server has space for another disk, it would be easier to add a data disk drive than to clone a system one. To add a new disk, you must first install it in your server. 12.
there is unallocated space near it). Having provided the new partition location and size, you can input a label for the new partition. If you make a mistake at partitioning, click Back to redo the process. Finally, you will be taken back to the partition layout screen. Check the resulting partitions layout and start creating another partition or move on by unchecking Create new partition in unallocated space and clicking Next. 12.
Chapter 13. Command-line mode SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery supports the command-line mode. The command-line mode functionality is somewhat limited as compared to the GUI mode. You will not be able to perform operations that require the reboot of the system, such as restore a system partition or clone a system drive. These operations only can be done through the GUI. 13.1 Working in the command-line mode An administrator might need a console interface in some situations.
and partitions. With the filename option; lists the image contents /net_password:[password] /ftp_user /ftp_password 13.1.2 Common options (options common for most baremetalrecoverycmd commands) Option Description Archive location /filename:[file name] Backup file name Any /password:[password] Specify the password for the archive (if required) Any Selects a backup in a sequence of incremental backups inside the archive.
numbers can appear as follows: /partition:1-1,1-2,1-3 or /oss_numbers /partition:1-1,1-5,1-6 /reboot Reboot the server after the operation is completed Any /log:[file name] Create a log file of the current operation with the specified file name Any If the log file is created on a network share, include the user name for logon to the share Any If the log file is created on a network share, include the password for logon to the share Any /log_net_user:[remote user] /log_net_password:[password] 13.
Deploy /file_partition:[partition letter] Specifies the partition where the image file is stored (by letter or number). This option is used with /filename:file_name. In this case the file name must be specified without drive letter or root folder. For example: /file_partition:D /filename:"\1.tib” Dynamic volumes are specified with prefix DYN, e.g.: /file_partition:DYN1 /filename:”\1.tib” /harddisk:[disk number] /partition:[partition number] Specifies the basic hard disks to restore.
Then, with the /preserve_mbr option, the restored partition’s entry will occupy the upper empty position in the target disk MBR. Thus, the target disk MBR is preserved. If not specified, the restored partition’s entry will occupy the same position as in the source disk MBR saved in the image. If the position is not empty, the existing entry will be moved to another position. The following options are available when using the SonicWALL Universal Restore. For more information see 3.
• This will create an image of partition 2-1 named arc.tib in the shared folder \\server1\folder. The operation log file log1.log will be saved on another share \\server2\dir\. Credentials for both shares are provided. baremetalrecoverycmd /create /partition:2-1 /filename:ftp://server/folder/archive.tib /ftp_user:usr1 /ftp_password:pswd1 • This will create an image of partition 2-1 in the archive.tib file located on the FTP server. 2.
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