Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

Performing a NetWorker Bare Metal Recovery wizard test

Before you need to perform a Windows BMR, test the wizard to ensure that you can complete a recovery and that you have the required drivers. This task is especially important for 64-bit hosts that might require additional drivers. For both 64-bit and 32-bit hosts, the wizard must use drivers that do not require a reboot.

1. Follow the procedures in Performing a Windows BMR to physical or virtual computers.

   Verify the following as you step through the BMR recovery wizard screens:

   • If DNS is not available, that the host can resolve the NetWorker server name by some method, such as a local hosts file.

   • You can see the network interface that is required to communicate with the NetWorker server. If you cannot see the network interface, use the wizard to load the required NIC driver.

   • You can see the critical and non-critical disks for the host that is to be recovered. If you cannot see all of the disks, use the wizard to load the required disk drivers.
2. Click Exit to safely exit the wizard.
3. Exit the command window.

   The system automatically reboots.