Veritas NetBackup™ Bare Metal Restore™ Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.1)
  1. Introducing Bare Metal Restore
    1.  
      About Bare Metal Restore
    2.  
      Server DR protection using BMR
    3.  
      BMR protection phase diagram
    4.  
      New Proliferation support in NetBackup 8.0 Bare Metal Restore
  2. Configuring BMR
    1.  
      About installing BMR software
    2.  
      Prerequisites for Configuring BMR Servers
    3. Configuring BMR Servers
      1.  
        Configuring BMR Master Server
      2.  
        Setting up the BMR master server on a Windows system
      3. Configuring BMR Boot Server
        1.  
          About choosing boot server hosts
        2.  
          Prerequisites for boot servers
        3.  
          Setting up a BMR boot server
        4.  
          BMR boot servers in a UNIX cluster
        5.  
          BMR boot servers in a Windows cluster
    4. Deactivating BMR servers
      1.  
        Deactivating BMR master server
      2.  
        Deactivating BMR boot server
  3. Protecting clients
    1.  
      Pre-requisites for protecting clients
    2. Backing up BMR clients
      1.  
        Configuring policies to back up BMR clients
      2.  
        Using the same client name in multiple policies
      3.  
        About performing complete backups
      4.  
        About performing a full backup after a restore
      5.  
        Ensuring successful backups
      6.  
        Saving custom files on UNIX or Linux
    3. Monitoring client backups
      1.  
        BMR related other NetBackup properties
    4. Protecting clients with specific use cases
      1.  
        Storage Foundation for Windows Clients
  4. Setting up restore environments
    1.  
      Recovery steps
    2.  
      Installing boot server software
    3.  
      Shared resource trees
    4.  
      Adding client-specific resources
    5.  
      When to use boot media
    6.  
      Preparing client for restoration
  5. Shared resource trees
    1.  
      About shared resource trees
    2. Pre-requisites for Shared Resource Tree
      1.  
        About the space requirements for SRTs
    3. Creating a shared resource tree
      1. Creating an SRT for Windows
        1. Shared Resource Tree Administration Wizard
          1. Create an SRT
            1. Installing Microsoft Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK)
              1. Installing ADK using automatic download and install option
                1.  
                  Progress of ADK download and install process
              2.  
                Using pre-downloaded ADK executable file
            2.  
              Creating SRT on an offline boot server or host
          2.  
            SRT automatic import
          3.  
            Export SRT
          4.  
            Edit an SRT
          5.  
            Import an SRT
          6.  
            Copy an SRT
          7.  
            Delete an SRT
          8. Creating bootable CD or DVD image for Fast Restore SRT
            1.  
              Select an SRT
            2.  
              Specify a location for the ISO image
            3.  
              Completing the Shared Resource Tree configuration panel
          9. Add or update packages to an SRT
            1.  
              Add NetBackup Client to an SRT
            2.  
              Add NetBackup Security Services to an SRT
            3.  
              Add NetBackup Release Update or Maintenance Pack to an SRT
            4.  
              Add NetBackup Language Pack
      2. Creating an SRT for UNIX or Linux
        1.  
          Creating an AIX SRT
        2.  
          Creating an HP-UX SRT
        3.  
          Creating a Solaris SRT
        4.  
          Creating a Linux SRT
    4. Managing shared resource trees
      1. Adding software to a shared resource tree
        1. Adding software to a UNIX or Linux SRT
          1.  
            About adding NetBackup Maintenance Packs
          2.  
            About adding Veritas Volume Manager and Veritas File System
          3.  
            About adding Veritas Security Services
          4.  
            About adding other software
          5.  
            About installing patches and packages into Solaris SRTs
          6.  
            Installing device drivers into Linux SRTs
        2.  
          Adding software to a Windows SRT
      2. Importing a shared resource tree
        1.  
          Importing an SRT on UNIX and Linux
        2.  
          Importing an SRT on Windows
      3. Copying a shared resource tree
        1.  
          Copying an SRT on UNIX and Linux
        2.  
          Copying an SRT on Windows
      4. Deleting a shared resource tree
        1.  
          Deleting an SRT on UNIX and Linux
        2.  
          Deleting an SRT on Windows
      5.  
        Enabling or disabling SRT exclusive use
      6.  
        Repairing a damaged shared resource tree
      7.  
        Breaking a stale shared resource tree lock
    5. Managing boot media
      1.  
