CDP_BMR

Bare Metal Recovery

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About Bare Metal Recovery

Bare Metal Recovery is a separate software product that can create a backup image of a whole disk or partition. A disk image backup includes a backup of operating systems, applications and configuration files, software updates, personal settings and other data.

One of the destinations for the image file can be an FTP server. The SonicWALL CDP appliance provides this capability by hosting SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery .tib files.

Configuring Bare Metal Recovery Accounts

SonicWALL System Recovery with Universal Restore (also known as Bare Metal Recovery (BMR)) integration is provided in SonicWALL CDP 6.0. By enabling the SonicWALL CDP appliance as an FTP server to allow read/write operations directly from the BMR tool, administrators no longer need a separate staging server and storage to write the BMR image before backing it up to the appliance.

The BMR > Accounts page provides the ability to add or edit an account for Bare Metal Recovery access.

See the following sections:

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“Adding a Bare Metal Recovery Account”

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“Editing a Bare Metal Recovery Account”

Adding a Bare Metal Recovery Account

To add an account that can be used to access the SonicWALL CDP appliance (as an FTP server) directly from the BMR tool, perform the following steps:

Step 1

In the Web Management Interface, navigate to the BMR > Accounts page.

Step 2

Click the Add button to open the BMR Accounts dialog box.

Step 3

Type the account username into the username field.

Step 4

Type the password for the account into the password field.

Step 5

Enter the number of megabytes that this account can use on the SonicWALL CDP appliance into the quota field.

Step 6

Click Save .

To exit the dialog box without saving, click Close .

Editing a Bare Metal Recovery Account

To edit an existing account, perform the following steps:

Step 1

In the Web Management Interface, navigate to the BMR > Accounts page.

Step 2

Click the Edit Entry icon in the Configure column for the account you want to edit. The BMR Accounts dialog box opens.

Step 3

Make the desired changes in the quota , username , or password fields.

Step 4

Click Save .

To exit the dialog box without saving, click Close .

Using Bare Metal Recovery

To use Bare Metal Recovery with the SonicWALL CDP appliance, you will need a user account on the appliance with the desired quota. Then you can launch the BMR application and save the image to the SonicWALL CDP appliance.

To use Bare Metal Recovery to save an image on the SonicWALL CDP appliance, perform the following steps:

Step 1

Create a user account on the SonicWALL CDP appliance, with the desired quota.

Step 2

Launch the BMR application and select the local drive or location that you want to back up.

Step 3

When the backup wizard prompts you for the destination at which to save the image, select FTP Connections and browse for the server, which can be the SonicWALL CDP appliance.

If the server is not listed, you can type in a path in the form:
ftp://<CDP IP Address>/upload/image.tib

where image.tib can be any file name with a .tib extension.

Step 4

When prompted for credentials, enter the credentials you created in step 1.

The BMR application performs the backup.