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1. Select Volumes To Format By default only the Windows system and boot volumes will get formatted Additional volumes can be formatted by selecting them here il File System A NTFS NTFS MIRROR NTFS SIMPLE NTFS RAIDS NTFS SIMPLE2 NTFS SPAN NTFS System Reserved NTFS MALINT1 NTES The Windows boot and system partitions will be selected by default and you cannot exclude them All other volumes and partitions can be selected or de selected by clicking on the selection box which toggles the current selection Click on Next gt to confirm the disks partitions for formatting CEMR Configuration Finish You have finished DR configuration Configuration will be updated with the following details The Windows drive is CA and the boot drive is 7A The following volume s will be formatted during e cons Check that all your selections are correct If you need to modify any of these settings choose the lt Back button and modify your selection Finally click Finish to save the settings When a DR backup is run the configuration information will be stored to a folder CBMRCFG on the Windows drive This folder will be automatically included with the backup This folder should never be removed manually nor its attributes or contents changed Creating and Testing DR Backup For locally attached physical Backup Locations ie tape library auto loader or local disk insert a clean tape in the tape drive or ensure there i2. basic partitions Creating any partitions op TOT disk 0 Created MSA partition 31 MiB Creating any partitions on TGT disk 1 Created MSA partition 31 MiB Creating any partitions op TOT disk 2 Created MBA partition 1024 MiB with drive letter K labelled FAT Created MBA partition 1024 MiB with drive letter L labelled FAT 32 Created MBA partition 2046 MiB with drive letter M labelled ExFAT Creating any partitions on TGT disk 3 Created MBA partition 100 MiB with drive letter H labelled System Reserved Created MER partition 40859 MiB with drive letter C labelled Wirt Creatina anu patbbope op TaT disk 4 Close Abort This step involves e disk mapping original layout to new e cleaning removing any existing disk partitions e removing any existing dynamic volume databases e re creating the partitions on selected disks e converting to dynamic volumes if required e formatting to the required partition type e creating partition volume mount points e making bootable volumes active The next step is to recover the datasets to the selected target disks partitions A new window appears containing the restore status of recovered files with progress bars indicating how much of the backup has been restored This display also shows the recovery statistics in terms of time size and throughput The recovery is divided into different phases SystemState followed by the recovery of each volume dataset se
3. devices and in Some some cases network devices The Load all types of drivers tick box will force the DR to look for all drivers in addition to mass storage and network devices For example this could include graphics cards USB and chipset devices but these are rarely required and not recommended Note that if drivers are not found for the new boot disk then although WinPE2 or WinPE4 will be able to recover the files to the disk there is a good chance that it will not boot correctly Press Next gt to proceed with the recovery User Guide
4. partitions mounted on folders You can select all or a sub set as required Whatever you choose the Windows folder the TSM installation folder if installed the Registry Documents and Settings folder and CBMR folder will always get backed up Select Next gt to open the CBMR Backup Compression and Encryption Options dialogue CBMR Backup Compression and Encryption Select data compression and encryption options This page allows the compression method and data encryption options to be specified Compression Choose the compression method to use Use Default gt Encryption f Use new passphrase Dees The same passphrase or the Key Repository fle must be supplied to restore the backup f Wee the default Encryption Key or passphrase The default passphrase or the Key Repository hle must be supplied to restore the backup Use dynamically generated Key The Rey Repository file must be supplied to restore the backup Select lt Use Default gt to accept the default compression method Alternatives are available via the drop down menu If you wish to encrypt the DR backup select the Encrypt backup tick box Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd 14 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery CBMR Backup Compression and Encryptio n Select data compression and encryption options This page allows the compression method and data encryption options to be Compression Choose the compression method t