        About the supported boot media on Windows
      2.  
        About writing a CD or DVD
      3. Creating boot media for UNIX and Linux
        1.  
          About boot media for AIX
        2.  
          About boot media for HP-UX
        3.  
          About boot media for Linux
        4.  
          About boot media for Solaris
      4.  
        Creating boot media for a Windows client
  6. Restoring clients
    1.  
      Disclaimer
    2.  
      BMR restore process
    3.  
      Preparing a client for restore
    4. BMR disk recovery behavior
      1.  
        BMR disk processing with prepare-to-restore options
      2.  
        BMR disk class processing with prepare-to-restore options
      3.  
        Import actions for operating systems or volume managers
    5. About restoring BMR clients using network boot
      1.  
        Restoring an AIX client with network boot
      2.  
        Restoring an HP-UX client with network boot
      3.  
        Restoring a Linux client with network boot
      4.  
        Restoring a Solaris client with network boot
      5.  
        Restoring a Windows client with network boot
    6. About restoring BMR clients using media boot
      1.  
        Restoring an AIX client with media boot
      2.  
        Restoring an HP-UX client with media boot
      3.  
        Restoring a Linux client with media boot
      4.  
        Restoring a Solaris client with media boot
      5.  
        Restoring a Windows client with media boot
    7. About restoring to a specific point in time
      1.  
        About the point in time restore process
      2.  
        Creating a point in time restore configuration
    8. About restoring to dissimilar disks
      1.  
        About the dissimilar disk restore process
      2.  
        Creating a restore configuration for DDR
      3.  
        Restoring a client to dissimilar disks
    9. Restoring to a dissimilar system
      1.  
        About dissimilar system restore
      2.  
        About discovering the configuration of the new system
      3.  
        Creating an editable DSR configuration
      4.  
        About adding NIC and MSD drivers
      5.  
        About changing network interfaces
      6.  
        About mapping disks in the restore configuration
      7.  
        About creating boot media
      8.  
        About restoring the client
      9.  
        Logging on for the first time after system restore
    10. About restoring NetBackup media servers
      1. About configuring an alternate media server
        1.  
          Enabling automatic media server failover to an alternate server
        2.  
          Overriding the original media server manually
      2.  
        Restoring the media server
    11.  
      About restoring BMR boot servers
    12. About external procedures
      1.  
        External procedure points and names
      2.  
        About managing external procedures
      3.  
        Specifying external procedures
      4.  
        About external procedure data transfer
      5.  
        About interaction with external procedures
      6.  
        External procedure logging examples
      7.  
        External procedure operational states
      8.  
        About external procedure exit codes
      9.  
        About external procedure error handling
      10. About external procedure environment variables
        1.  
          UNIX and Linux environment variables
        2.  
          AIX environment variables
        3.  
          HP-UX environment variables
        4.  
          Solaris environment variables
        5.  
          Windows environment variables
    13. About SAN (storage area network) support
      1.  
        Restoring Solaris SAN-attached volumes if they are left unmapped
      2.  
        About SANs and dissimilar system restores on Windows clients
    14. About multiple network interface support
      1.  
        About client configuration using gateways
    15.  
      Port usage during restores
  7. Managing Windows drivers packages
    1.  
      About Windows drivers packages
    2. Adding a Windows driver package
      1.  
        Finding the correct driver if Windows is already installed
    3.  
      Deleting a Windows driver package
  8. Managing clients and configurations
    1.  
      About clients and configurations
    2.  
      Copying a configuration
    3.  
      Discovering a configuration
    4.  
      Modifying a configuration
    5.  
      Deleting a configuration
    6.  
      Deleting a client
    7. Client configuration properties
      1.  
        Configuration Summary properties
      2. Devices and drivers properties
        1.  
          Force installation of this driver instead of Windows supplied or newer driver
      3.  
        Hosts properties
      4. Network interfaces properties
        1.  
          Importing and mapping network interfaces
        2.  
          Changing network interfaces manually
        3.  
          Specifying the UNIX and Linux boot interface
