Image Plug-in 7.3 User Guide
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1. The Last Backup Status column shows the status of the last backup for each job Possible statuses include Completed A Completed with errors c Missed Indicates that the job has not run for 7 days 19 Image Plug in 7 3 User Guide 5 2 0 Deferred Never Run Indicates that the job has never run A Failed To view logs for a job click the job status For more information see View process logs View process logs To determine whether a backup or restore for a job completed successfully or to determine why a process failed you can view the job s process logs To view process logs 1 On the navigation bar click Computers The Computers page shows registered computers Find the computer for which you want to view logs and click the row to expand its view On the Jobs tab the Last Backup Status column shows the status of each backup job To view log files for a job do one of the following e Inthe job s Select Action list click History Logs e Inthe Last Backup Status column click the job status The History Logs window shows the log for the most recent process on the computer backup restore or synchronization Note Synchronization is a process that occurs automatically before a backup The Agent synchronizes information with the vault to determine which safesets are online 20 Image Plug in 7 3 User Guide History Logs WIN SEDH8HO630T vib tests2. Image Plug in 7 3 User Guide Name Select Volumes for Backup VolumelmageTest H Bare Metal Restore c Description pe E OFA Destination C Volume 9fbf8d6c 1f26 1 1e3 93e8 806e6f6e6963 VIP Log File Options Files lt Encryption Settings None lt Ea Cancel Need Help 5 Do one or more of the following e Inthe Description box type a description for the backup job e Inthe Log File Options list select the level of detail for job logging Note For Image Plug in jobs the selected logging level does not affect the content of the logs e lf the Encryption Settings list appears select the encryption method for storing the backup data Select None if you do not want to encrypt the stored data If the backup data will be encrypted enter an encryption password in the Password and Confirm Password boxes You can also enter a password hint in the Password Hint box e Inthe box that shows items for backup select items to back up 6 Click Save Image Plug in 7 3 User Guide 3 Run and schedule backups After a backup job is created you can run it manually ad hoc at any time and schedule it to run When running or scheduling a backup you can specify the following settings Retention type The retention type specifies the number of days a backup is kept on the vault how many copies of a backup are stored online and how long backup data is stored offline Deferring When de
3. 00000003 Vv 30 Jan 07 27 47 RSYN I 04181 updating synch entry 00000004 Close Need Help 4 To view a log for a different process click the calendar button EJ In the calendar that appears click the date of the log that you want to view In the list of processes on the selected date click the process for which you want to view the log History Logs LK WIN2012R2 VOL C Job Details Ch Log File Backup 2 3 2014 12 03 11 AM fo i A i i i pi 8 List of processes on the date selected mi January 2014 gt Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Restore 1 30 2014 2 09 11 PM 08 00 0 n Backup 1 30 2014 2 02 50 PM 08 00 i Backup 1 30 2014 1 51 01 PM 08 00 ai Al Backup 1 30 2014 1 45 49 PM 08 00 i 29 Be 21 Synchronize 1 30 2014 1 22 05 PM 08 00 The History Logs window shows the selected log 21 Image Plug in 7 3 User Guide 5 To only show errors and warnings in the log click the Errors and Warnings Only option at the top right of the window 22
4. Job Details Log File Choose a Log File Restore 1 30 2014 7 48 30 AM 4 Ea i Entire Log O Errors and Warnings Only 30 Jan 07 27 47 REST I 04314 Agent Version 7 30 3407 Jan 28 2014 12 09 13 ee A 30 Jan 07 27 47 REST I 04127 job started at 30 Jan 2014 07 27 45 0800 30 Jan 07 27 47 REST I 04126 job name vib_test3 30 Jan 07 27 47 REST I 04734 safeset number 00000009 30 Jan 07 27 47 SSET I 04130 connect to the Vault at 192 168 1 244 30 Jan 07 27 47 SSET I 04748 Connection to the Vault is using AES encryption 30 Jan 07 27 47 SSET I 04755 login as R310 R310 30 Jan 07 27 47 RSYN I 07721 The Vault at 192 168 1 244 supports Logical Vault Replication 30 Jan 07 27 47 RSYN I 08870 The Vault at 192 168 1 244 has accepted the operation 30 Jan 07 27 47 RSYN I 07712 Alternate vault is not found 30 Jan 07 27 47 UTIL I 05210 Computer information dn hn WIN 3EDH8HO630T ip 192 168 5 18 vid 0 3b0246 fef 6 497a bl a c7d2670c39c1 cid 63c6f2b1 cOcf 4e14 9a97 ae34f1e04c05 30 Jan 07 27 47 UTIL I 05211 Job information tn vib_test3 vid 0f3b0246 fef6 497a bl6a c7d2670c39c1 cid 63c f2b1 cdOcf 4e14 9a97 ae34fle04c05 tid e4803396 1205 463f 80ee 58a704367a02 30 Jan 07 27 47 UTIL I 05212 Original job information tn vib_test3 cid 63c6f2b1 cOcf 4e14 9a97 ae34f1e04c05 30 Jan 07 27 47 RSYN I 04181 updating synch entry 00000001 30 Jan 07 27 47 RSYN I 04181 updating synch entry 00000002 30 Jan 07 27 47 RSYN I 04181 updating synch entry
