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Moeman
Level 4
13 years ago

Bare Metal Restore 6.5

I am running NetBackup Enterprise 6.5.6 on Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2.  I am trying to configure BMR but I seem to be missing a step or don't know what I'm doing.  I've gone through the admin guide but nowhere do I see a step to actually add the operating system to a shared resource tree.  What am I missing?  At this point I don't understand how NBU knows what OS the client is that I want to restore.

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  • mph999's avatar
    mph999
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    Does this help

    NBU BMR Guide pg 121 (ver 6.5)

     

    Creating an SRT for Windows
    Windows SRTs no longer require the user to supply a version of Windows. The SRTs use a special version of Windows that is shipped with the boot server.
    To create a Windows SRT
    1 From the Start menu on the Windows BMR boot server that is to host the SRT, select Programs > Veritas NetBackup > Bare Metal Restore Boot Server Assistant. The Bare Metal Restore Boot Server Assistant appears.
    2 Click Shared Resource Tree Administration Wizard. The Shared Resource Tree Administration wizard appears.
    3 Select the option to create a shared resource tree. Then follow the prompts to create a shared resource tree. You must provide the following information:
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    Name. The name of the SRT also is used for the directory that contains it. Only alphanumeric characters and the underscore (_) character are allowed.
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    Description.
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    Location for the SRT.
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    Path to the NetBackup client software image.
     
    Regards,
     
    Martin
  • Moeman's avatar
    Moeman
    Level 4
    13 years ago

    Interesting!  This thing is smarter than I give it credit for.  Guess I'll have to do some testing to see if it even works.  Thanks.

  • mph999's avatar
    mph999
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    It does work ...  It can even recover to dis-similiar hardware (windows and linux) but this can sometimes be a bit tricky to get to work.

    I use it on one of my test servers that I do silly things to ...  Kick off the BMR recovery, and 30 mins later system is completey recovered.

    M