Users Guide

○ If you have already created the boot CD, then proceed to Step 6.
6. Start the machine you want to restore to using the boot CD. For more information, for BMR on a Windows machine, see
Loading the boot CD and starting the target machine on page 245 and for BMR on a Linux machine, see Loading the Live
DVD and starting the target machine on page 254.
7. On the Core server, in the Destination page of the Restore Machine Wizard, select I already have a boot CD running on
the target machine, and then enter the information about the machine to which you want to connect described in the
following table.
Table 152. Machine information
Text Box Description
IP Address The IP address of the machine to which you want to restore. This is identical to the IP address displayed in
the URC.
Authenticatio
n Key
The specific password to connect to the selected server. This is identical to the Authentication Key
displayed in the URC.
8. Click Next.
If the connection information you entered matches the URC, and if the Core and the target server can identify each other
properly on the network, then the volumes for the selected recovery point are loaded. The Disk Mapping page appears.
To complete your BMR from the Restore Machine Wizard, proceed to Step 9 of the topic Performing a bare metal restore
for Windows machines on page 239.
NOTE: Rapid Recovery supports FAT32 and ReFS partitions. Only full restore and BMR are supported as a driver
limitation exists with ReFS. Restore is implemented in user mode, VM export, and so on. If a Core is protecting at least
one agent volume that contains the ReFS file system, it should be installed on Windows 8/2012, which provides native
support of ReFS. Otherwise, functionality is limited and operations that involve such things as mounting a volume image
do not work. The Rapid Recovery Core Console presents applicable error messages in these occurrences.
Bare metal restore of Storage Spaces disks configuration (a feature of Windows 8.1) is also not supported in this
release. For details, see the Rapid Recovery Installation and Upgrade Guide.
9. On the Volume Mapping page, for each volume in the recovery point that you want to restore, select the appropriate
destination volume. If you do not want to restore a volume, in the Destination Volumes column, select Do not restore.
10. Select Show advanced options and then do the following:
● For restoring to Windows machines, if you want to use Live Recovery, select Live Recovery.
Using the Live Recovery instant recovery technology in Rapid Recovery, you can instantly recover or restore data to your
physical machines or to virtual machines from stored recovery points of Windows machines, which includes Microsoft
Windows Storage Spaces. Live Recovery is not available for Linux machines or VMs using agentless protection.
● If you want to force the selected volumes to dismount before the restore begins, select Force Dismount.
CAUTION:
If you do not force a dismount before restoring data, the restore may fail with an error stating
that the volume is in use.
11. Click Next.
12. On the Dismount Databases page, if the volumes you want to restore contain SQL or Microsoft Exchange databases, you are
prompted to dismount them.
If you want to remount these databases after the restore is complete, select Automatically remount all databases after
the recovery point is restored.
13. Click Next.
The Warning page may appear and prompt you to close all programs on the volumes that you want to restore. If it does, click
Next again.
14. On the Summary page, select the option IMPORTANT! I understand that this operation will overwrite selected
volumes with the data from the selected recovery point to acknowledge that you understand the consequences of a
volume restore.
WARNING:
This option emphasizes the consequence that any data that was saved on the selected volume
after the date and time of the selected recovery point is lost upon restore.
15. Click Finish.
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