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1. Copyright O 2008 2015 Cristie Software Ltd 10 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 7 7 1 7 2 Tivoli Storage Manager Client Backup This section details how to setup a Backup Location Please see the following topics Setup TSM BA Client Saving the System Configuration TBMRCFG Setup TSM BA Client If the backup is to be written using TSM BA client the BA client dsm sys file should be configured The default location for TSM BA client option file is opt tivoli tsm client ba bin dsm sys This file should be edited to point to the TSM server to be used SErvername server a COMMmethod TCPip TCPPort 1500 TCPServeraddress 10 2 1 20 The TSM BA client should be configured to backup all files which are required for OS recovery By default the dev directory is not backed up To make sure this is backed up the following line should be added to the dsm sys file virtualmountpoint dev This will create a separate filespace for dev which will be restored by the recovery environment Saving the System Configuration Configuration is now always saved to TBMRCFG it can t be saved anywhere else This guarantees it is always stored in the backup When saving the configuration information to the backup location this must be done before the backup is run To save the configuration information for each machine the supplied command line program tbmrcfg is used It is recommended that this is run prior to runni2. 8 Performing a Recovery When a machine has crashed it can be recovered using the TBMR bootable CD ROM This is the same CD from which you installed the software You should ensure your machine s BIOS is set up to boot from CD ROM The process encompasses the following stages Boot into Recovery environment and configure as required Read Configuration Data from your backup Restore Files from your backup Load additional drivers if necessary Reboot into recovered OS Boot the machine using the TBMR bootable CD ROM or ISO You will be presented with the screen below X Windows based Linux recovery environment Text based Linux recovery environment Boot from local Hard disk Show Licence Automatic boot in 25 seconds Normal recovery environment for Linux machines Cristie recommend that you choose the graphical X Windows recovery environment mode which loads the Cristie Recovery Console CRC TBMR User Guide Performing a Recovery 13 You will be presented with the license screen Click Accept if you agree with the TBMR licencing terms Cristie Recovery Console Cristie Software Limited Licence Agreement PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING LICENCE AGREEMENT BEFORE INSTALLING OR USING THIS SOFTWARE CONTINUING WITH THIS PROCESS INDICATES THAT YOU HAVE READ AND ACCEPTED ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS IN THE AGREEMENT PROMPTLY RETURN THIS PRODUCT FOR A REFUN
3. versions supported are 5 5 0 6 to 7 1 2 0 inclusive At the time of release the TSM Server versions supported are 5 5 x x to 7 1 1 0 inclusive The TBMR installation is currently available in English only Before TBMR can be used it must also be correctly licensed Cristie provides a 30 day trial license with the product TBMR User Guide Supported Filesystems 4 Supported Filesystems TBMR Version 7 2 2 supports the following Linux filesystems ext2 ext3 ext4 ReiserFS JFS XFS Copyright O 2008 2015 Cristie Software Ltd e Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 5 uEFI and MBR BIOS support Note For Linux support is provided for conversion from uEFI to MBR BIOS The recovery ISO is not uEFI enabled Therefore a successful recovery requires a uEFI environment capable of booting the recovery ISO in MBR BIOS Physical machines There are no special considerations that need to be made by the customer for physical uEFI machines All Cristie Bare Metal Recovery software handles the recreation of the uEFI and MSR Microsoft System Reserved partitions during the recovery of the physical machine this is transparent to the user When recovering a uEFI enabled OS you must recover to uEFI capable hardware When recovery is to a different machine you may need to configure the uEFI boot Stanza in order to boot the recovered uEFI OS Please refer to the Cristie Knowledgebase for further information on editing the boot Stanza Virtual m
4. 5 uEFI and MBR BIOS support 8 6 Using TBMR For Disaster Recovery 9 7 Tivoli Storage Manager Client Backup 10 7 1 Setup TSM BA Clients icons ti san A A ee Eed see Fee ed 10 7 2 Saving the System Configuration esse ee ER RR RR EE EE RR RR EE ER RR RR RE EE RR RR EE ER RR RR GE ERK RR R Re ER RR RR ee EE RR ee 10 O KS AE ENE AE OO ER EA 11 1 4 Housekeeping X N OE EO ER OE EE EE AR ON EE OER engen 11 8 Performing a Recovery 12 9 Post Recovery Options 28 9 1 Copy Log dIE EE EE OE ER i 28 9 2 View Log Files ii EE DE Ee GE GE De a PD ed ous SERE EE conven ous DE Re EE ER Ged ee oe Pe be 29 10 Cristie Technical Support 31 Copyright 2008 2015 Cristie Software Ltd 4 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 1 Document Conventions The following typographical conventions are used throughout this guide etc passwd represents command line commands options parameters directory EE aT EER er and filenames Nets gt used to used to signify clickable buttons on a GUI dialogue clickable buttons on a GUI dialogue Note describes something of importance related to the current topic TBMR User Guide Introduction 5 2 Introduction Cristie Bare Machine Recovery for TSM TBMR provides disaster recovery capability for Tivoli Storage Manager for Linux It is possible to recover the original system to the same or dissimilar hardware To protect a system backups can be taken periodically along with configuration informati
