04-05-2011 08:58 PM
Hi All,
I am running win 2008 r2 with nbu 7.0.1 and ET2206134 hotfix appied. The BMR backup finish successfully with code 0. when i do a "Prepare to Restore", i got an error "cannot find trueimage date".
Digging around, i find this technote http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH89060&key=15056&actp=LIST.
i think my error is likely to be the 3rd scenario. the technote says to compare the entries in BMR master's /var/bmr/conf/CL with NBU master's /opt/openv/netbackup/db/images. However, my server is windows. where do i find the equivalent of /var/bmr/conf/CL in a windows machine?
Thanks alot.
CK
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04-05-2011 10:11 PM
The hotfix that is mentioned here ET2206134 is in relevance with UEFI Boot systems. In case you have a Windows systems that is UEFI boot configured than BMR Prepare To Restore will fail in a similar way.
Unfortunately BMR yet doesn't support UEFI / GPT boot partitions hence it is unable to locate the EFI boot partition from the backup images. Hence the error during Prepare To Restore.
Thanks
04-05-2011 10:04 PM
You can get so many helpful thing from the below link
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/bmr-dissimilar-disk-restore
04-05-2011 10:11 PM
The hotfix that is mentioned here ET2206134 is in relevance with UEFI Boot systems. In case you have a Windows systems that is UEFI boot configured than BMR Prepare To Restore will fail in a similar way.
Unfortunately BMR yet doesn't support UEFI / GPT boot partitions hence it is unable to locate the EFI boot partition from the backup images. Hence the error during Prepare To Restore.
Thanks
04-05-2011 11:33 PM
Hi Suchitra,
Are u saying that Windows 2008 R2 cannot be BMR protected if it uses EFI boot partitions? The Symantec OS compatibility guide (http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH76648) states that win 2008 r2 is supported as BMR client. Is there a symantec technote that specifically says what you have just stated?
Thnks
CK
04-05-2011 11:51 PM
Hi,
How is your policy configure? make sure that "ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES" directive is set for backup selection. BMR recovery needs 'Shadow Copy Components' and 'system state' in the backup image.
04-06-2011 12:02 AM
you may exclude few drives from EXCLUDE if you dont want to take those drives except the above stated ?
04-06-2011 12:21 AM
Yes!! Drives that does not required to be backed up can be added in Client Exclusion.
04-06-2011 12:23 AM
Hi guys,
I have selected the ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES directive in my backup policy. Thks
CK