Automated Disaster Recovery User Guide
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1. eeeeesessseesesesseseeenne nenne enin REENEN 6 Restore From a File Location Restore From a TSM Location 2 5 Prepare Boot Media For Automated Recovery 27 2 5 1 Customise Boot Media For AutoBoot eese essen nennen nennen nennen nnnm natns snnt nn nennen nant 27 Windows PE nz EE 27 2 5 2 Add Answer File To Product ISO Root Folder mm eese esee 29 2 5 3 Add Answer File to Boot Image Root Folder WinPE 2 3 Recovery 3 1 Boot Recovery Environment 3 1 1 Answer File In CD DVD Image in enne nnne nennen nennen nnn nenne nnn nnns nns t nnne nn senes ernst nnns anne nnn 3 1 2 Answer File On Removable Device 3 2 Check Result Of Recovery encre nba rh cn Fk e aen Re Ea ka ER ERR RR RE Fa REESEN 4 Cristie Technical Support Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd 4 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 1 1 1 Introduction This document describes how to configure and run automated disaster recoveries in conjunction with one of the Cristie range of bare machine disaster recovery products CBMR in this case The steps required to prepare for automated Disaster Recovery DR are as follows Install the CBMR product Create the system configuration Create a system backup Create an automated DR answer file Optionally inject the answer file into the DR recove2. filename Browse Passphrase or Clear Key Or you can provide encryption passphrase or Clear Key here Enter Note If you don t specify the key repository file passphrase or clear key and the backup is encrypted you will be asked to enter the encryption passphrase during the recovery lt Back Select Next gt to continue to the Specify Restore Options dialogue you specify whether just the default system drive partition or volume will be restored or All drives or Selected drives Select individual disks as etc Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Specify where you want the restore log files to be copied at the end of DR process the facility to specify the detail level is not available within CBMR Cristie Answer File Creator Specify Restore Options Specify Restore Options Select which volumes are to be restored the location of where the restore log files should be copied and the logfile detail level Ela ios ile ie ie lel inb iri Ts els ae lai ils llr ll lay io Select Next gt to continue to the Disk Operations dialogue Here you may select either All disks or specific Disk number s to be partitioned Disks are identified by number 0 1 2 etc Commas are required You may also select Default Drives All drives or Selected
3. abandon the answer file creation process and exit the program Cristie Answer File Creator Select Product E Select Product Specify the Cristie product that will be used to recover the system with this answer is file 4 Select Cristie recovery product C Bare Machine Recovery EMC Avamar ABMR Bare Machine Recovery Cristie CBMR C Bare Machine Recovery for Cristie EBMR Bare Machine Recovery for Cristie Clone Manager Clone Manager C Bare Machine Recovery for EMC NetWorker NBMR C Bare Machine Recovery for ComVault Simpana SBMR C Bare Machine Recovery for IBM Tivoli TSM TBMR Choose the CBMR product and select Next gt Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Select the type of backup location where your DR backup is held Currently this is either a File SEP Sesam or TSM location Cristie Answer File Creator Select Type of Backup Location Select Type of Backup Location To identify where your DR Backup is held first choose the type of backup location Tape Drive Location ote Currently automated recovery from locally attached physical device is upported AutomatedDisasterRecovery Preparation 2 4 1 1 Restore From a File Location Select File Location Cristie Answer File Creator Select Type of Backup Location Select Type of Backup Location identify where your
4. 2 5 2 Add Answer File To Product ISO Root Folder To add the answer file to the root folder of the boot image follow these steps Open the distribution media image with your ISO editor UltralSO Galaxy release Products CBMRSuite 7 1 Beta1 CBMR7 1 1 pe2 iso File Actions Bootable Tools Options Help D5 EE Image BootableCD D T X G Pat Q Se E2 Filename Size Type Date Time LBA 800 C800T 15 060 Folder 2014 04 15 14 12 23 icy SOURCES SOURCES 234 088 Folder 2014 04 15 14 12 24 BOOTMGR 326 File 2008 01 18 23 45 27 Local 7 XK Ces F Temp erm DATAI F Filename Size Type Date Time 5 RECYCLE BIN Desktop ja Documents A Downloads 1 System Volume Information O Temp fy 2 AH VMs i 2 Copyright c 2002 2008 EZB Systems Inc Image 1 files 326 KB Local 0 files 0 KB Drag and drop your answer file into the root of the ISO Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd Cristie Bare Machine Recovery UltraISO Galaxy release Products CBMRSuite 7 1 Beta1 CBMR7 1 1 pe2 iso el File Actions Bootable Tools Options Help 2 OM LD a ed 3 Bootable CD D 7 Lad Bet Path 00 oe Filename Size Type Date Time L FONTS FONTS 11 705KB Folder 2014 04 15 14 12 1 463 SOURCES eco 256KB File 2008 01 05 03 22 si BOOT SDI 3 096 SDI File 200
5. 3 above when customising the boot image is not practical In this case simply copy the generated answer file to the root folder on suitable removable storage eg USB disk Note the answer file will only be detected during boot if the file is located in one of the three locations specified above Customise Boot Media For AutoBoot By default the Windows PE2 or PE4 distribution media will display a prompt to boot into the DR environment when auto run If no key is pressed any alternative installed OS is booted instead For automated DR this behaviour needs to be suppressed At the moment the only way to do this is to customise the CBMR distribution media This section describes how to achieve this for the Windows PE2 or PE4 environment Windows PE2 or PE4 The steps required to customise the Windows PE2 or PE4 ISO image for auto boot are as follows Note this example shows a WinPE 2 ISO being modified but the same process applies to WinPE 4 Open the product Windows PE2 or PE4 distribution media image with your ISO editor Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd Cristie Bare Machine Recovery uttralso Galaxy release Products CBMRSuite 7 1 Betal CBMR7 1 1 pe2 iso Local B DATA1 F RECYCLE BIN FX 2 Pat File Actions Bootable Tools Options SON Qe gt OE Filename Size 15 060 SOURCES 234 088 KB BOOTMGR 326 KB Type Fold