5. Cristie Software Ltd New Mill Chestnut Lane Stroud GL5 3EH United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1453 847000 Fax 44 0 1453 847001 cbmr cristie com Recovery Assurance with Cristie Recovery Software ES cristie software BMR for TSM Cristie Bare Machine Recovery User Guide For Linux April 2015 Version 7 2 2 Cristie Data Products GmbH Nordring 53 55 63843 Niedernberg Germany Tel 49 0 60 28 97 95 0 Fax 49 0 60 28 97 95 7 99 cbmr cristie de software ycristie Cristie Nordic AB Knarrarn sgatan 7 164 40 Kista Sweden Tel 46 0 8 718 43 30 cbmr cristie se Copyright 2008 2015 Cristie Software Ltd All rights reserved The software contains proprietary information of Cristie Software Ltd itis provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and is also protected by copyright law Reverse engineering ofthe software is prohibited Due to continued product development this information may change without notice The information and intellectual property contained herein is confidential between Cristie Software Ltd and the client and remains the exclusive property of Cristie Software Ltd If you find any problems in the documentation please report them to us in writing Cristie Software Ltd does not warrant that this document is error free No part ofthis publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in anyform or byany means elec
6. D This software is a proprietary product of Cristie Software Limited and is protected by copyright law Any confidential information inherent within the software belongs to Cristie Software Limited who retain title to the ownership of the program You are licensed to use the software on the following terms and conditions This licence is non exclusive and Cristie is free to license other parties on terms it deems fit 1 This software may only be used on a single computer unless a multiple site licence has been agreed The software may not be copied to more than one computer orto any other device except for the purposes of performing a security backup 2 You may not rent or lease the software or otherwise transfer or assign the right to use the software save with the prior written consent of Cristie Software Limited Decline Accept Copyright 2008 2015 Cristie Software Ltd 4 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery You will then see the Recovery Console main menu Environment Mozilla Firefox File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help Cristie Recovery Environment sb cristie software Cristie Recovery Environment TBMR 7 2 2 Automatic Recovery h Manual Recovery Y Tools Show log files Copy log files to a remote location Sales 44 1453 847000 email sales cristie com Cristie Software Lid 2015 Cristie recommends using the Automatic Recovery Wizard option from the Recovery Consol
7. achines Important note When using virtualisation software check the virtualisation software documentation to determine if uEFI is supported To recover to uEFI take the following steps 1 Once you have a Recovery Success message from the TBMR recovery click Reboot and then shutdown the recovered VM 2 Edit the Options of the Virtual Machine and change the BIOS to be uEFI instead of the standard MBR BIOS 3 Once the BIOS has been changed you will need to boot the VM into the uEFI BIOS using the VM boot options 4 When recovery is to a different machine you may need to configure the uEFI boot Stanza in order to boot the recovered uEFI OS Please refer to the Cristie Knowledgebase for further information on editing the boot Stanza Once the above steps have been performed your recovered uEFI OS will boot in your virtualisation software TBMR User Guide Using TBMR For Disaster Recovery 9 6 Using TBMR For Disaster Recovery This section describes the steps involved in using Tivoli Storage Manager in conjunction with TBMR for disaster recovery This description assumes that the Tivoli Storage Manager client software has already been installed correctly To ensure your system is protected observe the following steps 1 Install TBMR on the system you wish to protect 2 Use the tbmrcfg program to capture and store the configuration of the system 3 Use the TSM BA Client to backup the system to your TSM server
