Perform a BMR Migration from Amazon EC2 to the local Machine

Before you perform a migration BMR from Amazon EC2, you have to restore data from the source to an EC2 instance. To restore the data temporarily, you can perform an Instant VM to the EC2 instance. After the EC2 instance is ready to use, you can continue working on the instance.

When the actual local machine is ready, you can perform a migration BMR from the Amazon EC2 instance to the actual local machine.

Note: For more information about performing a BMR, see How to Perform a Bare Metal Recovery (BMR) for Linux Machines.

Follow these steps:

  1. Access the Restore Wizard in one of the following ways:
  1. Click Restore from the Wizard menu and select Migration BMR.

    The Backup Server page of the Restore Wizard - Migration BMR opens.

  2. Perform the following steps, and then click Next:
    1. Select Remote server as Server Location.
    2. Specify the Linux Backup Server on Amazon EC2 to connect to the server.
    3. Enter Host Name, User Name, Password, Protocol, and Port for the Linux Backup Server.
    4. Click Refresh, select the restore job from the Job Name drop-down list.
    5. The list displays the Instant VM recovery job that is in the Ready to use job phase or Power off job phase, when ready to use.
  1. The Recovery Points section appears.
  2. From the Recovery Points section, perform the following steps, and click Connect.
  3. You are automatically taken to the Target Machine tab.
  4. On the Target Machine section, enter the MAC/IP address, and click Next.
  5. Note: You can boot a local machine with LiveCD to get the MAC/IP address.
  6. You are led to the Advanced section.
  7. In the Advanced section, configure the Pre/Post Scripts, and then click Next.
  8. The Summary section appears.
  9. Specify the job name and click Submit.
  10. A BMR job is performed on the machine booted with LiveCD.
  11. From the Linux agent home page, navigate to the Job Status tab and click Click here to migrate data.
  12. The data on Amazon EC2 VM is migrated to your local machine.

You have successfully performed a migration BMR.


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