6. Cristie Support direct you to change these settings leave them at their default settings Cristie Answer File Creator Advanced Options to continue to the Cloning Options dialogue This allows you to automatically change the hostname and or the IP address of the recovered system AutomatedDisasterRecovery Preparation Cristie Answer File Creator Cloning Related Settings E Cloning Options i Change the hostname and network parameters on the recovered machine d imi Xl e Computer NewTestHost Hostname NewTest Specify the network adapter settings Network Adapter List Enterthe hardware address or select one on this Adapter 00 0C 29 78 3D DF C Obtain an IP address automatically Use the following IP address IP Address 10 10 11 125 Subnet Mask 255 0 0 0 Default Gateway 10 0 1 10 Use static gateway DNS Server address automatically Usethe following DNS Server address O DNS Server lt Back Net Cancel Add a new name for the recovered system in the Computer field Change the hostname if required in the Hostname field The IP address can be changed for each adapter on the system Note the adapter is identified by MAC address This can be extracted from the current system or new adapters on a dissimilar target system In the latter case
7. DR Backup is held first choose the type of backup location Select the type of backup location where the configuration settings and backup data are stored File Location SEP Sesam Location Tape Drive Location C TSM Location Select Next gt to proceed to the File Location specification details Provide the full path to the VTD and the corresponding network authentication details Cristie Answer File Creator File Backup Location File Backup Location yti Specify the full path of the VTD filename Path Enter the VTD filename either a share UNC format For example lt servemame gt lt sharename gt lt path gt lt VTD name gt or as local path lt drive gt lt path gt lt filename gt cristienas wuranus share 1 Nigelp CBMRVTDs Win2008R2 Browse Network Authentication Details I the VTD file is on a network share provide the login details Domain stroud Usemame Password Pointintime PIT restore March 2013 7 Note Point in time selections are not supported for VTD recoveries Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd 1 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Select Next gt to continue Before moving onto the next dialogue a confirmation prompt will be displayed to allow the path to be confirmed CI x The viv ful path is ED rristienas uranus share 1 Nigelp CBMRVTDs Wi
8. Windows automatically M When recovery finished with failure Windows will not reboot the operating system after a failed recovery you wish to automatically reboot Windows even on failure select the option below Reboot Windows automatically Specify how the automated DR should handle the post recovery reboot when the DR finishes with Success or failure If the DR is successful select the automatic reboot option If the DR fails it is unlikely that the reboot will succeed so there is little point in proceeding with the reboot However if a reboot should be attempted even in a failure scenario tick the failure auto reboot option The completion of the Answer File definition is confirmed with the following dialogue Cristie Answer File Creator Finished You have finished creating modifying the answer file Select Finish to generate the answer file A pop up will be displayed prompting for the name and Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd 16 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery location of where the AFC should create the answer file New Answer File xi Enter the full path of the new answer file name C Temp DRAnswer ini OK Cancel Select a path and press OK This will create a file called DRAnswer ini in the C Temp folder Note the answer file MUST be called DRAnswer ini when transferred to the ISO AutomatedDisasterRecovery Preparation Answer File Content Ex
9. be attempted even in a failure scenario tick the failure auto reboot option The completion of the Answer File definition is confirmed with the following dialogue Cristie Answer File Creator Finished You have finished creating modifying the answer file Select Finish to generate the answer file A pop up will be displayed prompting for the name and AutomatedDisasterRecovery Preparation 25 location of where the AFC should create the answer file New Answer File EI Enter the full path of the new answer file name emp DRAnswer ini OK Cancel Select a path and press OK This will create a file called DRAnswerFile ini in the C Temp folder Note the answer file MUST be called DRAnswer ini when transferred to the ISO Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Answer File Content Example AutomatedDisasterRecovery 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 1 1 Preparation Prepare Boot Media For Automated Recovery The product boot media i e the DR console ISO file is prepared by the CRISP Cristie ISO Producer tool Please refer to the separate CRISP User Guide documentation for details on how to do this To prepare boot media for automated recovery the boot image must be customised to both auto boot and to add the answer file to an expected location The auto boot modification is required because normally the Windows PE2 or PE4 distribution media is designed to pr