5. Scheme list click a retention type The retention type specifies the number of days a backup is kept on the vault how many copies of a backup are stored online and how long backup data is stored offline Do one of the following e To allow the backup job to run without a time limit clear the Use Deferring checkbox e To specify a maximum amount of time that the backup job can run select the Use Deferring checkbox From the Backup time window list select Minutes or Hours In the adjacent box type the maximum number of minutes or hours that the job can run 10 Image Plug in 7 3 User Guide Note When deferring is used the backup job does not back up any new data after the specified amount of time even if some data is not backed up Changes to data that was previously backed up will be backed up regardless of the deferral time 8 Click Start Backup The Process Details dialog box shows the backup progress and indicates when the backup is completed 9 If you want to stop the backup click Stop 10 Click Close 11 Image Plug in 7 3 User Guide 4 Restore from Image Plug in backups After backing up volumes from a Windows server using the Image Plug in you can restore e Entire volumes See Restore Windows volumes from an Image backup e Specific files and folders from the volumes See Restore files and folders from an Image backup e Systems from BMR backups and volumes from BMR or non BMR backups using the EVaul
6. Source Device list Click the folder button In the Select Folder dialog box select the directory where the files are located and click Okay 13 Image Plug in 7 3 User Guide SSI files are full backups exported from the vault or backed up from a computer to disk instead of to a vault It can be quicker to save backup files on physical media and transport them to a location for a restore than to restore data from a vault in a remote datacenter Note You cannot restore from backups to disk SSI files until the safeset is imported into the vault and the Agent is synchronized with the vault 7 If the Encryption Password box appears enter the encryption password If you do not remember the password click the Hint button to view a password hint 8 To change the log detail level or bandwidth settings click Advanced Restore Options Specify settings in the Advanced Restore Options dialog box and click Okay 9 Inthe Volume to Restore column select each volume that you want to restore 10 For each selected volume do the following to choose the live volume where it will be restored IMPORTANT Data on the selected volume will be lost when the backed up volume is restored a Click the folder icon The Select Volume dialog box lists all live volumes on the computer If you cannot restore the selected volume to a specific live volume e g because the live volume is too small contains the Windows operating system or contain
7. EVault Software Image Plug in 7 3 User Guide Revision This manual has been provided for Version 7 30 Software Version 7 30 March 2014 2014 EVault Inc EVault A Seagate Company makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Furthermore EVault reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the content hereof without obligation of EVault to notify any person of such revision of changes All companies names and data used in examples herein are fictitious unless otherwise noted No part of this document may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval System or translated into any language including computer language in any form or by any means electronic mechanic magnetic optical chemical or otherwise without prior written permission of EVault A Seagate Company c o Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington New Castle Delaware 19801 www evault com EVault EVault Software EVault SaaS and EVault DeltaPro are registered trademarks of EVault Inc All other products or company names mentioned in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Acknowledgements Two encryption methods DES and TripleDES include cryptographic software written by Eric Young The Windows versions of thes
