Dell Appassure 5 User Guide

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Launching a bare metal restore for 
Windows
Before launching a bare metal restore (BMR) for a Windows machine, certain conditions are required.
To restore a recovery point saved on the Core, you must have the appropriate hardware in place. For more 
information, see Prerequisites for performing a bare metal restore for a Windows machine.
The BMR destination Windows machine must be started using the boot CD image. For more information, see 
Managing a...

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Version 5.4.3 Revision B240 4 In the expanded details for that recovery point, from the Actions menu, click Restore.
The Restore Machine Wizard appears.
5Select Recover to any target machine using a boot CD.
6Select I already have a boot CD running on the target machine.
The authentication fields become accessible.
7 Enter the information about the machine to which you want to connect as described in the following 
table.
8Click Next.
If the connection information you entered...

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To map volumes for a bare metal restore
1 If you want to map volumes automatically, do the following. If you want to map volumes manually, 
proceed to Step 2
a On the Disk Mapping page of the Restore Machine Wizard, select the Automatically Map Volumes 
tab.
b In the Disk Mapping area, under Source Volume, verify that the source volume is selected, and 
that the appropriate volumes are listed beneath it and are selected.
c Optionally, if you do not...

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Injecting drivers to your target server
If you are restoring to dissimilar hardware, you must inject storage controller, RAID, AHCI, chipset and other 
drivers if they are not already on the boot CD. These drivers make it possible for the operating system to 
operate all devices on your target server successfully once you reboot the system following the restore process.
If you are unsure which drivers are required by your target server, click the...

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Viewing the recovery progress
Complete the steps in this procedure to view the progress of restoring data from a recovery point (including 
bare metal restore) initiated from the AppAssure Core Console.
This task is a step in Performing a bare metal restore for Windows machines. It is part of the process for 
Verifying a bare metal restore.
To view the recovery progress
1 After you initiate the process restoring data from a recovery point, while the...

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Repairing startup problems
Complete the steps in this procedure to repair startup problems. Keep in mind that if you restored to dissimilar 
hardware, you must have injected storage controller, RAID, AHCI, chipset and other drivers if they are not 
already on the boot CD. These drivers make it possible for the operating system to operate all devices on your 
target server successfully. For more information, see Injecting drivers to your target...

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Retention and archiving
This chapter describes how to manage aging data with retention policies and then archive it for long-term 
storage. It includes the following sections:
•Managing retention policies
•Understanding archives
•Archiving to a cloud
Periodic backup snapshots of all of its protected machines accumulate on the Core over time. Retention policies 
are used to retain backup snapshots for longer periods of time and to help with the...

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Version 5.4.3 Revision B246 The Newest Recovery Point text box displays the most recent recovery point. The oldest recovery point 
would be determined by the retention policy settings.
The following is an example of how the retention period is calculated.
Keep all recovery points for 3 days.
…and then keep one recovery point per hour for 3 days
…and then keep one recovery point per day for 4 days
…and then keep one recovery point per week for 3 weeks
…and then keep one recovery...

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Version 5.4.3 Revision B247 This setting determines how many rollup operations can be performed at the same time. Setting the 
number above 1 will result in a shorter time to complete the rollup process, but will place a heavier load 
on the Core while rollups are occurring.
4Click Apply.
The retention policy you defined be applied during the nightly rollup.
You will also be able to apply these settings when specifying the retention policy for any individual agent 
machine. For...

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Version 5.4.3 Revision B248 •Once the Check Integrity job completes all child job successfully, return to this procedure and 
continue with the next step.
6 In the Configuration dialog box, do one of the following:
•To use the default retention policy for this agent, select the Use Core default retention policy 
option, and then click Save. The default policy is applied to this agent.
•To define a custom retention policy for this agent, select the Use custom retention policy...