Basic Components
- Vembu BDR Backup Server
- Windows Server/WorkStation
- Vembu Integration Service
- Vembu ImageBackup Driver
- Storage Repository
- Backup Proxy
- The components that are mentioned above are necessary to perform backup, and restore processes of physical servers. From the Vembu BDR backup server, you can directly add the Windows Server/ Workstation.
- There are no limitations on the Windows Server host that can be added into the Vembu BDR Server. Each host is a single entity.
We recommend you to add a Windows Server host using a valid Hostname/IP address, else you will not be able to connect to the remote Windows Machine.
We recommend you to check your network connection settings before adding the Windows Host.
- A minimum RAM size of 2GB and Dual Core Processor is required, and the recommended configuration is 4GB RAM and Dual Core Processor, we recommend this configuration due to the minimum CPU Usage.
We recommend you to have free disk space in both the source and the target server. This is very important as having low disk space can affect your backup performance and it's schedule. So, keep enough free space available at all times.
- Incase you are removing a particular Windows Server, make sure it is removed completely.
- Vembu BDR backup server will communicate with the Microsoft Windows Server using the 42005 port. This is the default port, change this port only if required.
To list the disks and drives for the backup process, you need to install Vembu ImageBackup Driver. We refer the 64-bit architecture for the agent push process. Make sure the installation is completed without any hindrance and no other background task should run when the driver push is in progress.
- Once the driver installation is complete, we recommend you to check the following -
- Successful installation of Vembu ImageBackup driver
- Proper reboot of the target machine
- If registry entry is created or not - this is very important, based on this the disk/drives will be listed for backup
- We do not support backup for Refs, FAT, and exFAT file system.