8. Make sure that the Image plug in is installed before you try again 18 Image Plug in 7 3 User Guide 5 Monitor computers and processes You can monitor protected computers backups and restores by viewing status information and logs in Portal 5 1 View status information In Portal you can view status information for protected computers and their jobs To view status information 1 On the navigation bar click Computers The Computers page shows registered computers The Availability column indicates whether each computer is online or offline The Status column shows the status of each computer Possible statuses include o OK Indicates that all jobs on the computer ran without errors or warnings c O Warning Indicates that one or more of the computer s jobs completed with warnings A Attention Indicates that one or more of the computer s jobs did not run or had problems O Unconfigured Indicates that no jobs have been created for the computer 2 Find the computer for which you want to view logs and click the row to expand its view 3 View the Jobs tab If a backup or restore is running for a job an In Progress symbol amp appears beside the job name Name Description Last Backup Status Last Run Job ylob Job Completed today at 9 59 AM ry kia VM Job Completed today at 10 00 AM If you click the symbol the Process Details dialog box shows progress information for the current backup or restore
9. b on the vault to a different computer with the Image Plug in The new computer then downloads information from the vault so that the data can be restored on the new computer For example e Computer A backs up data using JobA e Computer B restores data from Job A computer A s data to Computer B To restore data from another computer 1 On the navigation bar click Computers A grid lists available computers 17 Image Plug in 7 3 User Guide 2 Find the computer to which you want to restore the data and expand its view by clicking the row for the computer Open the Job Tasks list and click Restore from Another Computer The Restore From Another Computer dialog box opens Make selections from the Vaults Computers and Jobs lists If the computer that you select has no vault connections an Add button will appear Click Add to set up a new vault connection Click Okay to proceed The software will attempt to download information about the job that you have selected If the job has not produced a usable backup the download will fail After the job information downloads the remaining steps are the same as the steps for regular restores See Restore from Image Plug in backups At one point the software will attempt to download catalog information from the vault If the vault cannot be reached the catalog file cannot be retrieved or the plug in is not installed on the destination computer the download will fail
10. e algorithms also include software written by Tim Hudson Bruce Schneier designed Blowfish encryption Part of the software embedded in this product is gSOAP software Portions created by gSOAP are Copyright 2001 2006 Robert A van Engelen Genivia Inc All Rights Reserved THE SOFTWARE IN THIS PRODUCT WAS IN PART PROVIDED BY GENIVIA INC AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE The EVault Software Agent EVault Software CentralControl and EVault Software Director applications have the encryption option of AES Advanced Encryption Standard Advanced Encryption Standard algorithm named Rijndael pronounced Rain Doll was developed by cryptographers Dr Joan Daemen and Dr Vincent Rijmen This algorithm was chosen by the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST of the U S Department of Commerce to be the new Federal Information Proce
11. estore dialog box select Individual File or Folders and then click Continue Image Restore Choose What to Restore Entire Data Volume s Restore entire data volume s to target volume s Restore individual file or folders by temporarily viewing the entire data volume This option mounts a safeset on the Agent system for specified period of time Continue Cancel Need Help You can then recover data from the mounted drive using Windows Explorer The Restore dialog box shows volumes that you can mount as drives The most recent safeset for the job appears in the Safeset box 15 Image Plug in 7 3 User Guide 10 11 12 Restore TTT W2008EN T64 gt BMRandD a Volume to Restore Voturne Mount Drive Letter aut My Vault v i J Cc serene mia 18 1 23 2014 8 50 AM 3 i mo Enoyvoton Pas g 7 lt To restore data from an older safeset click the calendar button In the calendar that appears click the date of the safeset from which you want to restore To the right of the calendar click the specific safeset that you want to use In the Idle Time box enter the number of minutes of inactivity after which the shared drive will be unmounted automatically The Idle Time can range from 2 to 180 minutes If the Encryption Password box appears enter the encryption password If you do not remember the password click the Hint button to view a password hint In the Volume to Restore colu