5. restore 3 2 The Create Configuration Wizard Configuration information can be stored only within the DR backup itself As part of this process the details about hard disks operating system storage controller s network adapter s and network settings are stored You can override some of these details if you wish The next section discusses this in detail User Guide Using CBMR for Disaster Recovery 9 3 2 1 Storing Configuration Parameters In the CBMR main window click on Setup Disaster Recovery Configuration lt Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Software Configuration Tools o Help Welcome to CBMR What do you want to do oj Run or Schedule Disaster Recovery Backup Cr Specify to run disaster recovery backup now or create a disaster recovery schedule for regular backup gt View Log Files View log files of previous operations such as Backup Restore Compare and Verify Welcome to Disaster Recovery configuration wizard This wizard will take you through the steps in configuring CBMR for recovery on this system Select the Next button to continue lt Back Select Next gt and the CBMR Configuration Select Volumes to Format dialogue will help you to select the disks and partitions which should be formatted during a recovery Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd to Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 3 3 CBMR Configuration Select Volumes To Format X
6. the latest filespace versions will be restored Select Next gt to continue At this point the client backup on the specified server will be accessed and the machine configuration extracted Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd 22 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Specify Key Repository Select Next gt to specify a Key Repository path Passphrase or Clear Key These parameters are used if the backup is encrypted If a key or passphrase is not used you may skip this step CBMR Specify Key Repository WS Key Repository Enter the encryption key repository flename either as a share in UNC format or as a drive letter and path cristienas uranus nigelp keys keyrepository ini Browse Network Setup Passphrase or Clear Key Or YOU can provide encryption passphrase or Clear Key here Enter Note If you dont specify the key repository file passphrase or dear key and the backup is encrypted you will be asked to enter the encryption passphrase during the recovery If the backup was encrypted and no Key Repository file has been entered then a prompt will appear for the encryption key or passphrase to be manually specified For example CDR Specify Key Repository Key Repository Enter the encryption key repository filename either as a share in UNC format or as a drive letter and path Enter Encryption Key xj Please Enter Encryption Passphrase or Clear Key al IT Use Clear Key
7. 0 00 GB VMware DR I Disk 4 Size 8 00 GB vMware CB wIN L6D52G9HOMC Da Disk 0 Size 1023 MB D D Disk 1 Size 5 00 GB EF fry Disk 2 Size 4 00 GB EA ey Disk 3 Size 40 00 GB D Disk 4Size 1 00 GB D EA es Disk 5 Size 10 00 GB EF ry Disk 6 Size 5 00 GB D Disk 7 Size 5 00 GB gt Icon Help lt Back Cancel The above example shows a recovery from an original system with many physical disks to a target system with fewer disks One of the target disks is also smaller than the original system disk You make need to invoke Map disks automatically from the Tools Advanced menu in this situation to ensure the source target disks are mapped correctly Ensure you do this before the recovery sequence is started If automatic disk mapping does not provide the intended configuration you can also adjust the mapping manually by right clicking on a disk in the target area and choosing the Swap disk feature User Guide Using CBMR for Disaster Recovery 33 BMR Volume Layout F The original and proposed disk volumes are shown below If required right click on a volume to customise the proposed layout Stored layout Proposed layout E RB win leps2esHome E BL WIN L6D5269HOMC Da Disk 0 Size 1023 MB D HH AE Disk 1 Size 1 00 GB VMware H E Disk 1 Size 5 00 GE e d Disk 2 Size 5 00 GB VMware Sta Disk 2 Size 4 00 GB D ee Fr Disk 3 Size 5 00 GB V Da Disk 3 Size 40 00 GB D HL Disk 4 Size 1
8. 00 GB H H a Disk 5 Size 10 00 GE D Disk 6 Size 5 00 GB D Disk 7 Size 5 00 GB This will then display a dialogue allowing you to choose which target disks should be swapped in order Swap Target Disks Swap fo With disk E Cancel In this scenario CBMR will select as many disks to recover as possible in this case only one disk the boot disk In addition it will scale the partitions down in proportion to their original size and occupancy This can be complicated by having say mirrored dynamic volumes when the mirror will need to be broken if only one disk exists on the target or it has been tagged as not to modify tains the Volume Layout dialogue will only show disks in the left hand panel that can be removed Note during a recovery toa system with larger disks the partition sizes will remain the same as the original by default However in this case it is possible to increase partition size manually during the recovery by right clicking on the partition icon and selecting Modify Dissimilar Hardware Next the DR process performs a check to determine if there are new dewces in the recovering machine that were not present in the original system If this is true then this is a dissimilar DR and the following dialogue will be shown to allow the user to specify the location of the new driver files for these devices Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd ES Cristie Bare Machine Rec