10. by ticking the PIT tick box This will open up the date time dialogue Cristie Answer File Creator Specify TSM Location xl TSM Location Specify the details to connect to your TSM Server Server Address should be an IP Address but if DNS is available then you may use the server name Port number is often 1500 but you should check with your TSM Administrator M TSM Server Details Server Address 10 2 1 17 Port 1500 M TSM Client Details Node Name TESTNODE Node Password eeeeeeee Filespace Name TESTNODE IV Pointintime PIT restore m March 2013 54021 4 ER March 2013 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fi Sat Sun 25 26 27 28 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 AE 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 ee 6 TJ Today 21 03 2013 Select Next gt to continue If the backup is encrypted specify the location of the encryption key repository if one exists or the passphrase clear key If the backup is not encrypted proceed to the next dialogue Cristie Answer File Creator Specify Key Repository Encryption Key Repository Passphrase or Clear Key Specify the encryption key repository file passphrase or clear key if the backup is encrypted M Key Repository Enter the encryption key repository filename either as a share in UNC format For example lt servername gt lt sharename gt lt path gt filename or as a local path drive path
11. or by any means electronic 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 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 Cristie Management Console CMC PC BaX UBax Cristie Storage Manager CSM SDB ABMR Bare Machine Recovery for EMC Avamar NBMR Bare Machine Recovery for EMC NetWorker SBMR Bare Machine Recovery for CommVault Simpana TBMR Bare Machine Recovery for TSM CBMR Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Recovery Simulator RS CloneManager 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 cbmr cristie com Website http www cristie com Contents 3 Contents 1 Introduction 4 1 1 Document conventions 1 iet tk tk Ek 4 2 Preparation 5 ewe d 5 2 2 Create System Configuration 2 a enn nano conan aa Sara nar e Een a YR Do ee 5 2 3 Create System Backup Eure ERE EEN 5 2 4 Create Answer File For Automated DR sisi 5 2 4 1 Running the Cristie Answer File Creator Tool
12. 0 0 0 Default Gateway 10 0 1 100 Use static gateway Obtain DNS Server address automatically Use the following DNS Server address DNS Server PS Add to Network Adapter List FE lt Back Net Gei Add a new name for the recovered system in the Computer field Change the hostname if required in the Hostname field The IP address can be changed for each adapter on the system Note the adapter is identified by MAC address This can be extracted from the current system or new adapters on a dissimilar target system In the latter case identify the new adapters by MAC address i e enter a new address in the Adapter field Note These settings apply to the recovery environment only not the restored machine Press the Add to gt button to add a new definition to the Adapter list Use the Delete button to remove an existing Adapter definition Press Next gt to continue to the Reboot Options dialogue AutomatedDisasterRecovery Preparation 15 Cristie Answer File Creator Specify System Reboot Options E Windows Reboot Options Select the default Windows auto reboot option for successful or failed recoveries M When recovery finished successfully Normally Windows will reboot automatically after successful recovery and the recovered operating system will start If you wish to reboot Windows manually de select the option below IV Reboot
13. 8 01 03 11 23 DRAnswer ini 47 Configuration Settings 2014 04 16 10 38 CUETFSBOOT COM 2 048 MS DOS Application 2008 01 05 03 23 7 3 2 Path Even a Filename Size Type Date Time did is DN DRAnswer ini 47 Configuration Settings 2014 04 16 10 38 Ef Documents Downloads C2 System Volume Information Copyright 2002 2009 EZB Systems Inc Image 4 files 3356 KB Local 1 files 2 KB Now save the new ISO image to a new file or overwrite the existing image Use this new ISO image to create new physical CD DVDs as required AutomatedDisasterRecovery Preparation 31 2 5 3 Add Answer File to Boot Image Root Folder The Windows PE2 or PE4 boot image is in Microsoft WIM file format Use an ISO editor to extract the WIM file from the product distribution media Then use the Microsoft Windows Automated Installation Kit WAIK tools to add the answer file for WinPE 2 based ISOs or the Microsoft Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit WADK tools for WinPE 4 based ISOs 2 5 3 1 WinPE 2 The WinPE 2 boot image is in WIM file format and can only be modified by using tools in the Microsoft Windows Automated Installation Kit WAIK Download the WAIK version 1 1 dated 25 2 2008 from the Microsoft Download Center This is the February 2008 update The downloaded image in IMG format should be burnt to a DVD it is too large for a
14. AIK Tools PETools gt imagex mountrw C Temp boot wim 1 C Nmount ImageX Tool for Windows Copyright lt Microsoft Corp All rights reserved Mounting CRY C TempN boot wim 11 gt C mount Successfully mounted image CRW C Program Files Windows AIK Tools PETools gt copy C Temp Answer ini C mount 1 file lt s gt copied C Program Files Windows AIK Tools PETools gt imagex unmount commit c mount ImageX Tool for Windows Copyright lt C gt Microsoft Corp All rights reserved Unmounting c Xmount 1 Successfully unmounted image Note that the WIM is mounted on a folder C mount in the above example This folder must already exist The modified WIM file can then be either added back into the product ISO or kept and used in conjunction with Windows Deployment Services WDS for remote network boot If required use the ISO editor to write the WIM file back into the product ISO in the SOURCES folder Note the answer file MUST be named DRAnswer ini when transferred to the ISO 2 5 3 2 WinPE 4 The WinPE 4 boot image is in WIM file format and can only be modified by using tools in the Microsoft Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit WADK Download the WADK from the Microsoft Download centre http www microsoft com download en default aspx Use the search string Microsoft Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit WADK version 8 in the download centre search bar to select the correct WinPE 4 version of the
