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4 Bare Metal Recovery 1-Touch for Linux Cloud Servers

  • Download the Baremetal Linux ISO .iso file from the Download Center section of Commvault Command Center;
  • upload the .iso file to the virtual disk of your Cloud Server;
  • connect to the Cloud Server using the recovery console;
  • restart the Cloud Server, making sure it boots from the virtual disk;
  • select default as the boot option;

    Selecting the default boot option in the Commvault Bare Metal Recovery menu
  • when prompted with Do you want to specify a location?, select Interactive;

    Commvault prompt: selecting Interactive when asked to specify a location
  • select the appropriate network interface (the default is eth0):
    • if restoring to the same machine, enter the source machine's IP address;
    • if restoring to a different machine, enter the destination machine's IP address;
  • select Host Name for this NIC and enter the hostname;
     
    ONLY WHEN CLONING
    Enter a new hostname for the cloned machine (the hostname must be different from the source machine's hostname).

    Screen for entering the hostname for the NIC (Host Name for this NIC)

    Setting a new hostname for the cloned machine (only when cloning)

    confirm by selecting Next;
  • Backed up Client Name: enter the client name as it appears in Commvault Command Center (using the company_hostname format);
  • Current Client Hostname: select the hostname entered in the previous form;
     
    ONLY WHEN CLONING
    Select Clone client with new name and enter the new client name in New Client Name (using the company_newclientname format).
  • Client Group Name: enter allClients;

    Client Group Name field set to allClients

    confirm by selecting Next;
  • CommServe Config:
    • retrieve the values from the Cloud Control Panel and enter them in the following fields:
      • CommServe Host Name: the full CommServe hostname (for example, Ddcvaultcs02.dcloud.local);
      • CommServe Client Name: for example, Ddcvaultcs02;
      • CommServe IP address: for example, 10.111.98.50;
    • enter your credentials, making sure you are a tenant administrator (for example, Azienda05\azienda05):
      • User Name;
      • Password;
    • select CS is behind a firewall;

      Firewall configuration: selecting CS is behind a firewall in Commvault
  • complete the fields in the Commserve is reachable only through a proxy section:
    • retrieve the values from the Cloud Control Panel and enter them in the following fields:
      • Firewall Proxy Hostname: enter the IP address (for example, 95.110.152.235);
      • Firewall Proxy Client Name: enter the proxy name (for example, Backupdev1a.cloud.it);
      • Firewall Proxy Port: 8403;
    Firewall proxy configuration: entering the IP address, proxy client name and port

    confirm by selecting Next;
  • the agent installation starts in RAM;

    Commvault agent installation starting in RAM
  • select a BackupSet and a job to restore;

    Selecting the BackupSet and restore job in the Commvault interface
  • system state restoration starts;

    System restore starting – screen 1

    System restore progress – screen 2

    System restore progress – screen 3
  • Multipath Configuration: leave all options unchanged and select Next;

    Multipath Configuration screen – keeping the default settings
  • Mountpoint Selection: leave all options unchanged and select Next;

    Mountpoint Selection screen – keeping the default settings
  • on the next page, leave the options unchanged and select Next;

    Next screen – leaving the options unchanged
  • when prompted with Format Disks?, select Yes to confirm;

    Format Disks? prompt – selecting Yes to confirm disk formatting
  • on the Network Persistence page, select Yes, Persist config only for those NICs configured during recovery;

    Network Persistence configuration – persisting settings only for NICs configured during recovery
  • the restore starts;
  • when the restore is complete, the message Linux 1-Touch Recovery completed successfully; is displayed;

    Final message: Linux 1-Touch Recovery completed successfully
  • restart the Cloud Server.