12. ferring is enabled the backup job does not back up any new data after the specified deferral time and commits the safeset to the vault even if some data in the job is not backed up Changes to data that was previously backed up will be backed up regardless of the deferral time When the job runs again the Agent checks for changes in data that was previously backed up backs up those changes and then backs up the remaining data If an Image backup job is deferred while a volume is being backed up the backup for the volume is incomplete and data from the volume cannot be restored However you can restore volumes and files and folders from volumes that were completely backed up in the job before the job was deferred When you schedule a job to run you can also set the compression level for the data The compression level optimizes the volume of data sent to the vault against the speed of transmission The default compression level is usually the optimal setting After running a backup you can view logs to check whether the backup completed successfully See View process logs 3 1 Create a schedule for a backup job After creating a job you can create one or more schedules for running the job automatically To create a schedule for a backup job L 2 Do one of the following e On the navigation bar click Computers Find the computer with the backup job that you want to schedule and click the computer row to expand its v
13. he Windows Agent which enumerates and backs up individual files and folders during a backup the Image Plug in sequentially backs up all blocks on a volume Because backups with the Image Plug in require significantly less processing than backups with the Windows Agent the time required for a backup can be significantly reduced After the first seed backup of a volume in which all data from the volume is sent to the vault the Image Plug in uses Changed Block Tracking to determine which blocks have changed In subsequent Image backups the Plug in only reads and backs up changed blocks to the vault When creating an Image backup job you can select specific volumes to back up or create a Bare Metal Restore BMR job that backs up all volumes partitions and data required for restoring a system to new hardware See Add an Image backup job You can restore entire volumes and specific files and folders from Image backups See Restore Windows volumes from an Image backup and Restore files and folders from an Image backup You can also use the EVault System Restore application to restore systems from Image Plug in BMR backups to new hardware For more information see the EVault System Restore User Guide You can use the Image Plug in only on supported 64 bit Windows operating systems with the NTFS file system The Plug in supports both UEFI and BIOS and MBR and GPT disks For a complete list of supported platforms see the Windows Agent
14. hedule click Custom in the Schedule View list In the Custom Cycle dialog box enter a custom schedule Be sure to follow the format and notation as described Image Plug in 7 3 User Guide 10 Contigure Job Schedule a Click Okay The new schedule appears in the Schedule box In the Compression list click a compression level for the backup data The compression level for backup data optimizes the volume of data sent to the vault against the speed of transmission Do one of the following e To allow the backup job to run without a time limit click None in the Deferring list e To specify a maximum amount of time that the backup job can run click Minutes or Hours in the Deferring list In the adjacent box type the maximum number of minutes or hours that the job can run Note When deferring is used the backup job does not back up any new data after the specified amount of time even if some data is not backed up Changes to data that was previously backed up will be backed up regardless of the deferral time To run the job on the specified schedule select the Enable checkbox near the end of the row If there is more than one schedule row you can use the Priority arrows to change the order of the schedule rows Schedules higher in the list have a higher priority than schedules lower in the list If a job is scheduled to run at the same time by multiple schedules the job only runs once at the scheduled time If the
15. iew On the Jobs tab find the job that you want to schedule In its Select Action list click View Add Schedule e Create a new backup job The View Add Schedule dialog box appears when you save the job In the View Add Schedule dialog box click Add Schedule A new row appears in the dialog box Image Plug in 7 3 User Guide 3 Inthe new schedule row in the Retention list click a retention type The retention type specifies the number of days a backup is kept on the vault how many copies of a backup are stored online and how long backup data is stored offline 4 Inthe Schedule box click the arrow The Configure Job Schedule dialog box opens 5 Inthe Configure Job Schedule dialog box do one of the following e Torunthe backup on specific days each week in the Schedule View list click Days of Week Select the days when you want to run the job Then use the At fields to specify the time when you want to run the job Centigure Job Schedule Daysotweek sug Mo Tuy We Thy Fry Say At 17 00 AM w Agent time zone Hai rigge T e To run the backup on specific dates each month click Days of Month in the Schedule View list On the calendar select the dates when you want to run the job Then use the At fields to specify the time when you want to run the job Configure Job Schedule i Days of Month Vv 4 5 5 l 12 j 14 1 it P t8 19 gt A f 9 31 La Al Ww Agent time e To create a custom sc