      5.  
        Network routes properties
      6. About Volumes properties
        1.  
          About Native Disk Objects
        2.  
          About mapping and unmapping volumes
        3.  
          Mapping volumes
        4.  
          Volumes views
  9. Managing BMR boot servers
    1.  
      About boot servers
    2.  
      Boot server requirements
  10. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      Problems booting from CD or DVD
    2.  
      Long restore times
    3.  
      Solaris media boot network parameters issue
    4.  
      How to recover client when BMR configuration is deleted accidentally
    5.  
      First boot after BMR restore fails on UNIX platforms
    6.  
      Client network based boot issue
    7.  
      Verify backup failure while recovering Windows client
    8.  
      The VM takes long time for booting after BMR Physical backup conversion to virtual machine is performed on 32-bit architecture Windows OS
    9.  
      BMR-enabled physical backup to Virtual Machine conversion job fails on Windows platform
    10. Troubleshooting issues regarding creation of virtual machine from client backup
      1.  
        Client name is not visible under virtual machine conversion clients list
      2.  
        Failure during submitting the job of virtual machine creation
      3.  
        Job of creating virtual machine failed
    11.  
      If the boot server has a base installation of Solaris 10 update 11, the creation of SRTs can fail
    12.  
      Many services on Solaris 11 and newer print warning messages during a system boot and during BMR first boot
    13.  
      Solaris Zone recovery on Solaris 11 and newer takes time to reconfigure after a BMR restore during first boot
    14.  
      A Solaris BMR restore operation fails if the text-installer package is not present in the customized AI ISO
    15.  
      The /boot partition must be on a separate partition for a multiple device-based OS configuration
    16.  
      Multiple error messages might be displayed during the first boot after the restoration of a client with ZFS storage pools
    17.  
      BMR may not format or clear the ZFS metadata
    18.  
      Specifying the short name of the client to protect with Auto Image Replication and BMR
    19.  
      A restore task may remain in a finalized state in the disaster recovery domain even after the client restores successfully
    20.  
      IPv6 support for BMR
    21.  
      Automatic boot may fail for HP-UX after a restore
    22.  
      Prepare to Restore may not work for a Solaris client
    23.  
      Use of Virtual Instance Converter (VIC) hosts on Windows (x64) having NetBackup 8.1 is not supported in NetBackup 8.1 release for NetBackup 8.0 and earlier clients
  11. Creating virtual machine from client backup
    1.  
      About creating virtual machine from backup
    2.  
      BMR physical to virtual machine creation benefits and use cases
    3.  
      Deployment diagram for virtual machine creation
    4.  
      Client-VM conversion process flow
    5.  
      Pre-requisites to create VM creation from backup
    6. Virtual machine creation from backup
      1.  
        Virtual Machine Conversion Clients
      2.  
        Converting client backup to VM
      3.  
        Virtual Machine Options
      4.  
        Virtual machine conversion storage destination
      5.  
        Network connection selections
      6.  
        Virtual machine conversion summary
      7.  
        Virtual Machine Conversion Tasks
      8.  
        Restore Task Properties
      9.  
        Creating custom configurations
    7.  
      Virtual Machine Creation CLIs
  12. Monitoring Bare Metal Restore Activity
    1.  
      Monitoring BMR restore tasks
    2.  
      Monitoring backup jobs
    3.  
      Monitoring VM Creation jobs
    4. BMR logs
      1.  
        BMR logging originator IDs
      2.  
        Commands to manage unified logging and log files
      3.  
        BMR restore logs
  13. Appendix A. NetBackup BMR related appendices
    1. Network services configurations on BMR boot Server
      1.  
        Common UNIX network configuration
      2.  
        Red Hat Enterprise Linux network configuration
      3.  
        SUSE Linux Network configuration
      4. Solaris Network configuration
        1.  
          Network boot service configuration for Solaris version 10
        2.  
          Network boot service configuration for Solaris version 11.0 and later
      5.  
        HP-UX and AIX NW configuration
      6.  
        Windows Network configuration
    2.  
      About the support for Linux native multipath in BMR
    3.  
      BMR support for multi-pathing environment
    4.  
      BMR multipath matrix
    5.  
      BMR support for virtual environment
    6.  
      BMR Direct VM conversion support matrix
    7.  
      About ZFS storage pool support
    8.  
      Solaris zone recovery support
    9.  
      BMR client recovery to other NetBackup Domain using Auto Image Replication

