Veritas™ System Recovery 18 Service Pack 3 Management Solution Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): System Recovery (18.0.3)
  1. Introducing Veritas System Recovery Management Solution
    1.  
      About Veritas System Recovery 18 Management Solution
    2.  
      Components of Veritas System Recovery 18 Management Solution
    3.  
      How Veritas System Recovery 18 Management Solution works
    4.  
      What you can do with Veritas System Recovery 18 Management Solution
  2. Installing Veritas System Recovery Management Solution
    1.  
      About upgrading to Veritas System Recovery 18 Management Solution
    2.  
      Installing Veritas System Recovery 18 Management Solution
    3.  
      Uninstalling Veritas System Recovery 18 Management Solution
  3. Getting started with Veritas System Recovery Management Solution
    1.  
      About the Veritas System Recovery 18 Management Solution Home page
    2.  
      Starting Veritas System Recovery 18 Management Solution
    3.  
      Sending feedback to Veritas
    4.  
      Preparing to manage the backups of client computers
    5.  
      Discovering client computers on the network
    6.  
      Installing the Symantec Management Agent on client computers
    7.  
      Installing the Veritas System Recovery Plug-in on computers
    8.  
      Uninstalling the Veritas System Recovery Plug-in on computers
    9.  
      Installing Veritas System Recovery 18 or Veritas System Recovery 18 Linux Edition on client computers
    10.  
      Installing Veritas System Recovery 16 on client computers
    11.  
      Installing Veritas System Recovery 16 Linux Edition on client computers
    12.  
      Installing Symantec System Recovery 2013 R2 on client computers
    13.  
      Installing Symantec System Recovery 2013 R2 Linux Edition on client computers
    14.  
      Uninstalling Veritas System Recovery-related products and components from client computers
    15.  
      Generating the LightsOut Restore package in Veritas System Recovery 18 Management Solution
    16.  
      Generating the LightsOut Restore 16 package
    17.  
      Generating the LightsOut Restore 2013 R2 package
    18.  
      Configuring and installing LightsOut Restore 18 on client computers
    19.  
      Configuring and installing LightsOut Restore 16 on client computers
    20.  
      Configuring and installing LightsOut Restore 2013 R2 on client computers
    21.  
      Uninstalling LightsOut Restore from client computers
    22.  
      Updating the settings of a package
    23.  
      Uninstalling Veritas System Recovery-related products from the Symantec Management Platform
    24.  
      Adding or removing recovery point passwords
    25. About managing recovery point destinations
      1.  
        Creating default recovery point destinations
      2.  
        Editing network credentials for a recovery point destination
      3.  
        Deleting recovery point destinations
    26.  
      Configuring a Dedicated Offsite Copy task
    27. About viewing filters
      1.  
        Viewing Veritas System Recovery 18 Management Solution filters
      2.  
        Viewing the filters and policies that are assigned to a client computer
      3.  
        Adding a filtered results path in the Manage Tasks tab to Favorites
    28. About organizational views
      1.  
        Filtering the list of client computers using organizational views
    29. About managing Veritas System Recovery license policies
      1.  
        Adding Veritas System Recovery license policies
      2.  
        Deleting Veritas System Recovery license policies
      3.  
        Assigning Veritas System Recovery licenses to client computers
      4.  
        Unassigning Veritas System Recovery licenses from client computers
      5.  
        Checking the license status of Veritas System Recovery on client computers
  4. Managing backups
    1. About backup policies
      1.  
        Recovery point sets and independent recovery points in backup policies
      2.  
        Tips for creating recovery points
      3.  
        About backing up dual-boot systems
    2. Creating a basic backup policy
      1.  
        About recovery points stored on a network destination
      2.  
        About recovery points stored in a local folder on the client computer
      3.  
        About recovery points stored on an OpenStorage destination
      4.  
        About Offsite Copy
    3. Creating an advanced backup policy
      1.  
        About running command files during a backup
      2.  
        Deploying the command files package to client computers for use during a backup
    4.  
      Creating an independent backup task
    5.  
      Deploying a backup policy
    6.  
      Deploying an existing backup policy as soon as possible
    7.  
      Viewing the status of computers within a backup policy
    8.  
      Editing a backup policy
    9.  
      Editing the schedule of a backup policy
    10.  
      Renaming a backup policy
    11.  
      Disabling a backup policy
    12.  
      Disabling a backup schedule
    13.  
      Deleting a backup policy
    14.  
      Viewing Veritas System Recovery details for a client computer
  5. Managing recovery points
    1.  
      Best practices for creating recovery points
    2.  
      Best practices for managing recovery points
    3. About deleting recovery points
      1.  
        Deleting a recovery point set
      2.  
        Deleting recovery points within a set
  6. Managing the conversion of recovery points to virtual disks
    1.  
      About converting recovery points to virtual disks
    2.  
      Configuring a Convert to Virtual by Computer task
    3.  
      Configuring a Convert to Virtual by Destination task
    4.  
      Configuring a one-time convert to virtual task
    5.  
      Editing a convert to virtual task
    6.  
      Deleting a convert to virtual task
  7. Managing Cloud Storage
    1.  
      Direct to cloud
    2. Providing the OpenStorage destination path
      1.  
        OpenStorage destination options for backups
      2.  
        OpenStorage destination options for recovery
    3.  
      How Offsite Copy works for cloud storage
  8. Remote recovery of drives and computers
    1. About recovering a drive remotely
      1. Using LightsOut Restore to remotely recover client computers
        1.  
          Setting up and using LightsOut Restore
    2.  
      Recovering a drive
    3.  
      Recovering a remote computer
    4.  
      Performing an express recovery
  9. Local recovery of files, folders, drives, and computers
    1. About recovering lost data locally
      1.  
        Recovering files and folders locally by using file and folder backup data
      2.  
        Recovering files and folders locally by using a recovery point
    2.  
      Recovering a computer locally
    3. Starting a computer locally by using Veritas System Recovery Disk
      1.  
        Configuring a computer locally to start from a USB device or DVD
    4.  
      Checking a hard disk for errors
    5.  
      Recovering a computer locally by using a Veritas System Recovery Disk
    6.  
      About using Restore Anyware to recover locally to a computer with different hardware
    7. Recovering files and folders locally by using Veritas System Recovery Disk
      1.  
        Exploring files and folders locally on a computer by using Veritas System Recovery Disk
    8. About using the networking tools in Veritas System Recovery Disk
      1.  
        Starting networking services
      2.  
        Mapping a network drive from within Veritas System Recovery Disk
      3. Configuring network connection settings
        1.  
          Getting a static IP address
    9.  
      Viewing the properties of a recovery point
    10.  
      Viewing the properties of a drive within a recovery point
    11.  
      About the Support Utilities on Veritas System Recovery Disk
  10. Monitoring computers and processes
    1.  
      Viewing reports
    2.  
      Configuring a client option policy for computers
  11. Appendix A. About backing up databases
    1.  
      About backing up VSS-aware databases
    2. About backing up non-VSS-aware databases
      1.  
        Creating the cold, warm, and hot recovery points
    3.  
      Backing up Notification Server and the database
  12. Appendix B. About Active Directory
    1.  
      About the role of Active Directory
  13. Appendix C. Backing up Microsoft virtual environments
    1.  
      About backing up Microsoft virtual hard disks
    2.  
      About backing up and restoring Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines
  14. Appendix D. About Veritas System Recovery 18 Management Solution and Windows Server 2008 Core
    1.  
      About Veritas System Recovery 18 and Windows Server Core
    2.  
      Installing Veritas System Recovery 18 on Windows Server Core using commands

