User`s guide

• 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. Restore disks and partitions

baremetalrecoverycmd /deploy /filename:"C:\Test\1.tib"

/partition:2-1

• This will restore partition 2-1 from image 1.tib.

baremetalrecoverycmd /deploy /filename:"C:\Test\1.tib"

/password:qwerty /harddisk:2

• This will restore hard disk 2 from image 1.tib, protected with password ‘qwerty’.

baremetalrecoverycmd /deploy /filename:"C:\Test\1.tib"

/partition:2-1 /target_partition:1-1

• This will restore partition 2-1, stored in image 1.tib, to partition 1-1.

baremetalrecoverycmd /deploy /filename:"C:\Test\1.tib"

/partition:2-1 /target_harddisk:3 /start:63 /size:64000

/type:logical

• This will restore partition 2-1, stored in image 1.tib, to hard disk 3. A new logical

partition will be created on disk 3 from 63 to 64000 sector.

baremetalrecoverycmd /deploy /filename:z:\Server30Cdrive.tib

/partition:1-1 /target_partition:2-1 /type:active

/password:123qwe

• This will restore partition 1-1, stored in image Server30Cdrive.tib, protected with

password ‘123qwe’, to partition 2-1. The restored partition will be of active type.

baremetalrecoverycmd /deploy_mbr /harddisk:1

/target_harddisk:2 /filename:ftp://server/folder/arc.tib

/ftp_user:fuser /ftp_password:fpswd

• This will restore MBR from the image of hard disk 1 to the hard disk 2. The image is

contained in the arc.tib file located on the FTP server.

3. List

baremetalrecoverycmd /list

• This will list available partitions.

13.1.5 Command-line mode usage under DOS

For use in the MS-DOS-compatible environments SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery includes

the BareMetalRecoveryCmdDos.exe utility. It is located in a folder where SonicWALL

Bare Metal Recovery has been installed, by default it is C:\Program

Files\SonicWALL\BareMetalRecovery.