Restoring Data; Backup - Dell DL4000 User Manual

Restoring data

You can instantly recover or restore data to your physical machines (for Windows or Linux machines) or
to virtual machines from stored recovery points for Windows machines. The topics in this section
describe how you can export a specific recovery point for Windows machines to a virtual machine or to
roll back a machine to a previous recovery point.
If you have replication set up between two cores (source and target), you can only export data from the
target core after the initial replication is complete. For details, see
NOTE: Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 operating systems that are booted from FAT32 EFI
partitions are not available for protection or recovery, nor are Resilient File System (ReFS) volumes.

Backup

The backup tab allows you to configure the backup policy and recover your system through the RASR
USB key or IDSDM. To use this feature, Windows Backup virtual disk should exist. Windows Backup virtual
disk is created during AppAssure Appliance Configuration Wizard. For more information see, Rapid
Appliance Self Recovery in the Dell DL43000 Appliance Deployment Guide. Without a Windows Backup
virtual disk, you cannot configure a policy or create Windows backups.
Backup Status
Microsoft Windows backup status is available under the Last Backup tab. If a backup is currently running,
the information is displayed under the Current Backup tab. To view the last backup, perform the
following steps:
1. In the Core Console, navigate to the Appliance → Backup tab.
2. Click the arrow beside the Status button to view the status of the backup.
3. The Last Backup pane displays the following information:
• Status
• State
• Backup Location
• Start Time
• End Time
• Error Description
• Items that were backed up
NOTE: The above information is displayed whether the Windows Backup Policy is run or not.
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