8. cerning your Cristie Bare Machine Recovery product please contact Cristie Technical Support To assist us in helping with your enquiry make sure you have the following information available for the person dealing with your call TBMR Version Number Installed OS type and version Any error message information if appropriate Description of when the error occurs All Cristie log files relating to the source or recovery machine This is very important to help us provide a quick diagnosis of your problem Contact Numbers Cristie Software UK Limited Technical Support 44 0 1453 847 009 Toll Free US Number 1 866 TEC CBMR 1 866 832 2267 Sales Enquiries 44 0 1453 847 000 Email cbmr cristie com Web www cristie com Support Hours 05 00 to 17 00 Eastern Standard Time EST Monday to Friday Out of Hours support available to customers with a valid Support Agreement Severity 1 issues only UK Bank Holidays classed as Out of Hours Severity 1 issues only Severity 1 issues are defined as a production server failure cannot perform recovery or actual loss of data occurring For details on dates of UK Bank Holidays please see www cristie com support Cristie Software Limited are continually expanding their product range in line with the latest technologies Please contact the Cristie Sales Office for the latest product range Should you have specific requirements for data storage and backup devices then Cristie s
9. e main menu TBMR User Guide Performing a Recovery 15 This will then display the Setup TBMR Location dialogue box where you can specify the TSM Server information e Setup TBMR Location Mozilla Firefox Setup TBMR Location Provide TSM Server information This wizard will take you through the steps to fully recover your system from a backup Server Address flo10271 Port 1500 0 00 Node Name yournode 232000 Browse Password eeeeeeeeeeee Certificate fo Browse Network Setup Next gt Cancel Node restore allows a Secure Sockets Layer SSL certificate to be provided to the TSM serwer If you do not require to add a SSL certificate click Next gt to continue If required it is possible to view the nodes on the server by clicking the Browse button Note You need to enter the administrative details for the TSM Server into the Node Name and Password fields to achieve this Copyright 2008 2015 Cristie Software Ltd 16 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Couldnt open etc cristie dsm sys to save Nodes on server 10 10 2 71 BOBW AIX CHRISW CENTOS7 64 MINIMAL Linux x86 64 CHRISW TBMR CENTOS6 64 MINIMAL Linux x86 64 JIM 2008 WinNT JIM 2008 2 WINNT JIM GRUBBY JIM REPL WinNT JIM2003X86 KILLER2008X64 WinNT LEYTHAM WinNT LH WinNT SIMON UEFI WinNT YOURNODE Linux x86 64 Close Select the required node or Close to return to the Setup TBMR Locati
10. f you choose to remove files from tmp a reboot will be required after completion Do you wish to clean out the tmp directory N find invalid predicate context SELinux is not enabled find invalid predicate context SELinux is not enabled mnt slash boot unmounted mnt slash unmounted mnt slash mnt slash boot nnt slash mnt slash boot Recovery finished TE Abort Close TBMR User Guide Performing a Recovery The completion ofthe recovery is signified with a pop up box like this e 127 0 0 1 Recovery Status Mozilla Firefox Recovery finished remember to copy log files Cristie recommends that the log files are always saved If the machine fails to boot after the restore Cristie Support will require copies of the log files to diagnose any problems Details on how to save log files are described in the section Copy Log Files Note if you are recovering to dissimilar hardware TBMR will find the required module s automatically Normally this will happen with no further user intervention Finally select Reboot from the Main Menu to boot the restored machine if post recovery options are not required Copyright 2008 2015 Cristie Software Ltd 28 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 9 Post Recovery Options After performing a recovery it is possible to undertake the following actions Copy Log Files Cristie recommends that this action is always undertaken after a recovery V
11. hardware you must un check the box for Dissimilar Hardware Support Not doing so can cause problems when restoring to similar hardware Ensure that you un tick the SELinux Relabel option to ensure that your original SELinux settings are maintained Only leave this box ticked if you know that your SELinux settings need to be reset If you wish you may customise your disk layout by clicking on the Recovery Options button Copyright 2008 2015 Cristie Software Ltd 22 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Recovery Options Map Disks Clear The original and new disks are shown below If required drag a new disk to a different row to customise the proposed layout Dragging a new disk onto a row which already has a new disk will swap those entries Recover Originar disk New disk devisda 20GB devisda 20GB Volume Groups EJvg_centos6x86 Filesystems E ext4 boot ext4 OK Cancel If you wish to change the Network Settings in advance of recovery select Post Recovery Network This option is only available for SLES11 and Red Hat 6 TBMR User Guide Performing a Recovery 23 Post Recovery Network This dialog allows the post recovery network settings to be changed Each interface may be given a static IP address and subnet mask or allocated a DHCP address The hostname default gateway and nameserver may also be changed Empty fields will be left unchanged on the recovered system If network information is tied
