Creating a hot bare metal Mac OS X boot DVD

To recover a protected system, a hot bare metal DVD must be created on the computer being protected.

To create the Unitrends hot bare metal DVD, place a blank DVD in the computer’s media drive and perform these steps using the terminal application:

Enter the working directory where the ISO file will be built.

Run the Bare Metal utility by entering the following command, which assumes the Mac OS X agent is installed in the default location of /usr/bp/:

/usr/bp/bin/mkbmcd

Note: Completion of the ISO file will vary in time.

When the ISO image is complete, the following message appears:

The newly created iso image is present at the location.

Enter the following command to burn the iso image to a disk:

hdiutil burn /<path>/bm_<hostname>.iso.cdr

A few things to keep in mind:

     The hot bare metal DVD should be tested after creation to make sure it will work when a system needs to be restored. The disk can be tested by selecting the Test option on the Mac OS X Hot Bare Metal v.60 interface. See Mac OS X hot bare metal restore for accessing this menu.

     A master backup of the client is required prior to doing a hot bare metal restore. Master backups can be performed from the Administrator Interface or from the backup menu.

     The hot bare metal DVD cannot be created after a system crashes.

     The computer’s (client’s) hostname should be registered on the backup system.

     The actual file-level backup for a bare metal restore is either performed from the Administrator Interface or by a scheduled master backup.