16. k Restore in the job s Select Action list 12 Image Plug in 7 3 User Guide Note You can restore volumes from regular or Bare Metal Restore backups created using the Image Plug in 5 Inthe Image Restore dialog box select Entire Data Volume s and then click Continue Image Restore Choose What to Restore Restore entire data volume s to target volume s O Individual File or Folders Restore individual file or folders by temporarily viewing the entre data volume This option mounts a safeset on the Agent system for specified period of time Continue Cancel heed Help You can then recover data from the mounted drive using Windows Explorer The Restore dialog box shows volumes that can be restored from the backup The most recent safeset for the job appears in the Safeset box Restore TTT W2003EN TH OMR amdo Vodurme to Arie Target Vodurme l ie cA Satesat Hom 18 222014 8 50 AM Faorypien Password 7 Advanced Restore Options Run Restore Cancel gee Haat 6 To restore data from an older safeset or from SSI safeset image files do one of the following e To restore data from an older safeset click the calendar button In the calendar that appears click the date of the safeset from which you want to restore To the right of the calendar click the specific safeset that you want to use e To restore data from SSI safeset image files on disk select Directory on disk from the
17. mn select each backed up volume from which you want to restore files and folders In the Volume Mount Drive Letter column choose the drive letter for mounting each shared volume Click Mount Volumes If a confirmation message appears read the message and then click Continue 16 Image Plug in 7 3 User Guide The Restore dialog box shows each volume that has been mounted and its drive letter A Processing indicator appears while the drive is mounted Restore TTT W2008ENTE4 gt BMRandD The following Volumes are beg mounted to hase drive letters Volume Destination Crive Cii G FPmeesng il To restore your data launch Vitindoes Explorer and browse io fhe drive betier To remove mounted volumes aier recowenng your data dick fhe Remove Mounts bution Remove Mounts Chose Hee Hels 13 In Windows Explorer navigate to the drive or drives and copy files and folders that you want to restore 14 When you are done restoring files and folders click Remove Mounts to remove the mounted drives If you do not click Remove Mounts the shared drive will be unmounted automatically after the number of minutes of inactivity specified in the Idle Time box See Step 7 4 3 Restore data from another computer If a protected computer is damaged or becomes unavailable you can restore some or all of its backed up data to another similar computer To restore data from another computer you can redirect data from a backup jo
18. o Configure 3 Click the Jobs tab If a valid vault connection is not available for the computer you cannot access the Jobs tab You must add a vault connection before you can create a job For more information see the Portal online help Image Plug in 7 3 User Guide 4 Inthe Select Job Task list click Create New Image Job The Create New Job dialog box appears Crests Mew Job 5 Inthe Create New Job dialog box specify the following information e Inthe Name box type a name for the backup job e Inthe Description box optionally type a description for the backup job e Inthe Destination list select the vault where you want to save the backup data e Inthe Log File Options list select the level of detail for job logging Note For Image Plug in jobs the selected logging level does not affect the content of the logs e lf the Encryption Settings list appears select the encryption method for storing the backup data Select None if you do not want to encrypt the stored data e f the backup data will be encrypted enter an encryption password in the Password and Confirm Password boxes You can also enter a password hint in the Password Hint box 6 Inthe Select Volumes for Backup box do one of the following e To back up specific volumes select the check box for each volume that you want to back up e To back up volumes that are needed to boot up the system after a system recovery select the Bare Metal Restore check bo
