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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Bare Metal Restore™ Administrator's Guide
  3. Configuring BMR
  4. Configuring BMR Servers
  5. Setting up the BMR master server on a Windows system
Veritas NetBackup™ Bare Metal Restore™ Administrator's Guide

Setting up the BMR master server on a Windows system

Use the Master Server Setup Wizard to set up the Bare Metal Restore master server on a Windows system.

To set up the BMR master server on a Windows system

  1. On the Windows BMR master server, select Programs > Veritas NetBackup > Bare Metal Restore -- Master Server Setup from the Start menu.

    The Master Server Setup Wizard Welcome panel appears:

  2. Follow the prompts to set up the BMR master server.

    You do not have to enter any information; the wizard performs all the steps required to set up the master server.

  3. If you want to set up BMR in a cluster environment, unfreeze the active node after you complete this process.

    More information is available about how to unfreeze a service group for the cluster software you are running.

    See the clustering section in the NetBackup in Highly Available Environments Administrator's Guide.

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