Bare metal restores are supported for AIX 5.3 and higher. (For a complete list of Unitrends’ supported AIX versions, see the Compatibility and Interoperability Matrix.) Bare metal restores allow you to recover an AIX client due to system failure. Bare metal requires that you create the bare metal media on the client. This media can then be used to aid in recovery of a crashed system.
Bare metal restores the entire system from the most recent master backup. All disks which are included in the system configuration at the time the bare metal media was created are configured and data restored.
Key points for protecting your system:
• Bare metal media should be generated whenever there is a significant change to the system.
• Bare metal media should be tested to make sure that it will work at the time of a system restore.
• You must have a good master backup of the client before restoring from the boot media. Do not exclude system files that are required for a system to boot.
• The bare metal media for a system cannot be created after the system has crashed.