It is recommended that you perform test bare metal recovery procedures for each of your assets. Before performing a test bare metal recovery, see the table below for special conditions you need to be aware of.
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Network considerations |
Note: These considerations do not apply to Windows integrated bare metal recovery. See Performing a test integrated bare metal recovery instead.) Consider the following before performing the test recovery:
If you edit an asset's hosts file entry, you must update the entry to the original value after the bare metal recovery test is complete. Standard backup and recovery procedures for the asset cannot occur until the entry is edited back.
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Active Directory considerations |
Assets that are dependent on Active Directory for day to day functions may not function properly when recovered to a test network if a domain controller is not recovered into the test network first. If you plan to recover a domain controller with bare metals, it is extremely critical to perform this recovery into a test network. |