Discovering a configuration
You can discover the configuration of a new system; the system does not have to be a NetBackup client. A discovered configuration contains the hardware and the software information of a host.
Hardware discovery is mainly required when you are recovering a client onto different target machine than the original. In this case, as target machine differs in hardware details like NIC (network interface card), disk details than original, BMR needs to understand those details before restore begins. Therefore user needs to perform hardware discovery of target hardware using BMR prepare-to-discover operation and map original client configuration with the discovered configuration.
When you discover a configuration, BMR adds it to the discovered configurations pool. The elements of the configuration (such as disk layout) can then be used when you perform operations such as dissimilar disk restore.
When the discovery operation ends, the following changes appear on the client, and the configuration appears in the Discovered Configurations view:
AIX clients display B55 on the LED display.
HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris clients display the following message:
The Bare Metal Restore hardware discovery boot has concluded.
Windows clients display a pop-up box stating that the discovery is finished and that you can click to reboot the system.
To discover a configuration
- In the Bare Metal Restore Management node, click Actions > Prepare to Discover.
- In the Prepare to Discover dialog box, complete the fields and enter data as necessary.
If you select a client in the Hosts > Bare Metal Restore Clients view, the values for that client are included in the dialog box.
Note:
If a client is the target of a dissimilar disk restore (DDR) and VxVM manages the protected client's disks, specify an SRT with VxVM installed.
- Click OK.
- Boot the client to start the hardware discovery operation.
If you use media boot, when BMR prompts for the client name, enter it as it appears in the Tasks view from the prepare-to-discover operation.
Target machine discovery is done automatically and you receive a notification upon discovery completion. Upon successful discovery operation, you can see the discovered configuration with the given name under Bare Metal Restore Management > Resources > Discovered Configurations menu.