12. iew Log Files 9 1 Copy Log Files A Pr Select the icon from the Cristie Recovery Console main menu Click Browse to select a location to copy the log files to Copy Logfiles Specify the location where the logfiles need to be copied DS Browse OK Cancel Here you will have to option to mount a network drive TBMR User Guide Post Recovery Options 7 mnt log Mount Network Share Device 3 17 Apr 2015 00 27 14 w Create New Directory OK Cancel Ensure this is a location which can be easily accessed in case there is a need to email the log files to Cristie for support purposes Note log files are essential if you require support from Cristie They detail exactly what has happened during the recovery on your system Without them it is very difficult for Cristie to offer meaningful support 9 2 View Log Files To view log files select the icon from the Main Menu This will display the list of logfiles Copyright 2008 2015 Cristie Software Ltd Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Click on a file to view its contents Name Date Time Size recovery log 13 Feb 2012 15 02 30 7097398 Click on the log you wish to view Check the summary information at the bottom of the recovery status report for any errors Click Close to finish TBMR User Guide Cristie Technical Support 31 10 Cristie Technical Support If you have any queries or problems con
13. ng each backup to ensure the configuration is up to date TBMR User Guide Tivoli Storage Manager Client Backup 1 7 3 TBMRCFG To use the command line configuration saving program type tbmrcfg followed by the required options The available options of tbmrcfg can be shown using tbmrcfg help Some examples are shown here To save configuration information from a machine that boots using grub installed on dev sda to the backup location use tbmrcfg b grub d dev sda To save configuration information from a machine that boots using grub installed on dev hda use tomrcfg b grub d dev hda There is a full manual page for tbmrcfg available by typing man tbmrcfg 7 4 Housekeeping In order to ensure that you can recover to the latest version of the operating system that was installed on your Linux machine you must ensure that a TSM incremental backup is performed every time the operating system files change This is not always possible so Cristie Software Ltd recommend that the TSM incremental backup be performed regularly However you should choose a period which reflects the rate of change in your own organisation Although the configuration data will change less freguently than the operating system it is a wise precaution to update this regularly This can be achieved by creating a cron job for your schedule or using the TSM Scheduler Copyright 2008 2015 Cristie Software Ltd 12 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery
14. on which includes details of hard disks network interfaces etc This Guide shows the user how to save system configuration information backup and recover a Linux machine using TBMR More detailed information is available from man pages for the TBMR components The man pages are available after installation of TBMR This guide is for TBMR for Linux version 7 2 2 only Note TBMR can only be used in conjunction with TSM This guide describes how to Save Configuration data using tbmrcfg Configure and run your TSM Client backup Perform a Disaster Recovery 2 1 Limitations TBMR for Linux does NOT support Platforms other than Intel and PPC Multi boot operating systems Recovery of files that are being written to at the time of backup 2 2 Further Information Further information and advice on using TBMR may be found in the Cristie Knowledge Base at http kb cristie com EJ See Also About TBMR for Linux Copyright 2008 2015 Cristie Software Ltd 6 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 3 System Requirements TBMR for Linux can be installed on a x86 x86_64 or PPC Linux machine TBMR requires that TSM BA client version 5 5 or later is already installed A minimum memory of 2GB RAM is required for booting the recovery environment and running a recovery TBMR Version 7 2 2 supports the following Linux platforms RedHat Enterprise 4 x to 7 1 SUSE 10 x to SUSE 11 SP3 At the time of release the TSM Client
