Perform a Bare Metal Recovery (BMR) of MySQL Server

A Bare Metal Recovery (BMR) restores the operating system and software applications, and recovers all the backed-up data. BMR is the process of restoring a computer system from bare metal. Bare metal is a computer without any operating system, drivers, and software applications. After the restore is complete, the target machine automatically reboots in the same operating environment as the backup source node and all data is restored.

You can perform a BMR using the IP address or the Media Access Control (MAC) address of the target machine. If you boot the target machine using the Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) Live CD, you can get the IP address of the target machine.

If the MySQL server is corrupted, you can restore the entire server by performing a BMR.

To restore a MySQL Server, follow these steps:

1. Log into the Linux Backup Server Console as a root user.
2. Perform a BMR using the Restore Wizard. For more information on the restore process, see How to Perform a Bare Metal Recovery (BMR) for Linux Machines.
3. After the BMR job is complete, log in to the target machine and verify that the database is restored.
4. The MySQL server is successfully recovered.