Implementing Windows integrated bare metal protection

For best results, it is recommended that you plan your strategy for disaster recovery before a client fails. This section provides a high-level overview of the steps you must complete to implement integrated bare metal protection for your Windows clients. It identifies steps to complete before and after a client fails.

Perform the following before a client fails:

I          Determine which Windows operating system the client is running and whether it is the 32- or 64-bit version. For instructions, see the Microsoft document Which Windows operating system am I running?

II         Verify that the client’s operating system is supported, and review the additional considerations for integrated BMR. See Prerequisites for Windows integrated bare metal recovery.

III       Determine whether the client’s firmware interface type is BIOS or UEFI. In most version of Windows, you can determine the firmware interface type by viewing system information (as described in the Microsoft document What is System Information?) or by viewing the Windows machine’s volumes in the computer management tool (see the Microsoft document What are Administrative Tools?).

IV      Upgrade your backup system to release 7.4 or higher. For instructions on updating your system, see About system updates.

V       Install Windows agent version 7.4 or higher. See Windows agent versions for details about Windows agents.

VI      Run file-level backups that include disk metadata. Disk metadata is captured in all file-level backups run with agent version 7.4 or higher unless you exclude critical volumes using selection lists. (For details about running file-level backups, see File-level Backups.)

VII    Review the recovery scenarios described in Supported integrated bare metal recovery scenarios.

To recover a failed client:

VIII   Perform the integrated BMR recovery using the procedures described in Performing the integrated bare metal recovery.