Using CA ARCserve D2D for Linux › How to Perform a Bare Metal Recovery (BMR) for Linux Machines › (Optional) Recover Data to the iSCSI Volume of the Target Machine

(Optional) Recover Data to the iSCSI Volume of the Target Machine

You can integrate the iSCSI volume to the target machine and make that volume a part of the target machine. Then you can restore data to the iSCSI volume of the target machine. By doing so, you can manage data and transfer data over a network.

Important! When you integrate the iSCSI volume with the target machine, you will lose all the existing data from the iSCSI volume.

Follow these steps:

1. Insert the CA ARCserve D2D for Linux Live CD or mount the iso file of the CA ARCserve D2D for Linux Live CD into the CD-ROM drive of the target machine.
2. Boot the target machine from the CD-ROM.

   The target machine boots into the CA ARCserve D2D for Linux Live CD environment. On the screen, the IP address of the target machine is displayed.

3. Enter the shell environment of the target machine.
4. Run the following command to start the iSCSI initiator daemon:

   /etc/init.d/iscsid start
   

5. Run a discovery script to discover the iSCSI target host.

   iscsiadm -m discovery -t sendtargets -p <ISCSI-SERVER-IP-ADDRESS>:<Port_Number>
   

   The default port value of iSCSI target host is 3260.

6. Make a note of the iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN) of the iSCSI target host found by the discovery script before you manually log into the discovered target.
7. List the available block device of the backup source node.

   #fdisk -l
   

8. Log in to the discovered target.

   iscsiadm -m node -T <iSCSI Target IQN name> -p <ISCSI-SERVER-IP-ADDRESS>:<Port_Number> -l
   

   You can see a block device in the /dev directory of the backup source node.

9. Run the following command to obtain the new device name:

   #fdisk -l
   

   You can see an additional device named /dev/sd<x> on the backup source node.

The iSCSI volume is integrated with the target volume.