Restoring to a new machine (Disaster Recovery)

This feature is used to retrieve client backup configuration and back up data from the backup server. Using the same Gbackup ID as before, the backup data can be recovered in the client webconsole.

Overview

This feature is used to retrieve client backup configuration and back up data from the backup server. Using the same Gbackup ID as before, the backup data can be recovered in the client webconsole.

How to get here in the Gbackup Web Console?
help In the top menu, select: "Restore-> Disaster Recovery"

Why is this feature necessary ?

In Gbackup, without the backup schedule configurations, backed up data cannot be restored. So this page helps you in restoring the backup schedule configurations first. The backed up data can be restored from the List of Backup For Restore page.

When is this feature relevant ?

Typically, if Gbackup needs to be installed afresh in a machine because of a computer crash or other reasons (old computer stolen, etc).

Once the backup schedules are restored, the List Backup Schedules page will show the backup schedules in a suspended mode. Using the reinstalled configuration, any lost data can first be restored (from the List of Backup for Restore page). Thereafter, the backup schedules can be resumed manually, if required.

Restoring to a new machine (Disaster Recovery)

The following describes the user input for this page:


Client Name : This is a non-editable field displaying the current Gbackup client for which the configurations have to be restored.

Choose Server Name : Choose the backup server name from which configurations have to be restored and press the Add button to include the selected server in the "Added Server List".

Enter Server Name : This is an optional field. If the backup server from which the configurations have to be restored is not present in the "Choose Server Name" above, you can manually enter the backup server name here and then press the Add button to include the entered server in the "Added Server List".

Remove Button: Click Remove to clear the selected server name from the "Added Server List".

Restore Button : Once the server names chosen are added to the list, click the "Restore" Button. This will initiate the process of getting the client backup configurations from all the servers chosen.

Clear Button : It will reset all the fields to their original values.

Disaster Recovery Report

The Disaster Recovery Report has the following details:


Server Name : Server from which the configurations have been restored.

Total Number of Backups: Total number of backups available in the backup server.

Number of backups retrieved: Total number of backups successfully retrieved.

Message: Result of the recovery process; Success or Failure.

Troubleshooting Tips

Limitations

  1. To restore the client configurations, you will necessarily need to know the servers on to which the backups were originally done. Gbackup does not discover this information automatically.
  • Wednesday, 29 June 2011

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