Once you have configured the new system as described in Configuring the newly imaged system, use this procedure to restore the backup system from a replicated backup.
1 Select the target in the Navigation pane (brown vault icon) and click Restore.
2 On the Vault Restore page, select the source from the Restore a System (Perform DR) list.
3 Click Add New Target and enter the following for the freshly imaged system:
• Hostname
• IP Address
• Qualified Name
• Alias Name if desired (this is optional)
4 Click Confirm in the Target System name area. An entry is added to the target’s host file for the newly imaged system.
5 On the Vault Restore page, select the new system from the Target System Name list.
6 Click Prepare Target System. The system metadata backup is sent to the new system and a list of clients displays below.
Note: Check the Replication Dashboard to be sure the system metadata backup is replicating. If there are jobs ahead of it in the Pending Operations queue, remove them with the Add items to the end of the queue option as described in To remove a pending job from the queue.
7 Click the Gear icon below the Navigation pane, check Show System Client, and click Confirm.
8 Select the system client in the Navigation pane (below the blue system icon) and click Status.
9 Select Past (Historical Status), and then select the Backup tab to display the calendar. Use the arrows to navigate the calendar and locate the System Metadata backup that was just sent to the system. The date for this backup is the date it was run, and not the date when the backup was sent to the newly imaged system.
10 Click the System Metadata backup to display the Backup Information page.
11 On the Backup Information page, click Restore System Metadata.
12 Select the storage configuration to use for the restore.
• Click Yes to use storage devices configured on the new system.
• Click No to use storage devices configured on the old system.
• For more information, see Selecting storage devices during DR.
13 When the confirmation message displays, check the I understand... box and click Confirm to continue with the DR and restore system metadata.
14 A message displays indicating system metadata has been restored.
15 If encryption was configured on the original system, reset the encryption state on the new system:
Note: This reset must be performed after system metadata has been restored.
• Select Settings > System Monitoring > Encryption.
• Turn encryption off and Confirm.
• Turn encryption back on, enter the encryption passphrase, and click Confirm.
16 Return to the replication target to continue the DR procedure.
17 Click Okay to close the restore metadata message.
18 Click Select Target Device.
19 In the grid below, check boxes to select clients to restore.
• You do not need to select the original Unitrends system as its metadata has already been restored.
• If you chose to restore storage from the new system, specify the device to which backups will be restored for each client selected.
Note: The device selected here is for this restore only. During DR, schedules are updated so that the default D2DBackups device is used. Scheduled backups for the client will be stored on the D2DBackups. To change this, apply an option to the schedule once DR is complete.
20 Click Confirm.
21 A message displays indicating that backups have been added to the replication queue. Click Okay.
22 Monitor replication by selecting Replication > Dashboard. For details, see Working with the replication dashboard
23 Once backups have replicated, restore clients. See Restoring backup data to the clients
24 After all systems have been restored, configure the new system for replication as described in Replication setup. For additional considerations, see Post-recovery considerations.