How to Perform a Bare Metal Recovery Using a Virtual Standby VM or Instant VM
Bare Metal Recovery (BMR) is the process of restoring a computer system from "bare metal" including reinstalling the operating system and software applications, and then restoring the data and settings. The BMR process lets you restore a full computer with minimal effort, even to different hardware. BMR is possible because during the block-level backup process, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) not only captures the data, but also all information that is related to the following applications:
- Operating system
- Installed applications
- Configuration settings
- Necessary drivers
All relevant information that is necessary to perform a complete rebuild of the computer system from "bare metal" is backed up into a series of blocks and stored on the backup location.
To perform a BMR from a virtual machine, use one of the following ways:
- Connect to the ESX server directly using the IP address
- Add the correct DNS setting in your BMR machine and resolve the hostname to the IP address
Complete the following tasks to perform a BMR using a Virtual Standby VM or Instant VM:
- Review the BMR Prerequisites and Considerations
- Define BMR Options
- Recover Using a Hyper-V Virtual Standby VM or Instant VM
- Recover Using a VMware Virtual Standby VM or Instant VM
- Perform BMR in Express Mode
- Perform BMR in Advanced Mode
- Verify that the BMR was Successful
- BMR Reference Information
- Troubleshooting BMR Issues