Restore a System (Perform DR)

Disaster Recovery provides the ability to recover a system in the event of a site level disaster or failure from a Vault or archive media. Client backups can be restored to the original device, or a new target storage device, internal or external, can be defined for each client. Disaster Recovery operations are performed from the Settings->Vaulting->System Restore subsystem.

 

Disaster Recovery from Vault

Prior to beginning a Disaster Recovery from Vault operation, the Target System needs to be prepared. The Target System needs to be new, or newly imaged. Any desired storage devices will need to be configured on the Target System and management privileges granted to the Vault. The new System must be of the same name as the System being restored.

Upon entry into the Restore from Vault subsystem, you will be presented with a grid to assist you in making your selections. Select the System you wish to restore from the first dropdown box. This list will contain all systems with vaulted backups.

The IP address will be populated with the IP address of the selected system. This can be changed to a different IP address if so desired. Use care in selecting this address, as the IP selected will be the target of the restored system.

The client list will be populated with clients available for recovery. All selected client backups will be recovered.

At this point, if you do not wish to use storage defined on the new System, you can continue with the restore process. Vaulted storage configuration will be used as your storage preferences. Pre-restore checks will be done to ensure a successful recovery operation. This includes checking the version of the new System. The version of the new System must be at least that of the vaulted System. If Encryption has been enabled on the original system, please use the Encryption Manager tool to set the encryption state to Off and then back On. Log in using the encryption passphrase. This will reset the encryption state and is required to complete the disaster recovery.

You may use storage defined on the new System by clicking "Select Target Device". This will show a column in the data grid with dropdown boxes containing devices available on the new System. NOTE: These devices must be defined prior to commencing the restore operation. Failure to do so will result in empty device lists.

After selecting your desired devices, click "Confirm" to begin the pre-restore checks and commence the recovery operation.

You can monitor the restore operation in the Settings->System Monitoring->Jobs subsystem. Once all client restores are complete, a log file of the operation will be available and can be viewed by selecting "Disaster Recovery Log" in your toolbox.

Once the restore has been successfully completed, please log out and back into the restored System. The Hosts table of the restored System will have the IP address of the original System. This can be changed in the Settings->Clients, Networking, and Notifications->Hosts subsystem.

 

Disaster Recovery from Archive Media

Upon entry into the Restore from Archive subsystem, you will be presented with a grid to assist you in making your selections. First, you must scan for Archive Media. Once this operation has completed, the "Select Media" dropdown box will become enabled. Select the Archive media from which you wish to recover, the media will be mounted and ready. Please note tapes and changers are not supported for Disaster Recovery operations.

Upon selecting your media, you will be asked to save your storage preferences. You may opt to replace archived storage with storage defined on the new System. NOTE: If you wish to define new storage, this must be done prior to commencing the recovery operation.

Your storage preferences will be saved and the System State will be restored. Upon completion of this step you have the option of stopping here, or continue on and restore archived backups.

Pre-restore checks will be done to ensure a successful recovery operation. This includes checking the version of the new System. The version of the new System must be at least that of the original System. If Encryption has been enabled on the original system, please use the Encryption Manager tool to set the encryption state to Off and then back On. Log in using the encryption passphrase. This will reset the encryption state and is required to complete the disaster recovery. If this step was not done prior to beginning the recovery from archive operation, please open another browser window and follow the steps to enable encryption.

If you chose to continue, available clients will be listed, and based on your storage preferences selected, the "Select Target Device" button will become enabled. If you opted to use newly defined storage, you must click the "Select Target Device" button and select your storage devices from the dropdown boxes. You will not be able to proceed with the recovery operation until this is done.

The client list will be populated with clients available for recovery. All selected client backups will be recovered. Recovering client "DPU" will recover your archived local directories.

After you have made your desired selections, click the "Confirm" button at the bottom of the screen.

You can monitor the restore operation in the Settings->System Monitoring->Jobs subsystem.

Once the restore has been successfully completed, please log out and back into the restored System.

 

Post Disaster Recovery Tasks

Upon successful completion of any Disaster Recovery operation, it will be necessary to configure storage allocation and/or virtual failover space on the new system if applicable. Storage allocation and virtual failover space can be configured from the Settings->Storage and Retention->Storage Allocation subsystem.