BY FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS ON THIS ARTICLE, ALL DATA CURRENTLY STORED AT YOUR SERVER WILL BE PERMANENTLY ERASED. PLEASE KEEP A BACKUP IN CASE YOU NEED THEM, BEFORE PROCEEDING FURTHER.
In this article, you will learn how to restore your server to a previous state with R1Soft Backup from a selected Recovery Point.
Initially, you will have to configure the Bare-Metal Restore Manager with the Tool R1Soft BootCD Agent ISO, by following the instructions below.
- Log in to MassiveGRID's Secure Customer Portal (https://portal.massivegrid.com/clientarea.php)
- Go to menu Services > My Services.
- Select the server you want to restore and navigate to “Manage/Stats” Tab in order to proceed with the ISO selection.
- Select the CD/DVD Disc Image File: Tool R1Soft BootCD Agent.
- Open the noVNC console by navigating on the right sidebar under the “Actions” Tab, click on the commands button and select Reset.
- At the boot screen press ESC & choose the 2nd option "DVD/CD" by pressing “2”.
- After loading you should see the red ASCII-art R1Soft logo, very short help screen, and the r1soft shell.
- Type ifconfig and press <Enter> to verify that your IP address has been assigned to your network card.
- Type sudo /etc/init.d/cdp-agent status and press <Enter> to verify that the Manager is running.
Now, you are ready to launch a bare-metal restore from your R1Soft Panel by following the instructions below.
- From MassiveGRID's Secure Customer Portal choose your R1Soft Agent Service and Log In To Control Panel.
- Select the Protected Machine you want to restore and from the Actions tab select Open Recovery Points.
- From the Recovery Points choose your preferred and from the Actions tab select Bare Metal Restore.
- Follow the Bare Metal Restore Guide in order to:
- Select the Filesystems you want to restore.
- Select the Host.
- Select the Storage Configuration.
- Map the filesystems to devices on the target host.
- Select the Restore Options.
- After completing the above guide, on the "Summary" page, you will need to confirm the selected Bare-Metal Restore options. Each selected filesystem is listed, along with the name of the target device it is being mapped to.
- Click "Restore" to start the Bare-Metal Restore task.
- For more information regarding the Bare Metal Restore Guide, check the official docs from R1Soft http://wiki.r1soft.com/display/ServerBackup/Launch+a+bare-metal+restore
- In case you face any issue regarding the bare-metal restore process, please do not hesitate to contact us by opening a Support Ticket.