Perform the procedures that the Windows Bare Metal Recovery to Physical or Virtual Computers section in the NetWorker Release 8.2 SP1 Administration Guide describes.
If you only back up and recover the VMM database, then you must use the same instance of the VMM server component for the restore. This is important to reduce VMM post -restore steps. Microsoft VMM documentation provides more information.
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start the VMM Windows service, VMM synchronizes the database with the VMM server and VMM library computers.
Note
You must reapply any changes that you made to the VMM environment between the time of the backup and the restore. For example, you must recreate the templates that you created in VMM after performing the backup that you use to perform the restore.
Before you restore a SQL database, verify whether all the SQL services have started. If you perform a SQL Server recovery as part of BMR, Microsoft SQL Server Backup and BMR on page 21 provides more information about how to perform BMR of SQL Server.
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GLOSSARY
This glossary contains terms related to the NetWorker Module for Microsoft. Many of these terms are used in this manual.
A
application data User data such as a log file that is created by the application, or user data such as an application database that is created with the application. For example, an SQL Server’s application data includes its databases and log files. Application data is neither included in nor recoverable from a Windows BMR operation. Application data must be backed up and recovered with NMM.
ASR writer The Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) writer that is responsible for identifying critical data that is needed to perform an offline restore.
B
backup group See group backup volume See volume Boot Configuration Data
(BCD) The BCD store contains boot configuration parameters, and controls how Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating system starts. A backup of this ASR Writer component is required to perform an offline restore.
C
client See NetWorker client
client resource NetWorker server resource that identifies the save sets to be backed up on a client. The Client resource also specifies information about the backup, such as the schedule, browse policy, and retention policy for the save sets.
cluster 1. A group of independent network servers that operate and appear to clients as if they were a single unit.
2. A group of disk sectors. The operating system assigns a unique number to each cluster and then keeps track of files according to which clusters they use.
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critical volume A critical volume can be any of the following types of volumes:
l Any volume that contains system state files or files for an installed service, including volumes mounted as NTFS directories that contain such files. An example of an installed service is the Exchange 2010 application binaries. However, the Exchange database and log files are not considered critical.
l Any parent volume where a critical volume is mounted.
l All volumes on all dynamic disks if at least one of those volumes is critical.
l A current backup of all critical volumes that is required to perform a Windows BMR.
D
disaster recovery The restoration of a computer operating system and its data after a catastrophic failure such as a hard disk failure or the corruption of critical operating system components. A disaster recovery might not be a bare metal recovery.
G
group A client or group of clients configured to start backing up files to the NetWorker server at a designated time of day.
M
master database The SQL Server master database contains information about all SQL Server databases on the SQL Server host.
N
NetWorker An EMC network-based software product for backing up and recovering file systems.
NetWorker client A computer that has the NetWorker client software installed and can access the backup and recover services from a NetWorker server.
NetWorker resource A component of the s software that controls the functionality of the NetWorker server and its clients. Examples of NetWorker resources include devices, schedules, clients, groups, and policies. Each resource consists of a list of values that defines the resource’s specific parameters.
NetWorker server The computer on a network running the NetWorker software, containing the online indexes, and providing backup and recovery services to the clients on the same network.
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image A bootable image that contains NetWorker binaries and a wizard to control the Windows BMR process.
non-critical volume A volume that contains files that are not part of the system state or an installed service.
Glossary
O
offline restore A restore operation that is performed from the NetWorker Windows Disaster Recovery boot image. An offline restore is an automated process, and does not require the manual installation of an operating system. A BMR is an offline restore.
online restore A restore operation that is performed from the regular NetWorker recover user interface. An online restore requires that the computer has been booted from an installed operating system.
R
recovery The process of retrieving individual data files from backup storage and copying to disk.
S
save The NetWorker command that backs up client files to backup volumes and makes data entries in the online index.
save set A set of files backed up onto storage media using the NetWorker software.
save set ID An internal identification number that NetWorker software assigns to a save set.
V
volume A unit of storage media, such as a magnetic tape, an optical disk, or a file. A storage device reads from and writes to volumes, which can be physical units (for example, a labeled tape cartridge) or logical units (for example, optical media can store multiple volumes on a single physical platter).
volume ID The internal identification NetWorker software assigns to a backup volume volume name The name assigned to a backup volume when it is labeled.
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