15. CD and installed on a suitable PC Run the NET 2 0 MSXML 6 0 and Windows AIK Setup options in that order Refer to the CRISP documentation for more information on installing the WAIK Welcome to Windows Automated Installation Kit gt Windows Vista Windows Automated Installation Kit A Getting Started for IT Pros P Windows AIK Setup Release Notes Windows Deployment Services Browse DYD NET Framework Setup MSXML 6 0 Setup Exit With the WAIK successfully installed the steps required to modify the WinPE 2 WIM image are as follows Open the product WinPE 2 distribution media image with your ISO editor Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd 32 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery umso Galaxy release Products CBMRSuite 7 1 Betal CBMR7 L1 pe2iso ooo File Actions Bootable Tools Options Help Type Date Time Filename 15 060 Folder 2014 04 15 14 12 SOURCES 234 088 Folder 2014 04 15 14 12 BOOTMGR 326KB File 2008 01 18 23 45 me d 2 Path FA Temp G Filename RECYCLE BIN Size Type Date Time Downloads f System Volume Information H E 2 DACH VMs 2 Copyright 2002 2009 2 Systems Inc Image 1 files 326 KB Local 0 files 0 Navigate to the SOURCES folder and extract the file BOOT WIM to a convenient location Uaso Galany release Products CB
16. Internet Explorer ET windows Update Accessories di Administrative Tools Cristie BMR Automated DR Answer File Creator CEMR 17 Driver Validation Tool Licence Viewer E Readme di Documentation J Maintenance A Startup 1 Tivoli Storage Manager This will invoke the AFC Welcome dialogue Cristie Answer File Creator Welcome Welcome to the Cristie Answer File Creator This wizard creates a DR answer file enabling you to run unattended recoveries on your machine Select Next to continue to the following dialogue where you can choose to modify an existing file or create a new one AutomatedDisasterRecovery Preparation New or Existing Answer File ws An answer file defines how the BMR Recovery environment should configure and restore your machine An Answer file is a configuration INI file that provides pre defined responses to questions normally entered manually during system recovery For example the definition of the DR backup location Create a new answer file C Modify an existing answer file Enter the path and file name of the answer file Browse Select Create a new answer file and click the Next gt button You can then select the Cristie BMR product that the answer file is being created for Note you may use the Next gt and lt Back buttons at any time to change information you have already entered before creating the answer file Select Cancel at any time to
17. MR User Guide for further details on this 2 3 Create System Backup Use the CBMR GUI or command line program to create a full backup as described in the separate CBMR User Guide document 2 4 Create Answer File For Automated DR During an interactive DR session the user would normally specify recovery parameters Such parameters would typically include setup network details DHCP static IP gateway IP etc network details of the Cristie server hostname IP address port no automatic manual recovery define disk partition layout for recovery select partitions to recover commence SystemState file restore view copy log files re boot after DR driver location for dissimilar recovery where applicable During an unattended DR this same information must be prepared in advance captured to an answer file and made available to the DR environment as part of the DR start up process Cristie supply an Answer File Creator AFC tool with their BMR products to help you create the answer file The format of the file is in the form of a structured INI file and may be edited by any Windows editor such as Notepad or Wordpad However it is strongly recommended that the AFC tool is used to initially create the answer file Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd 6 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 2 41 Running the Cristie Answer File Creator Tool Run the AFC tool from the Windows Start menu internet Explorer 64 bit
18. MRSuite 7 1 Betal CBMR7 L1 pe2iso ooo File Actions Bootable Tools Options Help J e SH amp 272 BF FY efr 2 ag Image Bootable CD D F X GE Path SOURCES Q pige Filename Size Type Date Time sc 234 088 WIM File 2014 04 15 14 12 E Local 4 4 Path F Temp aos DATAI F Filename Size Type Date Time SRECYCLE BIN EN DRAnswer ini 47 Configuration Settings 2014 04 16 10 38 Desktop Documents Downloads r Copyright 2002 2009 EZB Systems Inc Image 1 files 229 MB Local 1 files 2 KB AutomatedDisasterRecovery Preparation 33 The following description assumes the BOOT WIM file has been extracted to c Temp It also assumes that the answer file is also in The WIM is edited by mounting the image onto standard folder in the file system Once this is done the answer file can be simply copied into the target folder and the image unmounted It is therefore necessary to create a folder where the WIM image will be mounted This folder must be empty The WAIK tool used to modify the WIM image is called ImageX Now run a Windows PE2 Tools Command window a shortcut for this is normally created on the Desktop by the WAIK installation and enter the command imagex mountrw C Temp boot wim 1 C mount copy C Temp DRAnswer ini C mount imagex unmount commit C mount BE ox C Program Files Windows
19. OT WIM 11 gt c mount 1 196 1 Mounting progress Successfully mounted image Total elapsed time 24 sec C Program Files Cx86 3 Windows KitsX8 VAssessment and Deployment Kit Deployment Tools gt copy c Temp DRAnswer ini c mount 1 file lt s gt copied C Program Files x86 gt Windows Kits 8 Assessment and Deployment Kit Deployment Tools gt imagex unmou nt commit c mount ImageX Tool for Windows Copyright lt C Microsoft Corp All rights reserved Version 6 2 9200 16384 Committing c mount 166 1 Committing Image progress Successfully committed image Unmounting c mount 186 1 Mount cleanup progress Successfully unmounted image Total elapsed time 12 sec C Program Files x86 gt Windows Kits 8 Assessment and Deployment Kit Deployment Tools gt Note that the WIM is mounted on a folder mount in the above example This folder must already exist The modified WIM file can then be either added back into the product ISO or kept and used in conjunction with Windows Deployment Services WDS for remote network boot If required use the ISO editor to write the WIM file back into the product ISO in the VSOURCES folder Note the answer file MUST be named DRAnswer ini when transferred to the ISO AutomatedDisasterRecovery 3 1 Recovery An automated recovery can be initiated either by a network or CD DVD boot of the customised boot image as described in
