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• Boot the agent machine from an ISO image, if possible. • If not, copy the ISO image to physical media (a CD or DVD), load the disc in the agent machine, configure the machine to load from the boot CD, and restart from the boot CD. NOTE: You may need to change the BIOS settings of the agent machine to ensure the volume that loads first is the boot CD. The agent machine, when started from the boot CD, displays the Universal Recovery Console (URC) interface. This environment is used to restore the system drive or selected volumes directly from the AppAssure Core. Note the IP address and authentication key credentials in the URC, which refresh each time you start from the boot CD. 16. In the Core Console on the Connection page, enter authentication information from the URC instance of the machine you want to restore as follows: a. In the IP Address text box, enter the IP address of the machine to which you are restoring from a recovery point. b. In the Authentication Key text box, enter the information from the URC. c. Click Next. The Disk Mapping page appears. 17. To map volumes manually, proceed to Step 18. To map volumes automatically, perform the following: a. Select Automatic volume mapping. b. In the Automatic volume mapping area, select the volumes you want to restore. If you do not wish to restore a listed volume, clear the option. NOTE: At least one volume must be selected to perform the restore. c. Select the destination disk for the restore. d. Click Next, and then proceed to Step 19. 18. If you want to map volumes manually, do the following: a. Select Manual volume mapping. b. In the Manual volume mapping area, from the Destination Volumes drop-down list for each volume, select the volume you want to restore. If you do not wish to restore a listed volume, clear the option. NOTE: At least one volume must be selected to perform the restore. c. Click Finish. CAUTION: If you select Finish, all existing partitions and data on the target drive will be removed permanently, and replaced with the contents of the selected recovery point, including the operating system and all data. The Restore Machine Wizard closes, and the data is restored from the selected volumes of the recovery point to the target machine. Proceed to Step 22. 19. In the Disk Mapping Preview page, review the parameters of the restore actions you selected. To perform the restore, click Finish. CAUTION: If you select Finish, all existing partitions and data on the target drive will be removed permanently, and replaced with the contents of the selected recovery point, including the operating system and all data. The Restore Machine Wizard closes, and the data is restored from the selected volumes of the recovery point to the target machine. Proceed to Step 22. 20. If the volumes you want to restore contain SQL or Microsoft Exchange databases, on the Dismount Databases page, you are prompted to dismount them. Optionally, if you want to remount these 71

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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•

Boot the agent machine from an ISO image, if possible.

•

If not, copy the ISO image to physical media (a CD or DVD), load the disc in the agent machine,

configure the machine to load from the boot CD, and restart from the boot CD.

NOTE:

You may need to change the BIOS settings of the agent machine to ensure the volume

that loads first is the boot CD.

The agent machine, when started from the boot CD, displays the Universal Recovery Console (URC)

interface. This environment is used to restore the system drive or selected volumes directly from the

AppAssure Core. Note the IP address and authentication key credentials in the URC, which refresh

each time you start from the boot CD.

16.

In the Core Console on the

Connection

page, enter authentication information from the URC

instance of the machine you want to restore as follows:

In the IP Address text box, enter the IP address of the machine to which you are restoring from a

recovery point.

In the Authentication Key text box, enter the information from the URC.

Click

The

Disk Mapping

page appears.

17.

To map volumes manually, proceed to Step 18. To map volumes automatically, perform the

following:

Select

Automatic volume mapping

In the

Automatic volume mapping

area, select the volumes you want to restore. If you do not

wish to restore a listed volume, clear the option.

NOTE:

At least one volume must be selected to perform the restore.

Select the destination disk for the restore.

Click

, and then proceed to Step 19.

18.

If you want to map volumes manually, do the following:

Select

Manual volume mapping

In the

Manual volume mapping

area, from the

Destination Volumes

drop-down list for each

volume, select the volume you want to restore. If you do not wish to restore a listed volume, clear

the option.

NOTE:

At least one volume must be selected to perform the restore.

Click

Finish

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

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

including the operating system and all data.

The

Restore Machine Wizard

closes, and the data is restored from the selected volumes of the

recovery point to the target machine. Proceed to Step 22.

19.

In the

Disk Mapping Preview

page, review the parameters of the restore actions you selected. To

perform the restore, click

Finish

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

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

including the operating system and all data.

The

Restore Machine Wizard

closes, and the data is restored from the selected volumes of the

recovery point to the target machine. Proceed to Step 22.

20.

If the volumes you want to restore contain SQL or Microsoft Exchange databases, on the

Dismount

Databases

page, you are prompted to dismount them. Optionally, if you want to remount these