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Determine the Method to Generate a BMR ISO Image

The Create Boot Kit utility provides two options for generating an ISO image:

• Create Bootable BMR ISO Image

  This method creates an ISO image that you can then burn onto a CD/DVD for storage. This is the default option. For more information, see Create a CA ARCserve D2D BMR ISO Image for a CD/DVD.

• Create Bootable BMR USB Stick

  This method creates an ISO image and burns it directly onto a portable USB stick for storage. For more information, see Create a CA ARCserve D2D BMR ISO Image for a USB Stick.

You can then use either of these bootable media to initialize the new computer system and allow the bare metal recovery process to begin. To ensure your saved image is always the most up-to-date version, it is good practice to create a new ISO image every time you update CA ARCserve D2D.

Note: If you are performing a BMR on a virtual machine (VM), then you can also directly attach the ISO image to the VM to start the BMR process without having to first burn it onto a CD/DVD.