Linux Bare-Metal Restore Guide
READ ME FIRST
Welcome to the R1Soft — Linux Bare-Metal Restore Guide
The purpose of this manual is to provide you with complete instructions on how to perform a Bare-Metal Restore of your Linux Server from the Backup made by CDP Server Stand Alone or CDP Server For Data Centers.
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Common Questions
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Table of Contents / Document Order
In order to get the most out of this manual, please follow the order shown below.
- README
- README FIRST
- Common Questions
- Bare-Metal Restore
- What is Bare-Metal Restore
- About Bare-Metal Disaster Recovery of Disk Safes Using Encryption
- Options For Performing Linux Bare-Metal Restore
- Testing Bare-Metal Restore Before Emergency
- Launching Bare-Metal Restore in CDP Enterprise Edition
- Network Configuration
- Bare-Metal Restore Using Boot CD-ROM
- Bare-Metal Restore Using Live Boot™ Remote Restore
- Bare-Metal Restore Using PXE Network Boot
- Support
- [Getting Support]
- Linux Bare-Metal Restore - Common Questions — A list of common questions specific to performing a Bare-Metal Restore of your Linux Host.
- What is Bare-Metal Restore — General description of the "Bare-Metal Restore" concept.
- About Bare-Metal Disaster Recovery of Disk Safes Using Encryption — Instructions on how to run Bare-Metal Restore of the encrypted Disk Safes in the Linux CDP Server.
- Options For Performing Linux Bare-Metal Restore — Three (3) options for performing a Bare-Metal Restore for Linux platform are described: Live CD, Live Boot™ Remote Restore, PXE Network Boot.
- Testing Linux Bare-Metal Restore Before Emergency — Explanations why you need to test a Bare-Metal Restore on each hardware platform before emergency.
- Launching Bare-Metal Restore in CDP Enterprise Edition — Instructions on how to run the Bare-Metal Restore of selected Partitions and Disks of your Linux Host.
- Network Configuration — Instructions on how to configure the network settings. Same for all three (3) boot methods: Live CD, Live Boot™ Remote Restore, PXE Network Boot.
- Bare-Metal Restore Using Boot CD-ROM — Instructions on how to obtain Live CD Software. Instructions on how to boot Linux Host From CD.
- Bare-Metal Restore Using Live Boot Remote Restore — Instructions on how to obtain Live Boot™ Remote Restore Software. Instructions on how to install Live Boot™ Remote Restore Software.
- Bare-Metal Restore Using PXE Network Boot — Prerequisites For Using PXE Network Boot. Instructions on how to obtain the PXE Network Boot Software; how to configure DHCP Server on Linux or Unix (ISC DHCPD); how to configure TFTP Server on Linux or Unix; how to use PXE Network Boot.
- Launching Bare-Metal Restore in CDP Server Standard or Advanced Edition — Instructions on how to run the Bare-Metal Restore of selected Partitions and Disks of your Linux Host.
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