9. Category of Backup required for example File Select Next gt to continue and the CBMR New File Location Wizard is displayed CEMR New File Location Wizard Setup Ale Location This dialog will allow you to setup a File Location File locations can have a maximum size limit in megabytes Name File Test cristienas wranus share 1 Nigelp CBMRVTDs Win200 Browse pa A Size Information in ME Current Size br Maximum Size pp EN Successfully created modified the backup location On clicking OK to continue and the following dialogue is displayed CBMR Backup Welcome Welcome to Disaster Recovery Backup Wizard These pages will enable you to define a DR Backup The DR Backup may be run immediately saved for future use or scheduled to run at regular time User Guide Using CBMR for Disaster Recovery 13 Click Next gt and the CBMR Backup Select Volumes To Backup dialogue is displayed CBMR Backup Select Volumes To Backup Select Volumes To Backup The files necessary to recover Windows alone in the event of a fatal failure will be backed up Additional data can be backed up by selecting the drives from the following list ec EE STRIPE NTFS US FA MIRROR NTFS UBG SIMPLE NTFS UB Ha RAIDS NTFS UA SIMPLE NTFS OJA SPAN NTFS CE Ka FAT FAT less FAT32 FAT32 US MA ExFAT exFAT The dialogue shows all the available hard disk drives including any
10. System and one Boot partition must be selected in order to recover your machine This may be the same partition You can select additional drives to be restored by ticking the check box next to the drive Drive Letter M ac Yes Be EF Bec B Ner BS KT Ne Ham Select All Deselect All C ES F Gi H E Ki L M lt Back Next gt Cancel Click Next gt to continue to the Clone Settings dialogue Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd 28 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Clone Settings Use this dialogue to change the recovered system s hostname and IP addresses if required Select to use either DHCP or enter a valid static IP address CEMR Clone Settings Bo not change any settings on this page unless you wish to change the identity of the recovered machine For example when performing a doning operation Change the computer s NetBIOS name on reboot WIN LeD52G9HOMC gt NewHostname Change the computer s host name on reboot WIN LeD52G9HOMC ve NewHostname Change the IP address of this adapter on reboot Intel R PRO 1000 MT Network Connection Operational I Use DHCP Back You may change the IP address for each NIC interface independently NICs that are currently connected to a network are tagged with Operational If you wish to retain the current hostname and IP addresses leave the fields at their default values and select N
11. W Show Clear Text Passphrase mary had a little lamb Clear Rey Cancel lt Back Next gt Cancel It is not possible to recover the configuration files from an encrypted backup without the key or passphrase Select Next gt to continue to Confirm Volume Layout User Guide Using CBMR for Disaster Recovery 23 Confirm Volume Layout The next step in the recovery shows a list of the disks and partitions to be recovered CBMR Volume Layout The original and proposed disk volumes are shown below If required right click on a volume to customise the proposed layout Stored layout Proposed layout SI E BL wIin L6p52G9HOMC D Disk 0 Size 1023 MB HI Gy Disk 0 Size 1023 MB VMware DL Disk 1 Size 5 00 GE IH EE Disk 1 Size 5 00 GB VMware DL Disk 2 Size 4 00 GB RA Disk 2 Size 4 00 GB VMware nga Disk 3 Size 40 00 GB BA Disk 3 Size 40 00 GB VMware Eg Disk A Size 1 00 GE E CE Disk 4 Size 1 00 GB vMware Da Disk 5 Size 10 00 GB J BA Disk 5 Size 10 00 GB VMware Haj Disk 6 Size 5 00 GB HH Gy Disk 6 Size 5 00 GB VMware F Disk 7 Size 5 00 GB H Gey Disk 7 Size 5 00 GB VMware The left hand panel of the dialogue shows the original disk layout and partitions The right hand panel shows how the recovered disks will be partitioned after the recovery A green tick box H next to a disk signifies that the disk and its underlying partitions will be left intact Placed next to a p
12. andard data backups as required You will then be ready to Restore the system from the Disaster Recovery Backup in conjunction with the DR media when required Note if using TSM check the TSM BA Client version in use on your server Also Create a TSM Client Node To perform a Bare Machine Recovery you must 1 Boot into the DR environment on the machine to be restored from the CBMR WinPE2 or WinPE4 DR CD or DVD 2 Perform a system recovery from the specified backup location User Guide Using CBMR for Disaster Recovery 3 Perform conventional data recovery from your third party backups if necessary 3 1 1 Create The Bootable Recovery Environment The supplied CRISP tool is used to create the CBMR recovery environment This environment is based upon a customised version of Microsoft s WinPE2 or WinPE4 Once created the recovery environment is booted on the target system and then drives the restore process This tool should be run in conjunction with the supplied CRISP WinPE2 or WinPE4 Fileset for CBMR 7 1 The fileset should be installed alongside the CRISP on the same host or technician machine A full discussion of how to install and run CRISP is contained in the separate CRISP User Guide Note that the CRISP does not need to be installed on the system to be backed up any suitable machine will do Output from the CRISP tool is a bootable WinPE2 or WinPE4 ISO file which can then be burnt to physical media CD or DVD or moun
