Users Guide

Understanding the Rapid Recovery Command
Line Management utility
Dell Data Protection | Rapid Recovery consists of several software components. Key components relevant to this topic include
the following:
● The Rapid Recovery Core manages authentication for protected machines, schedules for transferring data for backup and
replication, export to virtual machines, reporting, and bare metal restore (BMR) to similar or dissimilar hardware.
● The Rapid Recovery Agent is responsible for volume snapshots and fast transfer of the data to the repository managed by
the Core.
● The Rapid Recovery Command Line Management utility, cmdutil.exe, provides third-party access to manage system
functionality. This tool permits scripting of the Rapid Recovery Core management functions.
Figure 13. Rapid Recovery Command Line Management provides command-line functions
Rapid Recovery Command Line Management is a Windows command line utility that lets users interact with the Rapid Recovery
Core server. It offers some of the same functions that the Rapid Recovery Core Console graphic user interface provides. For
example, Rapid Recovery Command Line Management utility can mount recovery points or force a snapshot.
The Rapid Recovery Command Line Management utility is embedded in every installation of the Rapid Recovery Core. To open
the Command Line Management utility for a default installation, navigate to the path C:\Program Files\AppRecovery
\Core\CoreService\, and double-click the cmdutil.exe file.
In Command Line mode, action flags can be passed to the Rapid Recovery Command Line Management utility through a
selection of command options and qualifiers to perform limited management functions.
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