The Veeam Cookbook Series

A simple step by step no frills approach to achieving your goal

Recipe: Bare Metal Restore of a Server

Expected deliverables:

Restore entire computer

Time to complete: 15-30 minutes

Ingredients:

• A backup of a system using the Veeam Agent for Windows or Linux

Before you start:

A USB or SD card connected to the server running as the Veeam Console. If that is not possible then an ISO can be saved and a bootable USB/SD can be created via 3rd party tools.

Assumptions:

It’s assumed that you already have a Veeam Backup Server fully working in your environment.

Method:

1. Open the Veeam Backup & Replication Console and click in the Inventory View
2. Go to Physical Infrastructure in the Inventory Panel and select a Protection Group
3. Ensure recovery media is present on the VBR server/console if required
4. Select system to restore, either click Recovery Media in top ribbon or right click on the machine and Agent > Create Recovery Media.
5. Follow wizard selecting either USB/SD or ISO as export option.
6. Boot system that requires recovery via the USB/SD or ISO image.
7. Select Bare Metal Recovery
8. Follow the steps in the Wizard

Links to Resources:

• Creating Veeam Recovery Media
• Bare Metal Restore
• Veeam Community Forums
• Veeam Best Practices

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