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SivaMulakaluri

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May 23rd, 2012 19:00

Bare metal restore using Avamar

With Homebase going away, can Avamar support bare metal restore?

  • se7en1

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    Posted May 23rd, 2012 21:00

    Yes. there is an option for windows systems only. See page 65 of the EMC avamar 6.0 for wndows server guide.

    Please mark this question as answerd and this answer correct. Do you require BMR for NIX?

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    Posted May 25th, 2012 11:00

    Hi se7en,

    I have reviewd the document but it is not talking something I am looking for.  It is not clear from the document if it can be used like a Syspreped image.  Ideally I am looking for restoring to new VMs created with blank VMDK files.

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    Posted May 25th, 2012 11:00

    It sounds like you may be trying to use Avamar as a templating system for deploying VMware Virtual Machines. Are you aware of Virtual Machine Templates? These may be better suited to what you are trying to do.

  • se7en1

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    Posted May 25th, 2012 22:00

    There is a process in the avamar for VMWare guide on performing redirected VM restores.

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    Posted May 29th, 2012 06:00

    That is certainly a good one.  But it limits to virtual machines.  As Avamar can backup any machine that has a client installed, ideally I would like to know if there a platform independent bare metal restore including non virtual machines.  But I will consider your suggestion definitely.

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    Posted May 29th, 2012 06:00

    Is it on the same Windows Guide for Avamar?

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    Posted June 20th, 2014 01:00

    Will Avamar supports Bare Metal Recovery for Linux running on physical server.

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    Posted June 20th, 2014 04:00

    no, and please do no cross-post to 5 other threads.