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Version 5.4.3 Revision B279 5 Obtain the old UUID of the partition or partitions from the mounted recovery points /etc/mtab file and 
compare it to the UUIDs for the root (for Ubuntu and CentOS), boot (for CentOS and RHEL), and data 
partitions by typing the following command and then press Enter:
less /mnt/etc/mtab
6 If performing a BMR on a brand new disk on the destination machine, comment out the swap partition in 
fstab in your root volume.
7 Modifying fstab and mtab paths...

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Version 5.4.3 Revision B280 14 After you complete installation, run one of the following updates:
•For SLES: 
grub-install.unsupported --recheck /dev/sda
grub-install.unsupported /dev/sda
update-grub
•For other distributions:
grub-install /dev/sda
update-grub
15 Remove the Live DVD disk from the CD-ROM or DVD drive and restart the Linux machine.
NOTE: If the update-grub command does not exist on your Linux distribution, omit this option.
NOTE: If the update-grub command does not...

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Understanding the Local Mount Utility
This chapter describes how to download, install, and use the Local Mount Utility (LMU) to mount an explore 
recovery points from a machine that does not host the AppAssure Core. It includes the following topics:
•Downloading the Local Mount Utility
•Installing the Local Mount Utility
•Using the Local Mount Utility
•Using AppAssure Core and protected machine options
The LMU is a downloadable application that...

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Downloading the LMU from the AppAssure Core 
Console
Complete the following steps to download the Local Mount Utility from the AppAssure Core Console.
To download the Local Mount Utility from the AppAssure Core Console
1 From the machine on which you want to install the LMU, access the AppAssure Core Console by entering 
the console URL into your browser and logging on with your user name and password.
2 From the AppAssure Core Console, click the...

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Version 5.4.3 Revision B283 2 Launch the installer program using one of the following methods.
•From the Downloads folder, right-click on the executable file and click Open.
•Or, if the web browser opened a message after downloading with the option to run the executable 
file, click Run.
Depending on the configuration of your machine, the User Account Control window or the Open File - 
Security Warning window could appear.
3 If the User Account Control window or the Open File -...

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Using the Local Mount Utility
The LMU lets you mount, explore and dismount the recovery points of any Core you add to the utility. There is 
no limit to the number of cores you can add. For more information about using the LMU, see the following 
procedures:
•Adding a Core machine to the Local Mount Utility
•Mounting a recovery point using the Local Mount Utility
•Exploring a mounted recovery point using the Local Mount Utility
•Dismounting a recovery...

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Mounting a recovery point using the Local Mount 
Utility
Before mounting a recovery point, the local mount utility (LMU) must connect to the Core on which the recovery 
point is stored. As described in the procedure Adding a Core machine to the Local Mount Utility, the number of 
cores that can be added to the LMU is unlimited; however, the application can connect to only one core at a 
time. For example, if you mount a recovery point of a machine...

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Exploring a mounted recovery point using the Local 
Mount Utility
Complete the following procedure to explore a recovery point that has remained mounted from a previous 
session.
To explore a mounted recovery point using the Local Mount Utility
1 From the machine on which the LMU is installed, launch the LMU by double-clicking the desktop icon.
2 From the main Local Mount Recovery screen, click Active mounts.
The Active Mounts window opens and...

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Using the Local Mount Utility tray menu
The LMU tray menu is located in your desktop task bar. Right-click the icon to reveal the options described in 
the following table:
Using AppAssure Core and protected 
machine options
By right-clicking the AppAssure Core or a protected machine in the main LMU screen, you can access certain 
options, as described in the following topics:
•Accessing localhost options
•Accessing remote core optionsAccessing...

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Accessing remote core options
Complete the steps in this procedure to access remote core options.
To access remote core options
•Right-click the AppAssure Core or protected machine, and then select one of the remote core options as 
described in the following table.
Accessing protected machine options
Complete the steps in this procedure to access protected machine options.
To access protected machine options
•Right-click the AppAssure protected...