13. artition volume means that the corresponding partition volume WILL NOT be partitioned A red exclamation mark Bl placed next to a disk means it WILL be partitioned during recovery Placed next to a partition or volume means that the corresponding partition volume WILL be partitioned A red white exclamation mark Bl placed next to a disk means at least one partition volume WILL be partitioned A white box Cl indicates that the disk will be completely ignored during the recovery Click on the Icon Help button to display a summary of this Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd 24 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery CEMR Volume Layout X The original and proposed disk volumes are shown below F required right click on a volume to customise the proposed layout Icon Help i x Disk Level Partition olume Level E Disk WILL be partitioned E ParitionAvolume WILL be formatted Parhtion Yolume WILL NOT be BR Dick WILL NOT be partitioned formatted At least one Partition olume WILL be formatted O Disk WILL be ignored in the recovery Icon Help lt Back Next gt Cancel When the recovery is to the original system the contents of both panels will look similar if the number of disks is the same Possibly the disk sizes will be different When performing a recovery to a dissimilar system the disk mapping can be much more complex Some of the criteria used to judge the disk mapping are disk geo
14. ckup vtd Network Setup Point in tine PIT restore Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd 20 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Note Point in time PIT restore mode is not supported for File type restores Click Next gt to continue TSM Restore Type If you selected a Restore Type of TSM the following dialogue appears Provide the details for the TSM server and Node used to contain the backup CBMR Specify TSM Location E TSM Server Details Server Address 10 10 11 98 Port 1500 TSM Client Details Node Name MIGELP Node Password Filespace Name NIGELP SS cancel Selecting the Point in time PIT restore mode will allow the system to be recovered from the most recent backup before the specified date and time This means the version of any file restored will be earlier than the specified date and time Selecting the down arrow in the calendar control will bring up a calendar User Guide Using CBMR for Disaster Recovery 21 CBMR Specify TSM Location TSM Server Details Server Address 10 10 11 98 Port 1500 Tuesday May EN May 2014 ov Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu 27 26 29 30 1 4 5 p 3 LL L 13 14 D 19 20 21 22 27 28 A This can be used to scroll the months years backwards and forwards as necessary Note a future date will result in the latest backup being recovered If PIT mode is not selected then by default
15. cristie software the preferred choice for disaster recovery data backup and data migration CBMR Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Quick Start 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 A 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 comr cristie com comr cristie de comr cristie se Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd All rights reserved The software contains proprietary information of Cristie Software Ltd it is 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 or by any means e
16. e operating system Please refer to the supplied Readme document for a list of supported Windows OS s CBMR also provides the ability to clone to a new machine from an existing backup The cloning option allows the hostname and or the IP address to be changed during the recovery CBMR is available as a single edition suitable for all platform types You must have one of the supported Windows Operating Systems correctly installed prior to proceeding with the installation of CBMR A low cost licensed version of CBMR is also available This edition offers exactly the same functionality as the full Server version but supports Windows desktop OS s only To minimise the impact of a system failure you need to have a restore strategy in place CBMR allows you to recover Windows Workstations and Servers without first having to re install the operating system or backup software This reduces the recovery time significantly All you need is disaster recovery media from which to boot your computer and a disaster recovery backup of the original Windows system Finally a full backup of the system can be restored using the backup features of CBMR or any other preferred third party Backup Restore software Backups can be performed to a variety of different Backup Locations and media including IBM s Tivoli Storage Manager tape disk network attached storage etc is PORTANT Refer to the installed Readme file for any limitations and last minute updat