Boot server requirements

More information is available about the SRT requirements that are related to boot servers.

Table: Boot server requirements

Type of server

Requirements

General boot server

You must have a boot server for each type of client that you want to protect. For example, a Solaris client requires a Solaris boot server, a Windows client requires a Windows boot server, and so on.

For UNIX, Linux, and legacy Windows restores, a boot server at a particular operating system version can only host SRTs of the same operating system version or lower. For example, a Solaris 9 boot server can host Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 SRTs, but not Solaris 10 SRTs.

For UNIX, Linux, and legacy Windows restores, a client at a particular operating system version requires an SRT of the same operating system version.

Refer appendix Network services configurations on BMR Boot Server to know details about network-based recovery pre-requisite setup for different platforms.

AIX boot server

AIX boot servers do not have any special requirements. An AIX boot server can reside on the same subnet as the subnet of the client, or on a different subnet. However, AIX boot servers at a specific operating system version can only host SRTs of the same or earlier operating system version. For example, a 5.3.0.10 boot server can only host 5.1.x.x, 5.2.x.x, 5.3.0.0, and 5.3.0.10 SRTs, but not 5.3.0.20 SRTs. Likewise, a 5.2.x.x boot server cannot host 5.3.x.x SRTs.

Also, to recover 5.3.0.10 client, you need to create 5.3.0.10 SRT. You cannot use 5.3.0.11 or 6.1.0.1 SRT to recover this client.

HP-UX boot server

Each network segment with HP-UX clients must have an HP-UX boot server that can support the clients.

On an HP-UX boot server, the Ignite version of an SRT must match the Ignite version that is installed on the boot server.

Linux boot server

Each network segment that has Linux clients must have a Linux boot server.

Though in case of VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) setup case, you can configure your switch settings to route network boot requests packets to the server located at other VLAN than where client exists. This way a single Linux boot server can recover Linux clients belonging to different VLANs.

Solaris boot server

Each network segment with Solaris clients must have a Solaris BMR boot server that can support the clients.

However, you can use the following to minimize the effect of this requirement:

  • When necessary, you can install BMR boot server software on a Solaris computer in the network segment. Then create an SRT after the client has failed and needs to be restored.

  • The Solaris BMR boot server can be defined on a Solaris computer that has a physical IP presence on multiple networks.

    That is, you can use a single Solaris BMR boot server with multiple network interfaces for Solaris BMR clients on each network segment.

  • Configure a relay boot server to allow Solaris computers on remote subnets to boot from a BMR boot server using a network gateway.

  • You can contact support representative to get more information.

  • The BMR boot server for Solaris10_x64 requires the following software installed:

    • TFTP Server

    • DHCP server

    • NFS Server

    • SRTs for carrying out a bare metal restore of a Solaris10_x64 client can only be created and hosted on a Solaris10_x64 Boot server. The OS and Kernel level should be greater than or the same of the client to be restored.

    If you want to use bmrsrtadm Media Creation to generate BMR-ISO SRTs, you must install the SUNWmkcd package on the boot server.

Windows boot server

Windows boot server requirements are as follows:

  • The network boot services on the boot server require a DHCP server somewhere on the network.

  • The boot server must not run a PXE service or a TFTP service.

More Information

About shared resource trees