15. on dialogue TBMR User Guide Performing a Recovery If it is required to configure the network settings click the Network Settings button Enter your desired network settings Network Setup Interface eth0 0 0 29 74 87 1c CONNE IP Address 101022199 DHCP Subnet Mask 255000 Gateway oo 1100 8 Hostname frichard temp inux 00 Nameserver fio 1 1 1 OK Cancel Select OK to save your changes The Start Network screen will then display the network changes being implemented Copyright 2008 2015 Cristie Software Ltd te Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Start Network disrec c Cristie Software Ltd 2004 2013 hostname richard temp linux ethO 10 10 22 199 255 0 0 0 Network setup complete Close Click Close to return to the Setup TBMR Location Wizard Select Next gt to proceed TBMR User Guide Performing a Recovery 1o Upon returning to the Setup TBMR Location Wizard click the Next gt button to proceed with the recovery Next the Restore ConfigurationGet Configuration dialogue will be shown Get Configuration Specify the restore settings here DSMC Options lt Back Next gt Cancel Typically nothing needs to be entered under DSMC options If you do need to enter any parameters it will probably be the standard TSM options Any parameters entered will be passed to DSMC Please consult your TSM User Manual for details Note for a list of these parameters and ho
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17. to the original hardware addresses details should be added here for each interface required after recovery even if the network details are not to be changed MAC Address IP Address Subnet Mask DHCP etho 00 0c 29 69 d1 19 O Hostname ma Gateway ss Nameserver Post Recovery Script _OK Cancel Your recovery settings can be saved save as an Answerfile to a network share Copyright 2008 2015 Cristie Software Ltd 24 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery e Save Answerfile Mozilla Firef Save Answerfile Specify the location where the files need to be copied Browse OK Cancel A previously saved Answerfile can be restored from Tools and Load Answer File TBMR User Guide Performing a Recovery 25 e Load Answerfile Mozilla Firef Load Answerfile Path Browse OK Cancel When you are satisfied that all options are correct click OK to confirm and return to the Start Recovery dialogue Copyright 2008 2015 Cristie Software Ltd Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Finally select Next gt to start the recovery which will begin with a dialog like this e Recovery Status 100 Mozilla Firefo Recovery Status proc self mounts No such file or directory grep proc self mounts No such file or directory grep proc self mounts No such file or directory Files in the tmp directory may be labeled incorrectly this command can remove all files in tmp I
18. tronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Cristie Software Ltd IBM Tivoli Storage Manager TSM AlX and TIVOLI are trademarks of the IBM Corporation IBM Virtual I O Server VIOS is a trademark of the IBM Corporation NetWorker and Avamar are trademarks of the EMC Corporation Simpana is a trademark of CommVault Inc vSphere vCenter and vCloud are trademarks of VMware Inc Hyper V is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation Azure is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation Amazon Web Services AWS and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2 are trademarks of Amazon com Inc CloneManager is a registered trademark of Cristie Software Ltd Cristie Management Console CMC PC BaX UBax Cristie Connect Cristie Storage Manager CSM SDB ABMR Bare Machine Recovery for EMC Avamar NBMR Bare Machine Recoveryfor EMC NetWorker SBMR Bare Machine Recovery for CommVault Simpana TBMR Bare Machine Recovery for TSM CBMR Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Recovery Console RC and CRISP Cristie Recovery ISO Producer are all trademarks of Cristie Software Ltd Cristie Software Ltd New Mill Chestnut Lane Stroud GL5 3EH UK Tel 44 0 1453 847000 Email comrOcristie com Website http www cristie com Contents 3 Contents 1 Document Conventions 4 2 Introduction 5 ZA Ee RE EE OR EO OE OR EA T 5 2 2 Further Information i 5 3 System Requirements 6 4 Supported Filesystems 7
19. w to use them you should consult the relevant TSM User Guide Click Next gt to continue This will then restore the configuration from the backup Copyright O 2008 2015 Cristie Software Ltd Cristie Bare Machine Recovery e Copy Configuration From Backup Mozilla Firefo Copy Configuration From Backup Server Version 7 Release 1 Level 1 0 Server date time 04 21 15 12 18 27 Last access 04 21 15 12 11 18 Restore function invoked Restoring 22 990 TBMRCFG disrec ini gt etc cristie disrec ini Done Total number of objects restored 1 Total number of objects failed 0 Total number f bytes transferred 22 57 KB Data transfer time 0 00 sec Network data transfer rate 27 393 52 KB sec Aggregate data transfer rate 7 25 KB sec Elapsed processing time 00 00 03 Poo Abot lt Back Next gt cancel TBMR User Guide Performing a Recovery 21 Click Next gt to continue to the Start Recovery phase e Start Recovery Mozilla Firefo Start Recovery Specify the restore settings here DSMC Options I Dissimilar Hardware For recovering to different machine types SELinux Relabel Reset SELinux on recovered system Verbose Logging O For support and problem solving purposes Recovery Options Post Recovery Network Unattended mode Save Answerfile Build custom ISO Next gt Cancel If you are not recovering to dissimilar
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