20. Prepare Boot Media For Automated Recovery Starting the boot process is the only part of the restore process that requires manual intervention Even this can be avoided if a suitable Lights Out system is in place or remote boot is possible Note the system BIOS should be set to boot from the prepared Windows PE2 or PE4 boot ISO whether this is in the form of a physical CD DVD or ISO image It is also ossible to network boot the Windows 2 or PE4 image Boot Recovery Environment Once the customised boot image is booted the normal plug and play sequence will run The automated DR will then proceed if the DR answer file is found in one of the prescribed locations If the file is not found the normal interactive GUI will be displayed Answer File In CD DVD Image fthe DR answer file is detected within the CD DVD image then the automated DR will proceed with no user intervention Each step in the disaster recovery process will be displayed on the system console and recorded to a log file This log file will be transferred to the location specified in the DR answer file at the end of the recovery At the end of the DR sequence the logs will be copied to the location specified in the answer file At this point the recovered system will be automatically booted if configured as such in the DR answer file Otherwise manual intervention will be required to boot the system by pressing the lt ESC gt key If errors are detected during the res
21. WADK dated 31 July 2012 Next download the adksetup exe program Note this is not the WADK itself but a downloader program which allows you to download and install just the features you need Deployment Tools and Windows Preinstallation Environment Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd Cristie Bare Machine Recovery jig Assessment and Deployment Kit Select the features you want to install Click a feature name for more information Application Compatibility Toolkit ACT IV Deployment Tools User State Migration Tool USMT Volume Activation Management Tool VAMT Windows Performance Toolkit Windows Assessment Services T Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express Windows Preinstallation Environment Windows PE Size 3 0 GB Minimal operating system designed to prepare a computer for installation and servicing of Windows Includes Windows PE x86 Windows PE AMD64 Requires the following features Deployment Tools 3 0 GB 28 2 GB Estimated disk space required Disk space available Back Install Cancel Refer to the CRISP documentation for more information on installing the WADK With the WADK successfully installed the steps required to modify the WinPE 4 WIM image are as follows Open the product WinPE 4 distribution media image with your ISO editor i UltraISO Galaxy release Products CBMRSuite 7 1 Beta1 CBMR7 1 1 ped iso File Actions Bootable Tools O
22. ample Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd 18 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 2 4 1 2 Restore From a TSM Location Select TSM Location Cristie Answer File Creator Select Type of Backup Location Select Type of Backup Location To identity where your DR Backup is held first choose the type of backup location Select the type of backup location where the configuration settings and backup data are stored C File Location SEP Sesam Location Tape Drive Location TSM Location Select Next to proceed to the TSM Location specification details Identify the name or IP address of your TSM server and the TSM Node Filespace containing your backup Cristie Answer File Creator Specify TSM Location Location ot Specify the details to connect to your TSM Server Server Address should be an IP i Address but if DNS is available then you may use the server name Port number is 4 often 1500 but you should check with your TSM Administrator TSM Server Details Server Address 102 1 17 Port 1500 TSM Client Details Node Name TESTNODE Node Password Filespace Name TESTNODE Pointintime PIT restore z March 2013 z 021 zi AutomatedDisasterRecovery Preparation 19 It may be that you want to restore the system to a specific Point in Time PIT If this is the case select the restore date and time
23. cristie Wy software the preferred choice for disaster recovery data backup and data migration CBMR Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Automated Disaster Recovery User Guide For Windows May 2014 Version 7 1 Cristie Softw are Ltd Cristie Data Products GmbH Cristie Nordic AB New Mill Nordring 53 55 Gamla V rmd v gen 4 Chestnut Lane Stroud GL5 3EH 63843 Niedernberg SE 131 37 Nacka United Kingdom Germany Sw eden Tel 44 0 1453 847000 Tel 49 0 60 28 97 95 0 Tel 46 0 8 718 43 30 Fax 44 0 1453 847001 Fax 49 0 60 28 97 95 7 99 Fax 46 0 8 718 53 40 cbmr cristie com cbmr cristie de cbmr cristie se Copyright 1998 2014 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 of the 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 of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form
24. drives only to be formatted on restore Select individual disks as A etc AutomatedDisasterRecovery Preparation 21 Cristie Answer File Creator Disk Operations Disk Operations When an existing disk layout does not match the original disk layout e g hardware l changes one or more disks may need to be re partitioned Confirm that the disk should be partitioned Disk level action Partition WARNING All data on a disk will be lost if re partitioned Indicate to the unattended DR environment whether recovery should proceed in this case and which disks should be partitioned Partition disk Al disks Disk number s Note Separate multiple disk numbers by comma as in 0 1 Volume level action Format Note The boot and system drives will be formatted always Default Drives C Al drives C Selected drives only ER E ma E i ls a ee eo s Eg nin EG e dz Select Next gt If the DR is to dissimilar hardware ie not the original system then the recovered system may require new drivers to support different mass storage or network controllers These new drivers are supplied by the customer and must be accessible to the Dissimilar Hardware Wizard DHW during the recovery process Specify the location of a folder or folders where the DHW will retrieve these drivers from For example this could be a locally attached device lik