17. es Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd 6 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 3 3 1 Using CBMR for Disaster Recovery This section describes the essential elements of CBMR when used for Disaster Recovery If you wish to use CBMR in standard backup recovery mode please refer to section CBMR in More Detail CBMR can protect a system against disaster all the time if set up and configured correctly The following sections explain this procedure Preparation To use CBMR in a production environment for DR purposes you must follow the procedure in the order listed below 1 Installation refer to the CBMR Installation and Licensing Guide Install the CBMR Backup and Restore software License the Software using a Trial or Full license 2 Prepare WinPE2 or WinPE4 DR ISO CD ROM refer to the Cristie Recovery ISO Producer User Guide Install and run the Cristie Recovery ISO Producer CRISP tool on a suitable system to create the CBMR WinPE2 or WinPE4 based DR environment in ISO form The ISO may then be burnt to CD or DVD physical media if required This only needs to be done once 3 Machine Configuration Save the Machine Configuration parameters Update when significant hardware changes are made Configuration parameters are always saved into the backup itself this cannot be changed 4 Backup system OS and User data Perform regular Disaster Recovery backups as required Perform any extra st
18. ext gt to continue to the next section User Guide Using CBMR for Disaster Recovery 29 Proceed With The Recovery Before continuing with the actual recovery a final warning screen is displayed CBR Finish If you are happy with the recovery configuration press recovery Finish This will commence the actual Note this procedure will COMPLETELY DESTROY any existing data on disks selected for format ie shown with a Hl Disks or partitions tagged as no format ie shown with a W will be retained Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd 30 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Disk Recovery Sequence The sequence begins by preparing the disks selected for formatting CBMR Recovery Status i CEMA Console version 7 1 11052 Manual Recovery olume Creation started on 17 04 2014 10 29 11 Restoring Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Az 64 bit build 7601 Service Pack 1 Preparing basic disks TGT disk H Size 1023 MiB Cyls 130 TPC 255 SPT 63 BPS 512 TGT disk 1 Size 5119 MiB Cuseb TPC 255 SPT 63 BPS 512 TGT disk A Size 4095 MIB Cyls 622 TPC 255 SPT 63 BPS 512 TGT disk 3 Size 40960 MiB Culs 5221 TPC 255 SPT 63 BPS 512 TOT disk 4 Size 1024 MiB Cyle 512 TPC 128 SPT 32 BPS 512 TGT disk 5 Size 10240 MIB Cyls 1305 TPC 255 SPT 63 BPS 512 TGT disk 6 Size 5120 MIB Cyle 652 TPC 255 SPT 63 BPS 512 TOT disk 7 Size 5120 MIB Cyls 652 TPC 255 SPT 63 BPS 512 Creating
19. g the target registry Boot drive letter C and System drive letter B Copying boot files Success Sanity check passed Copying DisRec ini to the Windows dive Success Start Dissimilar Hardware Search new hardware devices in the recovering system No new devices were found in your system The final steps of the recovery are to run a sanity check to determine if all the expected boot files are present on the boot volume Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd 32 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery run a dissimilar hardware check to determine if new drivers are required for new boot devices Finally press Close to return to the Recovery Console main menu At this point you may want to view the recovery logs and perhaps copy the logs to a local device or remote share before selecting to reboot Note Recovery logs are also saved to the recovered system to the CBMR installation sub folder Temp e g C Program Files Cristie CBMR Temp Disk Scaling In situations where the target system has fewer or smaller disks than the original system Disk Scaling will come into effect CBMR Volume Layout The original and proposed disk volumes are shown below If required right click on a volume to customise the proposed layout Stored layout Proposed layout ER l WIN LSDS269HOMC HH fl A Disk 1 Size 1 00 GB VMware H Disk 2 Size 5 00 GB vMware Fl Sj Disk 3 Size 5 00 GB vMware H Gry Disk 0 Size 4
20. ime the password expires Note automatic password generation for the client nodes is supported in CBMR 5 and ter Additional Configuration to Maintain Multiple Backup Versions If it is required to hold more than one version of the DR backup in the same filespace then the node must be setup correctly to support this You must have a Management Class MC which contains a Backup Copy Group BCG and an Archive Copy Group ACG Your node needs to be registered to use the MC The parameters of the BCG of interest are Versions Data Exists 2 Versions Data Deleted 1 Retain Extra Versions 30 Retain Only Version 60 In this example there can be two versions of an object The Versions Data Deleted attribute specifies the maximum number of different backup versions 1 in this case retained for files and directories that you erased from your file system This parameter is ignored as long as the file or directory remains in your file system The expiration date for the remaining versions is based on the retain extra versions and retain only version parameters In the example if there is more than one version and one is deleted the deleted one will be kept for 30 days The only remaining copy of the object will be retained for 60 days that is AFTER you make it inactive Note if several versions of a DR backup are maintained in TSM the WinPE2 or WinPE4 recovery environment will allow you to choose a specific version to
