Login to R1Soft Server

1. Login to backup portal with the credentials in your welcome email.
   
   

Setting up the Restore process

1. Select 'Recovery Points' in the bottom left:
   
   
   
   
2. At the top select your server and the disk safe:
   
   
   
   
3. Select the recovery point you want to recover from and click on the Bare Metal Restore icon on the right side:
   
    
   
   
4. The Bare Metal Restore panel will appear:
   
   
   
   
5. Click Next to get to the Choose Filesystems page:
   
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   Select the partitions/filesystems that you want to restore. If this a full restore then you should select all.
    
6. Click Next to get to the 'Host' page:
   
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   If you are restoring to the same server with the same IP address, then you can leave the setting as 'Restore to Original Host'; if not then you will need to select an alternate agent or set an IP address for an alternate system.
    
7. Click Next to get the 'Restore Storage Configuration' page:
   
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   Assuming that you want to restore the system to the exact same disk configuration as before, you should select 'Select Storage Configuration to Restore'. This will overwrite any data/partitions on the destination server.
    
8. Click Next to get to the 'Choose Partitions Tables' page:
   
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   Assuming that you want to restore the system to the exact same disk configuration as before, you should select 'Select Partition Tables to Restore'. This will overwrite any data/partitions on the destination server.
    
9. Click Next to get to the 'Select Partitions Tables' page:
   
   
   
   If this happens, confirm that the agent is running on the destination server.
    
10. Click Next to get to the 'Map Partitions Tables' page:
    
    
    
    
11. Click Next to get to the 'Restore Partitions Tables' page:
    
    Click OK to close it.
12. Click Next to get to the 'Choose LVM Volume Groups' page:
    
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    You should choose 'Select LVM Volume Groups to Restore' if you have LVM groups in your backup. In this example we do not, so will leave it at the default setting.
     
13. Click Next to get to the 'Map Filesystems' page:
    
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    The backup manager will attempt to work out which partition name should to mapped to which partition device. Check them and if they are incorrect adjust them accordingly.
     
14. Click Next to get to the 'Restore Options' page:
    
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    Select Reboot after restore, check filesystems and rebuild swap. This will ensure that everything is properly restored and verified.
     
15. Click next to get to the 'Select Swap Devices' page:
    
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    The backup manager will display the swap devices that it has detected from the backup.
     
16. Click next to get to the 'Map Swap Devices' page:
    
    
    
    The backup manager will attempt to work out which partition name should to mapped to which partition device. Check them and if they are incorrect adjust them accordingly.
     
17. Click next to get to the final 'Summary' page:
    
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    Double check everything and when you're ready click 'Restore'
     
18. Restoration will start and a progress box will appear:
    
    

Depending on the size of the backup, this can take a long time, it's a block-by-block restore.