25. e a USB disk ora network share or both Cristie Answer File Creator Dissimilar Hardware Dissimilar Hardware The Dissimilar Hardware Wizard in the unattended DR environment is used to inject Windows drivers into the recovering machine for any new hardware Search paths Where the recovering machine has different hardware from the original system the Dissimilar Hardware Wizard can detect the new devices and inject appropriate Windows drivers into the recovering machine ready for use when the restored machine re boots using Plug and Play Enterthe path s where the new device drivers can be found during the unattended recovery og drvers Browse Note separate multiple paths with a semicolon Type of devices to load is generally only necessary to inject drivers for mass storage and some network devices Drivers for other device types such as chipset CPU type etc can be safely ignored and left for standard Windows Plug and Play processing on reboot However if you wish to load all types of PCI devices tick the following box Load all types of drivers Typically only mass storage and network controllers need to be considered However if all driver Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd 22 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery classes need to be examined select the Load all types of drivers tick box Select Next gt to continue to the Advanced Options dialogue Unless
26. er Folder File 2014 04 15 14 12 2014 04 15 14 12 2008 01 18 23 45 I ox Ce Path F Temp Filename Copyright 2002 2009 EZB Systems Inc Then navigate to the BOOT folder as illustrated Size Type Image 1 files 326 KB Date Time Local 0 files 0 KB uttratso Galaxy release Products CBMRSuite 7 1 Betal CBMR7 L1 pe2iso o Te a OK 2 CBMR7 1 1X86 PE2 5 63 BOOT FONTS SOURCES Local File Actions Bootable Tools Options Help DCI ARE io ve E Image Bootable CD D F X 9 0 Path BOOT Filename Size FONTS 11 705 KB BCD 256 KB BOOT SDI 3 096 KB 1024 CUETFSBOOT COM 2 048 Type Folder File SDI File VLC media file bin MS DOS Application 2014 04 15 14 12 2008 01 05 03 22 2008 01 03 11 23 2008 01 03 10 54 2008 01 05 03 23 XU G dig F Temp 22 9 DATA1 F dG RECYCLE BIN E Documents Downloads Filename Copyright 2002 2009 EZB Systems Inc Size Type Image 4 files 3356 KB Date Time Local 0 files 0 AutomatedDisasterRecovery Preparation Right click on the file BOOTFIX BIN in this folder and select Delete in the pop up menu Save the modified ISO This action will create a new ISO with the BOOTFIX BIN file removed The modified Windows PE2 or PE4 ISO will now automatically boot into the Windows PE2 or PE4 environment
27. ferent hardware from the original system the Dissimilar recovering machine ready for use when the restored machine re boots using Plug and Play Enter the path s where the new device drivers can be found during the unattended recovery Note separate multiple paths with a semicolon Type of devices to load It is generally only necessary to inject drivers for mass storage and some network devices Drivers for other device types such as chipset CPU type etc can be safely ignored and left for standard Windows Plug and Play processing on reboot However if you wish to load all types of PCI devices tick the following box Load all types of drivers Typically only mass storage and network controllers need to be considered However if all driver classes need to be examined select the Load all types of drivers tick box Select Next gt to continue to the Advanced Options dialogue Unless Cristie Support direct you to change these settings leave them at their default settings AutomatedDisasterRecovery Preparation 13 Cristie Answer File Creator Advanced Options Advanced Options Zelt Specify the advanced options CA WARNING Do not change these settings unless directed to by Cristie Support Map disks automatically Update boot ini Disable Compaq HP Services Press Next to continue to the Network Connections dialogue Here you can define a list of network connecti
28. identify the new adapters by MAC address i e enter a new address in the Adapter field Note These settings apply to the recovery environment only not the restored machine Press the Add to gt button to add a new definition to the Adapter list Use the Delete button to remove an existing Adapter definition Press Next gt to continue to the Reboot Options dialogue Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Cristie Answer File Creator Specify System Reboot Options Windows Reboot Options Select the default Windows auto reboot option f r successful or failed recoveries M When recovery finished successfully Normally Windows will reboot automatically after successful recovery and the recovered operating system will start If you wish to reboot Windows manually de select the option below IV Reboot Windows automatically M When recovery finished with failure Windows will not reboot the operating system after a failed recovery you wish to automatically reboot Windows even on failure select the option below Reboot Windows automatically Specify how the automated DR should handle the post recovery reboot when the DR finishes with Success or failure If the DR is successful select the automatic reboot option If the DR fails it is unlikely that the reboot will succeed so there is little point in proceeding with the reboot However if a reboot should
29. l 8 BOOT 313 882 WIM File 2014 04 15 13 43 GC Documents E 3t DRAnswer ini 4 Configuration Settings 2014 04 16 10 38 Downloads 43 System Volume Information O Temp H E Temp2 H E VMs gt Um i D Copyright c 2002 2008 EZB Systems Inc Image 1 files 307 MB Local 2 files 307 MB The following description assumes the BooT wrM file has been extracted to c Temp It also assumes that the answer file is also in The WIM is edited by mounting the image onto a standard folder in the file system Once this is done the answer file can be simply copied into the target folder and the image unmounted It is therefore necessary to create a folder where the WIM image will be mounted This folder must be empty The WADK tool used to modify the WIM image is called ImageX Now run a WADK Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment command window a shortcut for this is normally created under Windows Kits on the Start menu and enter the command imagex mountrw C Temp boot wim 1 C mount copy C Temp DRAnswer ini C mount imagex unmount commit C mount Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd Cristie Bare Machine Recovery C Program Files x86 gt Windows Kits 8 Assessment and Deployment Kit Deployment Tools gt imagex mount rw C TempNBOOT WIM 1 c Xmount ImageX Tool for Windows Copyright lt C gt Microsoft Corp All rights reserved Version 6 2 9200 16384 Mounting C Temp BO
