The PowerProtect Data Manager and Windows files that are part of the ISO image enable the system to boot and run the PowerProtect Data Manager system Recovery Wizard.

Note: Ensure that the hardware on the target computer is operational and that the target computer is similar in make, model, and hardware configuration to the source computer to be recovered. For more details, see section “Bare-metal recovery requirements” in the PowerProtect Data Manager File System User Guide.

The target host boots with the custom WinPE image, either locally or over the network. The PowerProtect Data Manager Bare Metal Recovery Wizard opens the Welcome page and enables you to specify the date, time, and time zone for the host. The default value is the system date and time of the local host.

Figure 12.    PowerProtect Data Manager BMR welcome page

You can select the network interface for communication with Data Manager during the BMR. If the required NIC driver is not in the list, click Load Driver to browse to it.

Note: The driver must not require a restart. The WinPE environment loads only in memory, and changes are not persistent across a restart. If a restart prompt appears, you may be able to ignore the prompt. Most NIC drivers are plug-and-play.

Figure 13.    Selecting the network interface

In the Host and Network Configuration section, enter the hostname of the target host and the domain name for the host.

Figure 14.    Host configuration page

In the Available Disks section, verify the disk configuration. The size and number of hard disks that are added to the target machine should be either equal to or greater than the size and number of disks on the source machine.

Figure 15.    Disk configuration

In the Select Server section, enter the PowerProtect Data Manager server and source hostname details. In the Server Name or IP field, add the IP of the server or FQDN only.

Figure 16.    Page to add the Data Manager server details

In the Select Backup section, select the BMR data to restore to the host. Backups appear in the list in descending order from the most to least recent.

Figure 17.    Choose the backup

The Critical Volume section displays the volumes that will be restored and the option to enable a quick disk format.

Figure 18.    Page displaying the critical volumes to restore

The PowerProtect Data Manager BMR wizard fetches information to perform a BMR. To add custom BMR options, next to Custom restore options, click Options.

Figure 19.    PowerProtect Data Manager BMR wizard fetching information

Confirm the quick format of disks and restore the backup.

Figure 20.    Confirm quick format of disks and restore the backup

The Bare Metal Recovery Status displays the restore progress.

Figure 21.    Bare Metal Recovery Status