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how to use bmr to restore a windows xp system partition only

Updated: 21 May 2010 | 4 comments
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Hi all,
I use the netbackup 6.5.4 windows master and media server to backup a windows xp client with only 1 hard disk ( 2 partitions).
I try to use the bmr to restore the xp client . But I can only restore the 2 partitions ( system boot for c: and data for d: ) at the same time. How can I just restore the system boot c: and preserve the data on partition d: .
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2009
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tick this checkbox

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during the "Prepare to restore" phase

Also from NBU 6.5 Bare Metal Restore System Administrator's Guide:


Understanding BMR disk recovery behavior
BMR either restores or imports disks during a restore, defined as follows:
■ To restore a disk means that BMR formats the disk and restore files to it. No attempt is made to retain any data on the disk.
■ To import a disk means that BMR tries to reuse the volumes on it (that is, mount the file systems after restore). BMR tries to reuse rather than format the disk and restore files to it.

BMR always restores the system disk. For other disks, the following two options on the Prepare to Restore Client dialog box control BMR behavior:
■ Restore system disks/volumes only. If you select this option, BMR restores only the system disk. Otherwise, BMR tries to import (reuse) non-system disks that are based on the disk class and the following option.

System disk is defined as the following:
■ On AIX and HP-UX, the root volume groups (rootvg and vg00) are restored.
■ On Solaris, all disks that have any of the root file systems (/, /swap, /var, /usr) are restored.
■ On Windows, all disks that have %SystemRoot%, %SystemBoot%, and %TEMP% are restored. On Active Directory servers, BMR also restores the disks that contain the Active Directory system, database, and log files.
■ Make available volumes on non-restored disks after the system is restored. If you select this option, BMR imports the disks. Otherwise, the action depends on the disk class.

The following are the disk classes:
■ System disks contain the operating system files required to boot the system.
■ Nonsystem disks are all other disks, as follows:
■ Restorable disks are visible in the temporary restore environment and therefore can be restored. Visible means locally attached.
■ Nonrestorable disks are not visible in the temporary restore environment and therefore cannot be restored. Typically these are SAN devices. You may not know that these disks cannot be restored until you attempt a restore. If these disks are required for a restore, you are forced to do a dissimilar disk restore (DDR).
■ Shared disks are shared with another system using clustering software. The client may not control them during or after the restore.
■ Missing disks may or may not have been used and are no longer attached to the system. These disks are in the restore configuration. For the actions to perform for missing disks, see Table6-5‚ ”Actions for disk classes‚” on page 71.
■ New disks are attached to the system in previously unused locations and used by any volume or any volume group. New disks are not in the original configuration.
BMR also restricts some disks so they are not processed during a restore. For example, BMR restricts shared disks in a cluster and unused VxVM disks on Solaris systems. Additionally, you can restrict a disk so BMR does not process it.

For more details look into Veritas NetBackup™ Bare Metal Restore™ Administrator’s Guide UNIX, Windows, and Linux Release 6.5: ftp://exftpp.symantec.com/pub/support/products/Net...
Chapter 6 Restoring Clients

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Hi Mouse, Many thanks for

Hi Mouse,

Many thanks for your reply.
When I try the client restore test. I have selected the "Restore system disks/volume only" option. But in my case , I found the avaliable option is different when compare with your screen shoot. Is this require to perform any special steps before the client prepare to restore.
The "Make availiable volumes on non-restore disks after the system restore" can't select

Here is the screen shoots of my testing environment.

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Any suggestion.

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Of course

It requires some additional steps need to be done prior to recovery.
Have you read the BMR Admin guide?

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2009
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 Try this it may help

 Try this it may help you

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/downloads/bmr-implementation#comment-3195581



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