21. is sequence completes the CBMR Recovery Console will be shown User Guide 3 4 1 1 Using CBMR for Disaster Recovery CBMR Recovery Console Main Menu When you boot the WinPE2 or WinPE4 DR environment the lt CP_WINPE2 gt and lt CP_WINPE4 gt versions are very similar you will see the CBMR Recovery Console Main Menu as below cristie CBMR CBMR Recovery Console Start the automatic Recovery wizard start the manual Recovery wizard Toals Show a list of log files for viewing Copy log files to removable media or network location Reboot a BB SS Version 7 1 1 Copyright c 2006 2014 Cristie Software Limited GMT Daylight Time 06 05 2014 14 45 57 Partra a You may configure the format of the displayed date time and the keyboard layout by pressing the locale icon Note this icon will be shown according to the locale of the host system used to create the ISO using the CRISP utility so it may not match the version shown here So if for example the ISO was built on a machine configured with a UK locale it will be displayed as English UK w English US French France for Vil prema Snitzerland German Germany German Switzerland rablel talen Italy Italian Switzerland Japanese Swedish Date Time and Time Zone NTP Resync By default the standard display uses a keyboard layout to match the default locale as discussed above However this may be changed to one of
22. lected User Guide Using CBMR for Disaster Recovery 31 Restore Status 28 Yo Completed f Filespace Details Mame Ch Type Drive C Date 16 04 2014 16 27 02 Current File Name CwindowsySystem3eswurmb dll Size 55 50 KP Status Progress Files Done 12 508 of 103 243 Bytes Done 334GE of 11 68 GB Time Taken 00 32 56 Hate 0961 0 BB Sec P Restored Files 12 32 Kc Restored Bytes 26 al cot This process may take some minutes if the backups are large You may select the Abort button to terminate the file recovery process but this may leave the disk or partition in an unpredictable state which may render it unusable If any errors occur during the recovery an error message will be shown in the dialogue window Refer to the logs post recovery to establish the cause of any error CEMR Recovery Status Formatted dynamic volume with drive letter E labelled STRIFE Formatted dynamic volume with drive letter G labelled SIMPLE Formatted dynamic volume with drive letter H labelled RAIDS Formatted dynamic volume with drive letter 1 labelled SIMPLE 2 Formatted dynamic volume with drive letter J labelled SPAN Creating partition mount points Creating volume mount points Making bootable volumes active Stopping access to Diskpart Suecesstully performed disk operations Restore will start shortly in a separate window The system files were restored successfully Updatin
23. lectronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Cristie Software Lid 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 Contents 1 Document conventions 4 2 Introduction D 3 Using CBMR for Disaster Recovery 6 Silt Prepara ON NEE 6 3 1 1 Create The Bootable Recovery Environment m s ssssssssrssrrssrrsrrrsrrrn nr rn AA RAR ARA A ARA R ARA A ARA ARR A AA RA RA RA AA RR RA RA RR RR RR RR RR RR RR 7 ee Re TE AA TEEN 7 3 13 Creating a TSM Nerden 7 3 2 The Create Configuration Wizard dee 8 3 2 1 Storing Configuration Parameters cies ce 9 3 3 Creating and Tes
24. metry disk capacity if currently formatted the disk signature You may right click on any disk shown in the right hand panel to select whether the disk will be formatted or not User Guide Using CBMR for Disaster Recovery 25 Any attempt to incorrectly turn off formatting will result in this error CEMR Error E You may also right click on a partition to allow you to selectively modify the partition parameters or remove it altogether Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd 26 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Si e E H e 2 H el You may Modify the following partition parameters size in MB only if disk is shown with a Di label format yes no The screenshot below shows an example Volume Partition Details Select Delete to remove the partition completely only if disk is shown with a CH If you attempt to either not format or delete a Windows system partition an error such as this will be displayed User Guide CEMR Error Using CBMR for Disaster Recovery You can not delete the Windows BOOT or SYSTEM partitions At this stage nothing has happened to the disks Press Next gt to continue with the recovery Select Datasets to Restore The next step prompts for the datasets to restore Generally each dataset represents a disk partition or volume Put a tick against each dataset that should be restored CBMR Select Datasets to Restore o Atleast one
