Before you create a CentOS-based Live CD, review the following table which compares the default Live CD to the CentOS-based Live CD:
Parameters |
Default Live CD |
CentOS-based Live CD |
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Backup Server Installation Media |
Supported |
Not Supported |
Desktop UI |
Not supported. Users must use a browser on a Windows machine to browse the Backup Server web UI. |
Supported. CentOS-based Live CD includes a browser. Users do not need any additional browser to browse the Backup Server web UI.. |
Image size |
Approximately 400 MB. The image can be burned on a CD. |
More than 800 MB. The image must be burned on a DVD. |
Additional device driver for the Live CD |
Not supported |
Supported |
Local BMR (Recover machine without installing another Backup Server) |
Supported |
Supported |
PXE Boot Image |
Supported |
Not supported |
Remove CD/ISO from the BMR target machine after the machine is booted |
Supported |
Not supported. DVD/ISO must be mounted on the BMR target machine all the time during the recovery process, until the BMR job is finished and the machine is rebooted. |
Live CD operating system environment in English |
Yes |
Yes. Desktop UI is also in English |
Localized language for the Backup Server Web UI |
Yes |
Yes |
Node type support |
Support physical machine, VMWare ESX server, RHEV, OVM, Citrix Xen VM |
Only support physical machine and VMware ESX server VM |
Consider the following prerequisites before you create a CentOS-based Live CD:
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