30. n a disk will be lost if re partitioned Indicate to the unattended DR environment whether recovery should proceed in this case and which disks should be partitioned 1 Partition disk Al disks Disk number s Note Separate multiple disk numbers by comma as in 0 1 M Volume level action Format Note The boot and system drives will be formatted always Default Drives Al dives Selected drives only ys lal alc elo elie ioe alt Bi ie lei ie lel Lele ga da As ar al Woes zg Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd 12 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Select Next gt If the DR is to dissimilar hardware ie not the original system then the recovered system may require new drivers to support different mass storage or network controllers These new drivers are supplied by the customer and must be accessible to the Dissimilar Hardware Wizard DHW during the recovery process Specify the location of a folder or folders where the DHW will retrieve these drivers from For example this could be a locally attached device like a USB disk ora network share or both Cristie Answer File Creator Dissimilar Hardware xl Dissimilar Hardware The Dissimilar Hardware Wizard in the unattended DR environment is used to inject Windows drivers into the recovering machine for any new hardware Search paths Where the recovering machine has dif
31. n2008R2 VTD Fra If anything looks wrong select Cancel to return to the path setup dialogue and make the relevant corrections Ifthe path is correct select OK to continue Next if the backup is encrypted specify the location of the encryption key repository file if one exists or the passphrase clear key If the backup is not encrypted proceed to the next dialogue Cristie Answer File Creator Specify Key Repository Encryption Key Repository Passphrase or Clear Key Specify the encryption key repository file passphrase or clear key if the backup is encrypted M Key Repository Enter the encryption key repository filename either as a share in UNC format For example lt servername gt lt sharename gt lt path gt filename or as a local path drive path filename Ir Browse Passphrase or Clear Key Or you can provide encryption passphrase or Clear Key here Enter Note If you don t specify the key repository file passphrase or clear key and the backup is encrypted you will be asked to enter the encryption passphrase during the recovery lt Back Cancel Press Next to continue to the Specify Restore Options dialogue Here you may specify whether just the default system drive partition or volume will be restored or All drives or Selected drives Select individual disks as A B C etc Specify where you want the restore log files to be co
32. ompt for DR boot By default it will not boot into DR unless a key is pressed If no key is pressed any installed OS is booted instead This behaviour needs to be suppressed for automated recoveries This is described in Customise Boot Media For Auto Boot If the answer file needs to be added to CBMR boot media itself an ISO editing tool such as MagiclSO or UltralSO is required This is then used to extract the Windows PE2 or PE4 boot file from the distribution ISO image It can also be used to create the new modified ISO image containing the answer file During an automated DR sequence the Windows PE2 or PE4 environment will search for the answer file in one of these locations and in this order of precedence 1 The root folder of the Windows PE2 or PE4 boot environment always drive X when booted 2 The root folder of the CD DVD containing the CBMR distribution media 3 The root folder of any locally attached removable storage As soon as a suitable answer file is found in one of these locations the search stops and that answer file is used to control the automated DR process If no answer file is found the normal interactive DR GUI is started Refer to sections Add Answer File To Product ISO Root Folder and Add Answer File to Boot Image Root Folder for a discussion on how this is achieved The boot image created for Option 1 is suitable for network boot but requires the standard CBMR boot image or WIM file to be customised Use Option
33. on credentials that will be used by automated DR to access any network shares identified in earlier dialogues eg copy log files DHW drivers etc Cristie Answer File Creator Network Connections x Network Connections If a network path was previously specified e g the location where the logfiles are 4 to be copied define the network access credentials here Enter the network connection details rn Network Connection List Connection 1 Network Path galaxy pubiic Browse Domain Name Add to Usemame Password 2 Local Drive to Delete Press the Add to gt button to add a new definition to the Connection list Use the Delete button to remove an existing Connection definition Press Next gt to continue to the Cloning Options dialogue This allows you to automatically change the hostname and or the IP address of the recovered system Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Cristie Answer File Creator Cloning Related Settings Cloning Options Change the hostname and network parameters on the recovered machine Computer NewTestHost Hostname NewTest Specify the network adapter settings Enter the hardware address or select one on this Adapter 00 0C 29 78 3D DF Y Obtain IP address automatically Use the following IP address IP Address 10 10 11 125 Subnet Mask 255
