{"id":3072,"date":"2015-09-18T09:27:12","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T23:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/support.cybersecure.com\/?p=3072"},"modified":"2022-09-14T15:57:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T05:57:13","slug":"how-to-perform-a-shadowprotect-bare-metal-restore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/support.cybersecure.com\/?p=3072","title":{"rendered":"How to Perform a ShadowProtect Bare Metal Restore"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prerequisites<\/h2>\n
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  1. Location of the ShadowProtect backup chain, accessible by either local volume OR UNC network share, if the backups are stored on a network share, ensure you have the following:\n
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    1. Network share path<\/li>\n
    2. Network share domain\\username<\/li>\n
    3. Network share password<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    4. The backup encryption password – this is extremely important since without the backup encryption password the data cannot be decrypted<\/strong><\/li>\n
    5. A destination machine to restore the backups – either physical or virtual<\/li>\n
    6. Information about the backed up volumes<\/a>. We strongly recommend matching the original physical disk, partition and volume\u00a0structures<\/strong>\u00a0exactly. There will be less things to go wrong if these all match what was running on the source machine.\n
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      1. Physical disk size(s)<\/li>\n
      2. Physical disk type(s): GPT \/ MBR<\/li>\n
      3. Partition sizes<\/li>\n
      4. Volume\u00a0sizes (eg: C:\\, D:\\)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
      5. ShadowProtect recovery ISO (supplied by CyberSecure)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Considerations<\/h2>\n
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        1. Which backup snapshot to restore?<\/li>\n
        2. If possible the destination physical disk and logical partition structure should match the backup source, this will make the restore process simpler and therefore less error-prone.<\/li>\n
        3. Will the destination be a physical or virtual machine? Physical machines are more likely to have issues booting due to device drivers. Make sure you know your RAID\/HBA controller chipset and have a copy of the controller device drivers ready for loading into the recovery environment.<\/li>\n
        4. If destination is Hyper-V virtual machine, then:\n
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          1. MBR disks to Gen 1 Hyper-V and;<\/li>\n
          2. GPT to Gen 2 Hyper-V<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
          3. If the volume(s)\u00a0you are restoring to are\u00a0smaller than the original follow this guide<\/a>, however we do not recommend trying to restore to smaller volumes<\/strong>\u00a0as it adds complexity to the process.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Bare Metal Restore<\/h2>\n
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            1. Boot off recovery environment media<\/li>\n
            2. Start network support
              \n              \"\"<\/a><\/li>\n
            3. Set correct time zone<\/li>\n
            4. If prompted Initialize the disk (choose MBR or GPT according to your configuration)
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            5. Accept generated disk signature and click “OK”<\/li>\n
            6. If you are restoring backup images from a network share (ie. NAS)<\/strong>\u00a0now map the network drive in the ShadowProtect recovery environment<\/a><\/li>\n
            7. If backups are stored on a network location you may need to manually set a static IP address<\/a><\/li>\n
            8. Click “Restore Wizard” > “Next”
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            9. Select a normal restore (the default)
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            10. Browse to and select the image file you wish to restore from<\/a>
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            11. Enter your encryption password and click “OK”
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            12. Information on the current image will be displayed. Proceed by clicking “Next”
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            13. Change which point in time to restore from or click “Next” to continue
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            14. First restore the boot volume. Right click “Unallocated space” and select “Create exact primary partition at the beginning of free space”
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            15. Volume will be created. Tick the new volume and click “Next”
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            16. Tick “Finalize the volume at the end of this restore” and click “Next”
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            17. Select options as below
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              1. Set partition active: TICK<\/li>\n
              2. Restore MBR: TICK\n
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                1. RESTORE MBR from the image file: SELECTED<\/li>\n
                2. Restore disk signature: TICK<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                3. Restore Disk Hidden Track: TICK<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                4. Click “Finish” to begin restore
                  \n                  \"\"<\/a><\/li>\n
                5. Additional partitions<\/a> can be restored if necessary, these can be added immediately and will be queued up automatically<\/li>\n
                6. If necessary you can create partitions manually. Under the “Disk Map” tab create partitions<\/a> to match the source (each partition must be greater than or equal to original partition in size)<\/li>\n
                7. If you have restored\u00a0to a virtual machine, we strongly advise taking a snapshot\/checkpoint once the restoration is completed<\/strong>. This will allow a base from which to revert back to in case of boot issues into the operating system.<\/li>\n
                8. Once the system has booted correctly, delete the checkpoint to avoid running out of free space on your hypervisors storage.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  Booting the operating system<\/h2>\n
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                  1. If the operating system fails to boot\u00a0then contact CyberSecure support.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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