19. release notes Image Plug in Feature Summary e Backs up volumes as images which significantly reduces the amount of time required for a backup e Backs up volumes from UEFI based or BIOS based systems Restores volumes from UEFl based system backups to UEFI based systems and restores volumes from BIOS based system backups to UEFl based or BIOS based systems e Backs up system volumes data volumes or both in a single job e Restores entire volumes to live volumes or mounts a safeset so you can restore specific files and folders e Creates Bare Metal backups that can be restored using EVault System Restore e Managed using EVault Portal Note You cannot manage Image Plug in backups and restores using the legacy Web CentralControl or Windows CentralControl interfaces For more information see the EVault Portal help and the Windows Agent release notes Image Plug in 7 3 User Guide 2 Add an Image backup job After a Windows computer with the Image Plug in is added and configured in Portal you can create an Image backup job In an Image backup job you can select e Specific volumes to back up e The Bare Metal Restore BMR option to back up volumes that are needed to boot up the system after a system recovery A BMR backup includes the volume where the operating system is installed the EFI system partition ESP on a UEFI based system or the volume with the master boot record MBR on a BIOS based system In a disaster recovery si
20. s Windows Agent software the volume is unavailable and cannot be clicked Restore TTT W200SEN T6 4 gt BMRandD b Click the volume where you want to restore the backed up volume c Click Okay 11 Click Run Restore The Process Details screen shows the restore progress and indicates when the restore is completed The target volume goes offline until the backed up volume is restored 12 To close the Process Details screen click Close If the restore is running it will continue to run 14 Image Plug in 7 3 User Guide 4 2 Restore files and folders from an Image backup After backing up volumes from a Windows server using the Image Plug in you can restore individual files and folders from the backup To restore files and folders from an Image backup you mount volumes from a safeset as drives on the computer where you want to restore files and folders You can then browse the drives using Windows Explorer and copy files and folders that you want to restore To restore files and folders from an Image backup 1 On the navigation bar click Computers A grid lists available computers Find the Windows computer with the Image Plug in and expand its view by clicking the computer row Click the Jobs tab Find the Image backup job with files and folders to restore and click Restore in the job s Select Action list Note You can restore files and folders from any Image Plug in job In the Image R
21. schedules have different retention types the job only runs with the retention type in the highest schedule in the list Image Plug in 7 3 User Guide 11 Click Save 3 2 Perform an ad hoc backup After a backup job is created you can run the backup at any time even if the job is scheduled to run at specific times To perform an ad hoc backup 1 On the navigation bar click Computers A grid lists available computers Find the computer with the backup job that you want to run and expand its view by clicking the computer row Click the Jobs tab Find the job that you want to run and click Run Job in its Select Action list The Run Job dialog box shows the default settings for the backup Note Beginning at this point you can click Start Backup to immediately start the job If you prefer you can change backup options before running the job To back up the data to the vault specified in the job do not change the Destination To back up the data to SSI safeset image files on disk select Directory on Disk from the Destination list Click the Browse button In the Select Folder dialog box choose the location where you want to save the SSI files and click Okay SSI files are full backups saved to disk instead of to a vault It can be quicker to save backup files on physical media and transport them to a remote vault for importing than to back up data directly to a vault in a remote datacenter In the Retention
22. ssing Standard FIPS The EVault Software Agents and EVault Software Director applications also have the added security feature of an over the wire encryption method Image Plug in 7 3 User Guide Contents 1 introduction to the Image Plug in esessesessesessssessssesssseosssecsssecssssossseossseoesosoesossesssoessesese 2 2 Adadan image DACkUP jo Dinci a E E EA 3 2 1 EGU Gia Ul 1 OO ienna a ENa 5 3 RUM ANG SCNEAUIC DACKUDS oie ciescies Sore tectcinn seis een deaciced a au eicGae dee a Heahetee aia 7 3 1 Create a scnedule Toma DacCKUD JOD ceisisccsteticcsostaeess ie R 7 3 2 Perforin an ad hoc DackuUP diate ae hae we 10 4 Restore from Image Plug in backups csccscscecsccscsceccccscsceccccecscsccecccscsceccecscsceseececsces 12 4 1 Restore Windows volumes from an Image DaCKUDP cccceesccccessecceeesececeeeceeeeeeeeeees 12 4 2 Restore files and folders from an Image DaCkuUp cscccccsssececessececeesececeeeeceeeeeeeeeees 15 4 3 Restore data from another COMIDUTEN ssca iad cahincct ads ce whedeotatdecaiiahddeobntteaiasdedeaknioement 17 5 Monitor computers and processes sessessessecescescessesoecososecesosscescesoecossseossossoesoesseceeseeoee 19 SL MICW status MOMI ierra rr E A E A 19 5 2 VIEW DIOCESS OBS anan aoa e a a a 20 Image Plug in 7 3 User Guide 1 Introduction to the Image Plug in To back up Windows volumes as images install the Image Plug in with the 64 bit Windows Agent Unlike t
