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Gnome doesn't start after a Debian VM is recovered
SUMMARY Explains how to resolve a problem that can occur when performing an instant recovery for a Hyper-V VM running Debian ISSUE Purpose To explain how to resolve a problem that can occur when performing an instant recovery for a Hyper-V VM running Debian. Description In some instances, Gnome might not start after a…
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Get Networking information to update in the Integrated Bare Metal Recovery GUI
SUMMARY Get Networking information to update in the Integrated Bare Metal Recovery GUI ISSUE Purpose Explain how to get the network settings to update from the Integrated Bare Metal Recovery GUI Description The Integrated Bare Metal Recovery GUI reads network adapter information at startup, and subsequently when a network…
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Will the original VMware VM be overwritten during a restore?
SUMMARY This article explains the expected behavior when restoring a VMware virtual machine. ISSUE When you restore a VM from a VMware backup, a new VM is created. If you are restoring to the original ESX host and the original VM still resides on this host, it is not overwritten during the restore. For instructions on…
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Bare Metal Restore, drivers not available
SUMMARY Bare Metal Restore, drivers not available ISSUE Purpose When performing Bare Metal restore to dissimilar hardware it is most often the case that a storage driver will need to be injected in order for the OS to boot properly. It is possible that a hardware manufacturer won’t have a driver available for a specific…
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How to execute an image-based bare metal restore to a different client
SUMMARY This article explains how to make the necessary changes to run an image-based bare metal restore to a different IP address. ISSUE This article applies to the following: * This article applies only to image-based bare metal recovery. To use a different IP address when executing an integrated bare metal recovery…
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Bare Metal Restore when NTDLR is Missing
SUMMARY This article explains why a bare metal restore may fail with the error: NTDLR is missing ISSUE After the restore completes all you see when you boot the system up is “NTDLR is missing, Press any key to restart”. This is caused by a corrupted NTDLR file. To resolve this issue, perform the following procedure: * Boot…
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VMware Instant Recovery Failing
SUMMARY VMware Instant Recovery Failing, Error creating datastore ISSUE Purpose To explain why VMware instant recovery fails. Description When performing the instant recovery you can see the DPU connect to the VMware and try to mount the NFS data store and then you see it fail on both the DPU and the VSphere client. Also…
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VMware Instant Recovery Fails if Original VM is Online
SUMMARY Steps to perform VMware Instant Recovery with original VM still in production ISSUE VMware Instant Recovery fails while original VM is online. RESOLUTION * To make sure there is local storage configured for IR, go to Settings > Storage & Retention > Storage Allocation and allocate enough storage for this VM for…
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How to Test a Bare Metal Restore ( with source still online)
SUMMARY How to Test a Bare Metal Restore ( with source still online) ISSUE Purpose How to run an image-based “Bare Metal Restore Test” of a client that is still online This would allow one to test the functions and understand exactly how Bare Metal Restores Work without having a client go “down”. Note: This article…
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Do I need to inject storage drivers when performing bare metal recovery to a virtual machine?
SUMMARY This article provides information about driver injection when performing Windows bare metal recovery to a virtual machine. ISSUE When performing Windows bare metal recovery (image-based or integrated) of a physical client to a virtual machine, you must inject either Hyper-V or VMware storage drivers depending on…