Bare Metal Restore in Linux
Bare-Metal Restore is restoring the Linux kernel and the utilities to configure the exact required environment of the particular server instance for each hardware platform before the server and its services are commissioned.
Bare Metal Restore best practices.
Most Data Centers have many different server hardware platforms. So test the Bare-Metal Restore on each of the platforms to make sure it will work on that platform
Bare Metal Restore options.
- Live CD (Disaster Recovery Boot Media Version 3.18.1 and higher) – Download the Live CD ISO image to burn it to a CD-ROM.
- PXE Network Boot (Disaster Recovery Boot Media Version 3.18.1 and higher) – With PXE Boot and an installed Server Backup it is possible to provide a hands-free, fully automated Disaster Recovery and re-deployment system for the entire data center.
Bare Metal Restore sub-options
Booting into Agent environment – run a Backup Manager installed on a machine different from one to which restoring into.
Booting into Server environment – restore the current machine from a Disk Safe located on a network drive or on the secondary physical disk. When booting from Live CD Server or PXE Network Boot Server, then a full-fledged Backup Manager will run