Restoring a Windows client with media boot
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Review the secure communication compatibility support matrix for BMR table to know more about the supported master, boot server, client, and SRT versions for Linux, Windows, Solaris, AIX, and HP-UX environments. See Secure communication compatibility matrices for BMR for NetBackup 8.1.1 and later releases.
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If NetBackup access management is used in your environment, you must provide the appropriate credentials when prompted so that NetBackup can restore the client files. To restore BMR Windows client, you MUST perform bpnbat -addmachine on master server before restoring the client.
Use the bpnbat -ShowMachines command on the master server to view the name of the added machine.
To media boot a Windows client, do the following.
To restore a Windows client with media boot
- Prepare to restore the client.
- Create a bootable CD or bootable DVD from the SRT used during the Prepare to Restore.
- Insert the bootable CD or bootable DVD into the CD-ROM drive.
On some systems, you may have to modify the BIOS settings so that the system boots from the CD-ROM drive. Consult your hardware documentation for details.
Due to the automatic recovery parameter set during prepare to restore, the restore operation attempts to retrieve the host-ID based certificate and validate the Certificate Authority (CA) certificate. This recovery is time bound. For more information about the automatic recovery during prepare to restore, See Preparing a client for restore.
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If you abort the restore operation or if the restore operation fails, either run the prepare to restore operation again to restart the automatic recovery or manually set the Allow Auto Reissue Certificate option using the NetBackup Administration Console or command-line interface.
For more information about manually setting the Allow Auto Reissue Certificate option, see Allowing automatic reissue of a certificate section within the NetBackup Security and Encryption Guide
- Boot the client to restore.
The following message appears:
press any key to boot from CD
- The system boots and the restore begins with no further intervention required.
After a successful completion of restore, the host ID-based certificate is copied on the client that is restored. The automatic recovery parameter is reset. For more information about the automatic recovery, See Preparing a client for restore.
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