25. n this case Press Next gt to continue to the last page of the Wizard CBMR Backup Finished Select Finish to start the backup process Note it is not possible to run a DR backup until the DR configuration has been setup and saved at least once Testing the Backup Location Using WinPE2 or WinPE4 Mode Recovery Insert the WinPE2 or WinPE4 Disaster Recovery DVD CD in your DVD CD ROM drive and reboot your computer from the disk Follow the on screen instructions and boot the Windows PE Recovery Console Note before storing your Disaster Recovery Disk and the DR Backup tape if used it is important to check that the Disaster Recovery works and the Backup Location Is accessible You only need to test that you can connect to the backup data The description below is a summary of the process which is described in more detail in the section Restoring Your System 3 4 Restoring Your System This section discusses the steps required to run a recover Sequence using the CBMR Recovery Console The console is booted from the media created by CRISP in conjunction with the CRISP WinPE2 or WinPE4 Fileset for CBMR 7 1 see Create the bootable cloning environment for further details The WinPE2 or WinPE4 based recovery environment is booted on the target system This could be the original or a dissimilar system A typical CBMR recovery sequence consists of the following steps 1 Install and run the Cristie Recovery ISO Producer CRISP
26. o use lt Use Default gt Encryption I Encrypt backup i Enter User Passphrase x Enter a secure passphrase e g along password or sentence to generate the Encryption Ken f r this backup Passphrase mar had a little lamb Confirm Pasephrase mar had a little lamb Cancel Use either the system default key or enter a new passphrase or key Click OK Select Next gt to display the CBMR Backup Select Backup Options dialogue CBMR Backup Select Backup Options Select Backup Options This page allows you to specify DR backup options File Test Automatically verify the backup Ce Run the backup now Schedule it for later Generate scripts only The Automatically verify the backup check box will be checked by default which will force an integrity check of the backup after completion This is independent of the program default settings Note this can be turned off to reduce the overall backup time by clearing the check box However this is not recommended Select Run the backup now if you wish to run the DR backup immediately on pressing the Next gt button Select Schedule it for later if you wish to schedule it either using the CBMR or Windows Scheduler depending on the default settings User Guide Using CBMR for Disaster Recovery 15 Select Generate scripts only if you wish to prepare a script disrec scp for scheduling the DR backup No actual backup will be performed i
27. overy EBMR Dissimilar Hardware o E The Plug and Play manager found new devices in the recovering machine View List Enter the path s where the drivers can be found F DriverFiles Separate multiple paths with a semicolon I Network Setup Note itis generally only necessary to inject divers 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 device tick the following box Load all types of drivers Specify the default path or paths to be searched for the missing driver files The paths may be ona local device eg a USB disk or a network share Use the Network Setup button if you need to map a network share In either case the paths must be accessible to the WinPE2 or WinPE4 environment Select View List to see a list of the new devices Found New Devices X PCI SCSIAdapter SAS Controller PCI Net Intel R PRO 1000 MT Network Connection Ensure the specified path or paths contain the correct drivers for the dissimilar machine ie correct 32 or 64 bit version as appropriate for the OS At the end of the DR sequence the specified paths will be searched for the missing drivers and automatically injected into the recovered system By default it is only necessary to inject drivers for mass storage
28. s enough space on the backup disk Click on the Run or Schedule Disaster Recovery Backup option in the CBMR main window User Guide Using CBMR for Disaster Recovery d lt Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Software Configuration C Tools gs Help Welcome to CBMR What do you want to do HHA Setup Disaster Recovery Configuration Create modify system configuration settings Run or Schedule Disaster Recovery Backup L F Specify to run disaster recovery backup now or create a disaster recovery schedule for regular backup 8 e j p View Log Files View log files of previous operations such as Backup Restore Compare and Verify Copyright Cristie Software Limited 1993 2014 At least one Backup location must exist in order to proceed through the wizard If none have been previously configured you will see a message that indicates this The system has detected that no backup location is configured for disaster recovery You must configure at least one backup location to proceed Click OK to accept the message This will open the CBMR New Backup Location Wizard welcome dialogue CBMR New Backup Location Wizard Welcome to CBMR New Backup Location Wizard Please select a category Tape Location File Location Library4uto changer Location TSM Location Click Next to proceed Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd 12 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Select the
