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Launching a Bare Metal Restore for a Linux Machine using the Command Line

Once the Live DVD ISO image is accessible on the machine on which you want to

perform a BMR, and the number and size of volumes matches between the target

machine and the recovery point you want to restore to bare metal, then you can

launch a restore from the command line using the

aamount utility.

If you want to perform a BMR restore using the AppAssure 5 Core Console UI, see

“Selecting a Recovery Point and Initiating Rollback for BMR” on page 165.

This task is a step in “Roadmap for Performing a Bare Metal Restore on Linux Machines”

on page 171. It is part of the process for “Launching a Bare Metal Restore for a Linux

Machine using the Command Line” on page 179.

Complete the steps in this procedure to select a recovery point on the Core to roll

back to the physical or virtual BMR target machine.

To perform a bare metal restore for a Linux machine using the command line

1. On the Linux machine that is the destination of the bare metal restore, from the

command prompt of the Universal Recovery Console (URC), optionally, you can

start the Screen utility. Once started, it remains active until you reboot the

machine.

NOTE: For more information, see “Starting the Screen Utility” on page 178.

2. Type the following command to see if the appropriate partitions are mounted,

and then press Enter:

3. If the volumes you need are mounted, skip to Step 5. If not, then to mount the

volumes, type the following command and then press Enter:

mount <volume> <folder>

For example, if the volume path is dev/sda1 and the folder you want to mount to is

mnt, then type the following and then press Enter:

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt

4. To run the AppAssure aamount utility as root, type the following command and

then press Enter:

sudo aamount

5. To list the protected machines, type the following command and then press

Enter:

When performing this procedure, do not attempt to mount recovery points to the /tmp folder,

which contains the aavdisk files.