NetBackup Bare Metal
Restore (BMR) is the server recovery option of NetBackup. BMR
automates and streamlines the server recovery process, making it
unnecessary to reinstall operating systems or configure hardware
manually. You can restore servers in a fraction of the time without
extensive training or tedious administration.
BMR restores the operating system, the system
configuration, and all the system files and the data files with the
following steps:
Table: BMR components shows the components
of a BMR protection domain.
Table: BMR components
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Component
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Description
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NetBackup and BMR master
server
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The NetBackup master
server manages backups and restores of the protected client
systems. A NetBackup master server also hosts the BMR master server
then manages BMR operations.
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NetBackup media
servers
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NetBackup media servers
control storage devices on which the client files are stored.
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BMR boot servers
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Boot servers provide the
environment that is required to rebuild a protected client,
including resources such as shared resource trees (SRTs). Shared
resource trees contain the software that is used to rebuild the
protected system so that NetBackup can restore the original files.
The software includes the operating system software and the
NetBackup client software.
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Clients
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Clients are the systems
backed up by NetBackup and protected by BMR. A client may also be a
server for other applications or data, a NetBackup media server, or
a BMR boot server.
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Depending on your
environment, the server components can be located on the same
machine, on separate machines, or on a combination of machines.
