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d. Click Restore, and then proceed to step 3. 2. To manually map volumes, do the following: a. On the Disk Mapping page of the Restore Machine Wizard, select the Manually Map Volumes tab. b. In the Volume Mapping area, under Source Volume, verify that the source volume is selected and that the appropriate volumes are both listed beneath and are selected. c. Under Destination, from the drop-down menu, select the appropriate destination that is the target volume to perform the bare metal restore of the selected recovery point, and then click Rollback. 3. In the RollbackURC confirmation dialog box, review the mapping of the source of the recovery point and the destination volume for the rollback. To perform the rollback, click Restore. CAUTION: If you select Begin Rollback, all existing partitions and data on the target drive will be permanently removed, and replaced with the contents of the selected recovery point, including the operating system and all data. Viewing the recovery progress To view the recovery progress: 1. After you initiate the rollback process, the Active Task dialog box displays, showing that the rollback action initiated. NOTE: This appearance of the Active Task dialog box does not indicate successful completion of the task. 2. Optionally, to monitor the rollback task progression, from the Active Task dialog box, click Open Monitor Window. You can view the status of the recovery as well as the start and end times from the Monitor Open Task window. NOTE: To return to the recovery points for the source machine from the Active Task dialog box, click Close. Starting the restored target server To start the restored target server: 1. Navigate back to the target server, and in the AppAssure Universal Recovery Console interface, click Reboot to start the machine. 2. Specify to start Windows normally. 3. Log on to the machine. The system is restored to its state prior to the bare metal restore. Repairing startup problems Keep in mind that if you restored to dissimilar hardware, you must have injected storage controller, RAID, AHCI, chipset and other drivers if they are not already on the boot CD. These drivers make it possible for the operating system to operate all devices on your target server successfully. To repair startup problems: 1. If you encounter problems when starting the restored target server, open the Universal Recovery Console by reloading the boot CD. 2. In the Universal Recovery Console, click Driver Injection. 3. In the Driver Injection dialog, click Repair Boot Problems. The startup parameters in the target server boot record are automatically repaired. 4. In the Universal Recovery Console, click Reboot. 77

Section	Page
Dell DL1000 Appliance User's Guide	3
Introducing your Dell DL1000	7
Dell DL1000 core technologies	7
Live Recovery	7
Universal Recovery	7
True Global Deduplication	8
Encryption	8
Dell DL1000 data protection features	8
Dell DL1000 Core	8
Dell DL1000 Smart Agent	9
Snapshot process	9
Replication — disaster recovery site or service provider	9
Recovery	10
Recovery-as-a-Service	10
Virtualization and cloud	10
Dell DL1000 deployment architecture	10
Other information you may need	12
Working with your DL1000	14
Accessing the DL1000 Core Console	14
Updating trusted sites in Internet Explorer	14
Configuring browsers to remotely access the core console	14
Managing licenses	15
Changing a license key	16
Contacting the license portal server	16
Changing the AppAssure language manually	16
Changing the OS language during installation	17
Managing core settings	17
Changing the core display name	17
Changing the nightly job time	18
Modifying the transfer queue settings	18
Adjusting the client time-out settings	18
Configuring deduplication cache settings	18
Modifying engine settings	19
Modifying deploy settings	20
Modifying database connection settings	20
Managing Events	21
Configuring notification groups	21
Configuring an email server	22
Configuring an Email notification template	23
Configuring repetition reduction	24
Configuring Event Retention	24
Managing repositories	24
Viewing repository details	25
Checking a repository	25
Managing security	25
Adding an encryption key	26
Editing an encryption key	26
Changing an encryption key passphrase	26
Importing an encryption key	27
Exporting an encryption key	27
Removing an encryption key	27
Managing cloud accounts	27
Adding a cloud account	28
Editing a cloud account	29
Configuring cloud account settings	29
Removing a Cloud account	30
Monitoring your DL1000	30
Upgrading your DL1000	30
Repairing your DL1000	30
Rapid Appliance Self Recovery	30
Protecting workstations and servers	33
About protecting workstations and servers	33
Deploying an Agent (Push Install)	33
Protecting a machine	34
Pausing and resuming protection	36
Deploying the Agent Software when protecting an agent	36
Understanding protection schedules	37
Creating custom schedules	38
Modifying protection schedules	38
Configuring protected machine settings	39
Viewing and modifying configuration settings	39
Viewing system information for a machine	40
Viewing license information	41
Modifying transfer settings	41
Archiving data	43
Creating an archive	43
Importing an archive	45
Archiving to a cloud	47
Viewing system diagnostics	47
Viewing machine logs	47
Uploading machine logs	47
Canceling operations on a machine	47
Viewing machine status and other details	47
Managing multiple machines	48
Deploying To Multiple Machines	49
Monitoring the deployment of multiple machines	49
Protecting multiple machines	50
Monitoring the protection of multiple machines	51
Recovering data	52
Managing recovery	52
Managing snapshots and recovery points	52
Viewing recovery points	52
Viewing a specific recovery point	53
Mounting a recovery point for a Windows machine	54
Dismounting select recovery points	54
Dismounting all recovery points	55
Mounting a recovery point for a Linux machine	55
Removing recovery points	55
Deleting an orphaned recovery point chain	56
Forcing a snapshot	56
Restoring data	57
About exporting protected data from Windows machines to virtual machines	57
Managing exports	58
Exporting backup information from your Windows machine to a virtual machine	59
Exporting Windows data using ESXi export	59
Exporting Windows data using VMware workstation export	61
Exporting Windows data using Hyper-V export	64
Exporting Windows data using Oracle VirtualBox export	67
Restoring Volumes from a Recovery Point	69
Restoring volumes for a Linux machine using the Command Line	72
Launching Bare Metal Restore for Windows machines	73
Roadmap for performing a Bare Metal Restore for a Windows machine	73
Launching a bare metal restore for a Linux machine	78
Installing the screen utility	79
Creating bootable partitions on a Linux machine	79
Replicating recovery points	81
Replication	81
Roadmap for performing replication	82
Replicating to a self-managed core	82
Replicating to a core managed by a third party	86
Replicating a new agent	86
Replicating agent data on a machine	87
Setting replication priority for an agent	87
Monitoring replication	88
Managing replication settings	89
Removing replication	89
Removing a protected machine from replication on the source Core	90
Removing a protected machine on the target Core	90
Removing a target Core from replication	90
Removing a source Core from replication	90
Recovering replicated data	91
Understanding failover and failback	91
Performing Failover	91
Performing Failback	92
Reporting	94
About reports	94
About the reports toolbar	94
About compliance reports	94
About errors reports	95
About the Core Summary Report	95
Repositories summary	95
Agents summary	96
Generating a report for a Core or agent	96
About the Central Management Console Core reports	97
Generating a report from the Central Management Console	97
Getting help	98
Finding documentation and software updates	98
Documentation	98
Software updates	98
Contacting Dell	98