29. ted directly in a VM environment This media is then booted on the target machine to control the recovery operation 3 1 2 TSM Client Version If you intend to use TSM as your backup location it is important to check the version of the TSM Client installed on your machine Versions supported by CBMR are summarised in the Readme document Note Please refer to the Readme document for the latest client support details If you are not using TSM please skip this step 3 1 3 Creating a TSM Node This step is only required if TSM is used in the recovery procedure Please ignore this step if TSM is not being used CBMR will connect to a TSM server as a client node The machine s operating system files and other important files will be stored under a Filespace in the client node If you need to create a Client node using the TSM Admin Client refer to the TSM Administrator Guide for further information To use the TSM module you must enable CBMR to backup to the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager by creating a dedicated node via the TSM Admin client The settings required for the node are Archive Delete Allowed YES Backup Delete Allowed YES cient Compression setting ouent Force password reset No Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd 8 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery Node Type om In addition you must consider your password policy If you specify a Password Expiration period you will have to set the password in CBMR every t
30. the listed alternatives Note that this does not Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd te Cristie Bare Machine Recovery change the display language which is always English Select Date Time and Time Zone to configure the time zone for the recovery Date and Time Note the Additional Clocks and Internet Time tabs are operational In fact it is possible to ynchronise the system time with an NTP time server if required Select the Help button to show online help for the recovery envronment User Guide Using CBMR for Disaster Recovery 19 3 4 1 2 Start Automatic Recovery Wizard Select this option to commence an automatic recovery sequence The following dialogue prompts you to identify the restore Type CBMR Select Restore Type X Select the type of restore Ce File sr SEP Sesam CC Tape Click Next gt to continue lt Back cancel Press Next gt to proceed to the first step of the sequence Press Cancel to abort the recovery sequence at this point File Restore Type If you selected a File restore type then the following dialogue appears In the example below the Network Setup functionality has been used to map drive B to the location of the backup file in Virtual Tape Drive VTD format CBMR File Backup Location File Path Enter the location of the WTD either as a share in UNC format or as a drive letter and path B share 1 Nigelp CBMR VTDs Win 20088 21FullBa
31. ting DR Backup uk 10 34 eine Your System EE 15 3 4 1 WinPE2 or WinPE4 based CBMR Recovery Console ssssssssssssssssrrrrrrrrnnnnnnnn nns ARR RR nn Rn RR RR ARR R RR RARE RR RR RAA 16 CBMR Recovery Console Main Men 17 IR elt e Recovery Wizard ME 19 FIE S OPC EE 19 TOM Restore e 20 Specify Key Repository EE 22 conim volume Ee EE EE 23 Select Datasets to Restore EE 21 CONE SG EE 28 PLOGCGG Witu The ere 29 DISK Recovery TS REI Een ee ARR e 30 DISK le e EE 32 ln ee e UE 33 Copyright O 1998 2014 Cristie Software Lta 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 names N ET T filenames Nets gt used to used to signify clickable buttons on a GUI dialogue clickable buttons on a GUI dialogue mm Note describes something of importance related to the current topic User Guide Introduction 5 2 Introduction CBMR provides complete data protection as well as the ability to recover critical servers from scratch within minutes CBMR can be used as a standalone backup product and provides an ideal solution for server migration CBMR backs up the operating system and hard disk configuration of critical servers enabling rapid recovery of data to an identical state following damage to or failure of the physical hardware or a corruption of th
32. tool on a suitable system to Copyright 1998 2014 Cristie Software Ltd 16 Cristie Bare Machine Recovery 3 4 1 create the CBMR WinPE2 or WinPE4 based recovery environment This only needs to be done once 2 Boot the CBMR WinPE2 or WinPE4 recovery environment on the target system 3 Run a restore sequence from the recovery environment on the target system using the CBMR backup 4 When the restore operation is complete and before booting the system you may change the hostname and IP address as required If the target system uses different hardware from the source system inject additional drivers into the system using the hardware wizard tool This tool wil detect any new devices in the target system and prompt for the drivers 5 Boot the recovered system WinPE2 or WinPE4 based CBMR Recovery Console When the WinPE2 or WinPE4 CBMR Console is booted a Windows installation like boot procedure is started During the boot process WinPE2 or WinPE4 drivers for your Plug and Play devices will be loaded in particular the Mass Storage devices and Network Adapters When the WinPE2 or WinPE4 system has booted it is possible to remove the CD if you wish Note the DR Console will automatically reboot 72 hours after starting This is an operating limitation of the Microsoft Windows WinPE2 or WinPE4 environment g cristie CBMR Please wait while your Rese devices are loaded Fa Paria gt a When th
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