Restoring a
Cyber Recovery virtual appliance deployment after a disaster
Return your system to the state that it was in after the
Cyber Recovery virtual appliance deployment. Then, use the
crsetup.sh setup script with the
recover option to perform a disaster recovery.
Prerequisites
Before you perform this procedure:
Have a
Cyber Recovery backup tar package that was created before the disaster. Otherwise, you cannot complete this procedure.
Delete the
Cyber Recovery installation directory.
If necessary, clean up existing Docker containers before you begin this procedure. See
Cleaning up existing Cyber Recovery Docker containers .
About this task For information about how to install the
Cyber Recovery software, see the
Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery Installation and Update Guide .
Steps
Redeploy the
Cyber Recovery virtual appliance .
You can either:
Download and deploy the version of the
Cyber Recovery virtual appliance that you want to run.
Deploy the version of the
Cyber Recovery virtual appliance that is currently in the
Cyber Recovery vault . If necessary, update to a later version.
Start the
Cyber Recovery software restore procedure:
Run the
crsetup.sh setup script:
Type
y to continue:
Do you want to continue [y/n]:
Type
y to confirm and continue:
Are you REALLY sure you want to continue [y/n]:
Type the full path to the
Cyber Recovery backup tar package location, for example:
/tmp/cr_backups/cr.19.2.1.0-3.2019-09-19.08_02_09.tar.gz
The
Cyber Recovery restore operation proceeds and then returns a success message when it completes:
19.02.19 08_45_20 :
19.02.19 08_45_20 : Cyber Recovery has been successfully recovered onto this system
19.02.19 08_45_20 :
Log in to the
Cyber Recovery UI or the
CRCLI and validate that the previous installation has been restored.