About using Restore Anyware to recover locally to a computer with different hardware

The Veritas System Recovery Restore Anyware feature lets administrators restore a system drive of all supported Windows managed client computers.. You can restore the system drive. This recovery is possible even if the hardware is different from the original computer from which the recovery point was made.

Restore Anyware lets you make the necessary changes for the system to be able to start. Depending on the client computer's configuration, you may need to make additional changes for the computer to run exactly as it did previously.

If you intend to restore to identical (or very similar) hardware, you do not need to select Restore Anyware.

For example, you can use Restore Anyware in the following scenarios:

  • The motherboard fails

  • You want to upgrade to new hardware from an older computer

This feature is used to recover drives only. The feature cannot be used to recover at a file or a folder level.

Note:

You can obtain more information about domain controller support.

See https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/search-results.html?keyword=V-269-16*.

Warning:

If you have an OEM license from a hardware vendor or a single-user license, you may be prompted to reactivate Windows software. You can reactivate by using your Windows product license key. Be aware that OEM and single-user licenses might have a limited number of activations. Verify that using Restore Anyware does not violate the operating system or application license agreements.

Keep in mind the following when you use Restore Anyware:

  • Performing Restore Anyware to hardware that is significantly different might require you to do the following:

    • Add mass storage device drivers.

    • Install hot fixes for the Windows operating system that you restore.

    • Reactivate your Windows operating system when the system restarts.

    • Provide your license key when the system restarts.

    • Provide a local user name and password for the recovery point when the system restarts.

  • When you restore a recovery point by using Restore Anyware, you might be prompted for the local administrator name and password. You should have this information ready before you perform the restore. Technical support cannot restore a lost password.

  • You cannot use Restore Anyware to restore a single recovery point to multiple computers. The product does not generate a unique SID for every computer.

  • If you use Restore Anyware with a computer that uses a static IP address, you must manually reconfigure the computer after the restore is complete.

  • Veritas System Recovery supports one NIC on a system. If you have a dual NIC system, you might need to manually configure the additional NICs to perform a restore through Restore Anyware.

See Recovering a computer locally by using a Veritas System Recovery Disk.