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4. Navigate through the filing system to locate the compressed driver file, and then select the file.
5. Click OK.
The URC loads the driver into the operating system you selected.
6. Repeat Step 3 through Step 5 for each additional driver you need to load.
7. Restart the BMR target machine.
The BMR is complete. If you experience an issue when you restart, see Repairing boot problems on page 261.
Performing a bare metal restore for Linux machines
In Rapid Recovery you can perform a Bare Metal Restore (BMR) for a Linux machine, including a restore of the system volume.
When you restore a Linux machine, you will roll back to the boot volume recovery point. BMR functionality is supported using
the command line local_mount utility and from within the Core Console UI.
CAUTION: Before you begin the BMR process, be sure that any Linux machine you want to restore does not
include an ext2 boot partition. When BMR is performed on a machine with ext2 partition type, the process
typically results in a machine that does not start. To perform a BMR in this case, you would have needed to
convert any ext2 partitions to ext3, ext4, or XFS before you began protecting and backing up the machine.
CAUTION: When you boot a restored Linux machine for the first time after a BMR, Rapid Recovery takes a base
image of the restored machine. Depending on the amount of data on the machine, this process takes more time
than taking an incremental snapshot. For more information about base images and incremental snapshots, see
Understanding protection schedules on page 121.
To perform a bare metal restore for Linux machines, perform the following tasks.
● Manage a Linux boot image. This Linux Live DVD boot ISO image is used to start up the destination drive, from which you
can access the Universal Recovery Console to communicate with backups on the Core. See Managing a Linux boot image on
page 253.
○ To obtain the boot image for BMR, you must first determine which image you need and then download it from the
License Portal. See About the boot ISO image for Linux on page 253 followed by Downloading a boot ISO image for Linux
on page 254.
○ If you require physical media to start up the destination Linux machine, you will need to transfer the ISO image to media.
See Saving the Live DVD ISO image to media on page 254.
○ In all cases, you will need to load the boot image into the destination server and start the server from the boot image.
See Loading the Live DVD and starting the target machine on page 254.
○ After you load the media, you must connect the Linux machine to the Rapid Recovery Core. See Connecting to the BMR
target from the Rapid Recovery Core on page 254.
● Manage Partitions. You may need to create or mount partitions before performing a BMR on a Linux machine. See Managing
Linux partitions on page 255.
○ The Linux system on which you are performing a BMR must have the same partitions as the source volumes in the
recovery point. You may need to create additional partitions on the target system, if required. See Creating partitions on
the destination drive on page 255.
○ If you are performing a manual BMR, you must first mount partitions. See Mounting partitions from the command line on
page 256. Steps to mount partitions are included in the process to perform a BMR from the command line. See
Launching a bare metal restore for a Linux machine using the command line on page 258.
If you are using auto-partitioning for BMR within the Core Console, you do not need to mount partitions. Rapid Recovery
will restore the same partitions as those included in the recovery point(s) being restored.
● Launch a Bare Metal Restore for Linux. Once the destination machine is started from the Live DVD boot image, you can
launch the BMR. The tasks required depend on whether you will perform this from the Rapid Recovery user interface or from
the command line using the local_mount utility. See Launching a bare metal restore for Linux on page 257.
○ If using the Core Console, you will need to initiate a restore from a recovery point on the Core. See Selecting a recovery
point and initiating a BMR on page 247.
○ If using the Core Console, you will need to map the volumes from the UI. See About disk mapping for a bare metal restore
on page 248.
○ Optionally, if restoring from the command line, you can use the screen utility to enhance your ability to scroll and see
commands in the terminal console. This utility opens by default. If you close it, you can start it again. For more
information, see Starting the Screen utility on page 257.
○ If using local_mount, all tasks will be performed at the command line. For more information, see Launching a bare metal
restore for a Linux machine using the command line on page 258.
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