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

Recovery point sets and independent recovery points in backup policies

The following table describes the advantages and disadvantages of scheduled independent recovery points or recovery point sets as part of your backup policy.

Warning:

The full recovery point and all associated incremental recovery points that make up the recovery point set must be kept together in the same folder. If there are missing files, the recovery point becomes invalid and you cannot restore the data.

Table: Types of scheduled recovery points

Type

Description

Recovery point set

Consider the following when you create recovery point sets.

  • A recovery point set is the same as an Independent recovery point except that it also has incremental tracking enabled for the selected drive.

  • This type of backup creates a base recovery point. Additional recovery points are created but save only the hard disk sectors that have changed since the creation of the base recovery point or the previous incremental recovery point.

  • Incremental recovery points are created faster than the first (base) recovery point and use less storage space than an independent recovery point.

  • Recovery point sets are ideal when you combine them with a schedule.

  • When you restore to a given point in time, the full recovery point plus all the incrementals up to that point in time are used for the restore.

    For example, suppose you have a full recovery point with eight incremental recovery points. You decide to restore the fourth incremental that was taken. When you restore, the full recovery point and the first four incrementals are used to restore the computer.

  • You can free hard drive space by deleting outdated recovery points and incremental recovery points.

Independent recovery point

Consider the following when you create independent recovery points.

  • An independent recovery point creates a complete, independent copy of the entire selected drive.

  • An independent recovery point is not associated with incremental recovery points or recovery point sets in any way. As such, independent recovery points stand on their own and are usually a less complicated method for protecting your computer than recovery point sets.

    You can create an independent recovery point of a drive (using a one-time backup) even if that drive is tracked with a recovery point set.

    See Creating an independent backup task.

    See Deploying an existing backup policy as soon as possible.

  • This backup type typically requires more storage space on a hard disk than a recovery point set.

See About backup policies.