New Proliferation support in NetBackup 8.0 Bare Metal Restore
This section provides brief descriptions of the proliferation support added in Bare Metal Restore 8.0.
Table: New proliferation support in NetBackup 8.0Bare Metal Restore
Operating System | Proliferation Support |
|---|---|
Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | BMR client and BMR boot server |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x UEFI-GPT boot | BMR client and BMR boot server |
BMR UEFI-GPT support | NetBackup BMR supports the GUID Partition Table (GPT) disk types and the Dissimilar Disk Restore (DDR) functionality similar to the BIOS clients. The supported BMR features on UEFI machine are Self-restore, DDR, and Dissimilar System Recovery (DSR). Dissimilar System Restore support is extended to UEFI clients. For details refer the technote. https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000034868 The newly created Shared Resource Tree can be used to boot BIOS as well as UEFI machines. In addition the VFAT file system is also supported. Note: The support for Linux multi-devices is limited and BMR may not restore the exactly some configurations. |