When Servers are taken into consideration, the servers that have emerged to become the most popular amongst all other, are the servers with Windows operating system. This is due to Microsoft Windows’ simple and flexible user interface. With so many numbers of users opting for Microsoft Windows Servers for their IT environment, eventually grows the demand for Windows Server Backup and Restore.
With the steadfast growth of the technology, Vembu catches the pace by integrating its software efficiently into the computer world. You can perform Image-based Backup of your Windows Servers with the Vembu ImageBackup. The backup data can be used to rebuild your machine from the scratch using the Vembu Bare-Metal Recovery.
Recover not only your physical machine data but also the operating system and the applications that were running in the machine.
Well, an important fact that has to be focused here is –
How well this Bare-Metal Recovery proves itself efficient and economical when compared to the manual process of recovering your physical machine?
A matter of fact? Here’s the proof
Let’s take into consideration a physical Windows Server 2012 R2.
The machines run an MS Exchange Server 2010 application. Along with the application, the machine also processes a humongous amount of data. This Windows Server 2012 R2, thus clutches some of the most important data required for the business organization.
An unfortunate scenario to be imagined of this Physical machine falling a prey to some plotted ransomware or is hit by an unexpected disaster or might be in a context of business continuity, a Downtime!
How can you get back your data?
Oh yes! Now I remember, you must be having the backed up image file of your machine with the help of Vembu ImageBackup. Right? Smart!
Well, a sense of relief knowing that you can get back your data but now the question is how easily you can build a new machine exactly as same as the primary source which you lost.
With Vembu Bare-Metal Recovery, you can survive the loss by performing the restoration in just a few steps:
- Restore your Image-level backup data from the Vembu Backup Server, in VHD format through Download recovery option
- Then, Install WAIK and download the Vembu Recovery CD using which an ISO file will be created
- Insert a blank CD in CD/DVD drive and burn the created ISO file in the CD
- Using the downloaded backup data and the CD, you can get back your machine from the scratch at ease
I can relate to the problem IT pros face when it comes to the same recovery done with a manual procedure!
In the normal process of recovery, the backup data has to be fetched from the backup software, you need to get a new hardware ready onto which you need to install the operating system and the application.
Wait! It’s just not the operating system or the application but the Windows 2012 R2 operating system and the application demanded to be only the MS Exchange Server 2010 with no excuse in the change of the version. After which you can upload your backup data to bring back your source machine to the state it was before the disaster. All this to be done manually one after the other, and shortcomings will be obvious due to human interventions.
This stands as a proof of how efficiently Bare-Metal Recovery works in comparison to the manual procedure.
In-Depth procedure to perform Vembu Bare-Metal Recovery of the Windows Server Backup
The bare metal recovery can be performed using Vembu Recovery CD and the Downloaded data in the .VHD & .SBC file format.
Step 1:
Login to the Vembu Backup Server and perform recovery using download option. Download the data in the .VHD file format along with .SBC file extension into a USB or a Pen Drive.
Step 2:
Download WAIK( Windows Automated Installation Kit). WAIK will get installed only when you have .NET framework version 2.0 is installed in your computer and for that, you need to navigate to Server manager of your windows machine and choose the Add roles and features option and keeps selecting Next and then install. Once the .NET framework is installed then you can install the WAIK.
Steps to install WAIK
- Double click on the new WAIK drive created
- There will be so many numbers of files out of which you need to select WAIKAMD64 and Run it with Administrator Rights
Step 3:
Download Vembu Recovery CD ( Either 32-Bit or 64-Bit ) in the same machine where you have installed WAIK.
The downloaded recovery CD will be in compressed ZIP format and you need to unzip it by extracting the files.
Once this is done, click on the Vembu recovery CD and choose Recovery CD Builder
Step 4:
Select the Recovery CD Builder and run it with Administrator rights Agree to the license and Add additional drivers if required.
Step 5:
Once the ISO file is created, you need to burn this to empty CD.
Step 6:
Now you will have a pen drive with the backup data and a recovery CD with an ISO file. Insert the pen drive and the CD into the bare metal in which you want to create a new machine exactly same as the lost source machine.
Step 7:
The ISO file is the bootloader and it will initiate the booting process, now you can choose the boot priority and set CD/DVD as the primary boot device and click Save and Exit.
Step 8:
The recovery console will open, you can follow the steps one by one and choose the source data by browsing and then select the target disk where the recovery will be performed.
Your machine is now ready from the scratch.
Conclusion
With these simple and direct recovery steps, you can get back your machine with Windows Server 2012 R2, the MS Exchange Server 2010 with fail-proof restoration without any hassle to install everything individually. Thus Bare-Metal Recovery of your Windows Server Backup proves to be one of the most efficient ways to recover your machine from the scratch.
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