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Click

Restore

, and then proceed to step 3.

To manually map volumes, do the following:

On the

Disk Mapping

page of the

Restore Machine Wizard

, select the

Manually Map Volumes

tab.

In the

Volume Mapping

area, under

Source Volume

, verify that the source volume is selected and

that the appropriate volumes are both listed beneath and are selected.

Under

Destination

, from the drop-down menu, select the appropriate destination that is the

target volume to perform the bare metal restore of the selected recovery point, and then click

Rollback

In the

RollbackURC

confirmation dialog box, review the mapping of the source of the recovery point

and the destination volume for the rollback. To perform the rollback, click

Restore

CAUTION: If you select Begin Rollback, all existing partitions and data on the target drive will

be permanently removed, and replaced with the contents of the selected recovery point,

including the operating system and all data.

Viewing the recovery progress

To view the recovery progress:

After you initiate the rollback process, the

Active Task

dialog box displays, showing that the rollback

action initiated.

NOTE:

This appearance of the

Active Task

dialog box does not indicate successful completion

of the task.

Optionally, to monitor the rollback task progression, from the Active Task dialog box, click

Open

Monitor Window

. You can view the status of the recovery as well as the start and end times from the

Monitor Open Task

window.

NOTE:

To return to the recovery points for the source machine from the

Active Task

dialog

box, click

Starting the restored target server

To start the restored target server:

Navigate back to the target server, and in the

AppAssure Universal Recovery Console

interface, click

Reboot

to start the machine.

Specify to start Windows normally.

Log on to the machine.

The system is restored to its state prior to the bare metal restore.

Repairing startup problems

Keep in mind that if you restored to dissimilar hardware, you must have injected storage controller, RAID,

AHCI, chipset and other drivers if they are not already on the boot CD. These drivers make it possible for

the operating system to operate all devices on your target server successfully.

To repair startup problems:

If you encounter problems when starting the restored target server, open the Universal Recovery

Console by reloading the boot CD.

In the Universal Recovery Console, click

Driver Injection

In the Driver Injection dialog, click

Repair Boot Problems

The startup parameters in the target server boot record are automatically repaired.

In the Universal Recovery Console, click

Reboot