23. t System Restore application For more information see the EVault System Restore User Guide Note If you back up a volume that includes mount points when you restore or mount the volume the mount points will point to the original mount location 4 1 Restore Windows volumes from an Image backup After backing up a volume from a Windows computer using the Image Plug in you can restore the volume from the backup to a selected live volume target volume on the computer IMPORTANT When you restore a volume from a backup any data on the target volume will be lost The target volume must meet the following requirements e The target volume must be as large as or larger than the volume that was backed up e The Windows operating system cannot be installed on the target volume e The Windows Agent cannot be installed on the target volume After a restore the system considers the target volume to be the size of the volume that was restored For example after you restore a 1 TB volume to a 2 TB target volume the system sees the target asa 1 TB volume Any remaining space on the target volume will not be usable To restore a Windows volume from an Image backup 1 On the navigation bar click Computers A grid lists available computers 2 Find the Windows computer with the Image Plug in and expand its view by clicking the computer row 3 Click the Jobs tab 4 Find the Image backup job with volumes that you want to restore and clic
24. tuation you can use the EVault System Restore application to restore systems from BMR backups Note BMR backup jobs can also be created using the Windows Agent without the Image Plug in Regardless of how a BMR backup was created you can restore the backup using EVault System Restore To back up the volumes you can run the backup job manually and schedule the backup job to run See Run and schedule backups In a seed backup the Image Plug in processes data for every block on a volume even blocks that are empty The amount of data reported in the backup log for a seed backup could be larger than the amount of data actually on the volumes Note If the Image Plug in was installed silently the machine must be restarted before the Plug in can use Changed Block Tracking CBT to identify data that has changed since a previous backup Without CBT the Agent reads all data on a volume before backing up the changed blocks To add an Image backup job 1 On the navigation bar click Computers The Computers page shows registered computers 2 Find a Windows computer with the Image Plug in and click the computer row to expand its view If a backup job has not been created for the computer the system can attempt to create a backup job automatically However this job will not use the Image Plug in To create an Image backup job click Configure Manually To automatically create a default Windows Agent backup job for the computer click Aut
25. x Image Plug in 7 3 User Guide Note In addition to restoring systems from Bare Metal Restore BMR backups using the EVault System Restore application you can restore specific volumes files and folders from BMR backup jobs 7 Click Create Job The job is created and the View Add Schedule dialog box appears You can now create a schedule for running the backup Click Cancel if you do not want to create a schedule at this time For information about how to run and schedule the backup job see Run and schedule backups 2 1 Edit a backup job You can edit existing backup jobs to change the following settings e Items to back up In an Image backup job you can add or remove volumes or select or clear the Bare Metal Restore option e Log file options e Encryption settings IMPORTANT If you change the encryption type or password for a backup job the job will reseed the next time it runs e Job description Note You cannot change the name or destination of a job To edit a backup job 1 On the navigation bar click Computers The Computers page shows registered computers 2 Find the computer with the job that you want to edit and expand its view by clicking its row 3 Click the Jobs tab 4 Doone of the following e Inthe Name column click the name of the job that you want to edit e Inthe Select Action list of the job that you want to edit click Edit Job The Edit Job dialog box shows the current job settings
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