34. pied at the end of DR process Note the facility to specify the detail level is not available within CBMR AutomatedDisasterRecovery Preparation Cristie Answer File Creator Specify Restore Options Specify Restore Options IA Select which volumes are to be restored the location of where the restore log files should be copied and the logfile detail level Specify the drives to restore The boot and system drives will be restored regardless of any drive selection Default Drives All drives C Selected drives only ae PE Ee EO MEE Mrk EGEK ci Ele eE ri PS aa aa ae vtm Specify the location where the restore log files should be copied Copy logfiles to the following folder BvrigepVogs Browse Select Next gt to continue to the Disk Operations dialogue Here you may select either All disks or specific Disk number s to be partitioned Disks are identified by number 0 1 2 etc Commas are required You may also select Default Drives All drives or Selected drives only to be formatted on restore Select individual disks as etc Cristie Answer File Creator Disk Operations SES Disk Operations When an existing disk layout does not match the original disk layout e g hardware changes or disks may need to be re partitioned Confirm that the disk should be partitioned Disk level action Partition WARNING All data o
35. ptions Help Ts a CE Eme Filename Size Type Date Time LB EFI E3B00T 20 863 Folder 2014 04 15 13 43 23 E SOURCES EFI 21 591 Folder 2014 04 15 13 43 24 older 04 15 13 4 SOURCES 313 882 Fold 2014 04 15 13 43 25 BOOTMGR 389 KB File 2012 07 25 20 44 846 BOOTMGR EFI 1 320 EFI File 2012 07 25 21 57 1041 Win 54 0S C 3 CD DVD Drive D H DATA E H DATAT F H VMware G m 2 Local d Sxia 90 2 Path C Users nigelp Documents My ISO Files NEN E My Computer Filename Size Type Date Time P My ISO Files E Documents J ME Desktop Copyright 2002 2009 EZB Systems Inc Image 2 files 1710 KB Local 0 files 0 AutomatedDisasterRecovery Preparation 35 Navigate to the SOURCES folder and extract the file BOOT WIM to a convenient location Ct UltralSO Galaxy release Products CBMRSuite 7 1 Betal CBMR7 1 1 pe4 iso S File Actions Bootable Tools Options Help a nad CSS QF VOT Total Size 350MB 53 of 650MB 300MB free Image Bootable CD D F X a SOURCES amp ous Filename Size Type Date Time LBA ss 2 EFI Bg BOOT WIM 313 882 WIM File 2014 04 15 13 43 3857 SOURCES Local FX Ca Ce 38 Path F Temp leg G Filename Size Type Date Time T a ege B
36. quired to reset the boot sequence on the system This must be done in order to prevent the Windows PE2 or PE4 boot environment being booted once more Normally the system BIOS should be reset to boot from the OS disk as required Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 3 2 Check Result Of Recovery It is recommended that after the recovery has completed the saved log files are inspected to ensure that the DR ran with no reported errors AutomatedDisasterRecovery Cristie Technical Support 4 Cristie Technical Support If you have any queries or problems concerning 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 enquiry CBMR Version Number Installed OS type and version Any error message information if appropriate Description of when the error occurs Log Files 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 Sales Fax 44 0 1453 847 001 Email chmr 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 Holida
37. ry environment or copy to a Windows compatible removable device e g USB disk OS A The steps required to run an automated DR are as follows 1 If the DR answer file is located on a removable device ensure it is connected to the recovery machine 2 Boot the customised DR recovery environment Each process is explained in the following chapters of this document Document conventions The following typographical conventions are used throughout this guide etc passwd represents command line commands options parameters directory names and filenames Next gt used to signify clickable buttons on a GUI dialogue Note describes something of importance related to the current topic AutomatedDisasterRecovery Preparation 5 2 Preparation To enable successful automated DR the following steps should be taken 2 1 Install CBMR Run a normal installation of the Cristie CBMR product Refer to the separate product Installation and Licensing Guide for instructions on how to do this The Cristie Answer File Creator AFC program will be installed along with the main product 2 2 Create System Configuration With CBMR a system configuration will be captured to the system during the installation If this isn t triggered manually run the supplied CBMRCfg exe program from the script RunCBMR cmd or ensure the Cristie backup is configured to create the configuration as part of a Pre Sched operation Refer to the separate CB
38. tore process the recovery will halt or re boot the system depending upon the setting in the answer file Note if the boot media is configured to boot directly into the Windows PE2 or PE4 boot environment after recovery manual intervention will be required to reset the boot sequence on the system This must be done in order to prevent the Windows PE2 or PE4 boot environment being booted once more Normally the system BIOS should be reset to boot from the OS disk as required Answer File On Removable Device If the DR answer file is detected on any attached removable media then the automated DR will proceed with no user intervention Each step in the disaster recovery process will be displayed on the system console and recorded to a log file This log file will be transferred to the location specified in the DR answer file at the end of the recovery At the end of the DR sequence the logs will be copied to the location specified in the answer file At this point the recovered system will be automatically booted if configured as such in the DR answer file Otherwise manual intervention will be required to boot the system by pressing the lt ESC gt key If errors are detected during the restore process the recovery will halt or re boot the system depending upon the setting in the answer file Note if the boot media is configured to boot directly into the Windows PE2 or PE4 boot environment after recovery manual intervention will be re
39. ys 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 product specialists can provide expert advice for a solution to suit your needs Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd
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