Dell EMC Avamar for Windows Servers 19.7 User Guide

BMR of Windows clients

You can perform BMR of client computers with a variety of Windows operating systems. For details, see E-LAB Navigator at https://elabnavigator.dell.com/eln/elnhome.

Review the BMR requirements in BMR requirements.
Download and prepare the custom Avamar WinPE ISO image for BMR. WinPE ISO image preparation provides details.
Test the Avamar Bare Metal Recovery Wizard to ensure that the wizard can run successfully and you have the required drivers:
1. Complete the steps in Restoring the computer to its original System State.
  Verify the following requirements as you go through the wizard pages:
  - You can see the network interface that is required to communicate with the Avamar server. If you cannot see the network interface, use the wizard to load the required NIC driver.
  - If DNS is not available, the host can resolve the Avamar server name by some method, such as using a local hosts file.
  - You can see the critical and non-critical local disks for the target host. If you cannot see all of the disks, use the wizard to load the required disk drivers.
2. When you reach the Summary page, click Exit to exit the wizard without performing the restore.
  The system automatically restarts.
Use the Avamar Bare Metal Recovery Wizard to restore the Windows computer to its original System State. Restoring the computer to its original System State provides details.
Perform the post-BMR steps in Performing post-BMR tasks.