How to Perform a Bare Metal Recovery (BMR) for Linux Machines in AWS Cloud

A 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.

A complete BMR is possible because when you back up data, the backup also captures information related to the operating system, installed applications, drivers, and so on.

You can perform a BMR using the IP address of the target Linux Instance in Amazon EC2. If you boot the target Linux Instance using the Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) AMI, then you can get the private IP address of the Instance.

The process to perform a BMR for Linux Instances in Amazon EC2 is almost the same with Linux machines in the local.

Complete the following tasks to perform a BMR:

• Review the BMR Prerequisites
• Launch an Instance Using the Arcserve UDP Agent Live CD
• Review the Backup Server Instance
• Specify the Recovery Points
• Specify the Target Instance Details
• Specify the Advanced Settings
• Create and Run the Restore Job
• Verify that the Target Instance is Restored