PREREQUISITE:  We recommend that you remove existing partitions on the destination disk before performing BMR:   [Click to learn more]

Before beginning a bare metal restore, we recommend that you first inspect the destination disk and remove any existing partitions. This will ensure that you have a successful recovery.

STEP 1. After booting the x360Recover BMR ISO, run GParted from the desktop.

STEP 2. Select each disk you intend to overwrite with the recovery from the top right dropdown menu.

NOTE: You must remove any locked partitions (such as LVM groups or swap partitions) because the system will block these locked partitions from being overwritten:

• To delete locked LVM partitions, first select the partition and click Partition -> Deactivate
• To delete locked swap partitions, first select the partition and click Partition -> SwapOff

STEP 3. To remove the chosen partitions, select each partition, one at a time, and click the red-circle-x icon on the toolbar.  

Then, after all desired partitions are removed, click the green check icon to save these changes. 

STEP 4. Once the selected destination disk(s) have been cleared, open the Recovery Wizard,and proceed with the bare metal restore operation

Common steps in BMR

REMINDER: Before beginning a bare metal restore, we recommend that you first inspect the destination disk and remove any existing partitions. This will ensure that you have a successful recovery. After booting the x360Recover BMR ISO, run GParted from the desktop.Select each disk you intend to overwrite with the recovery from the top right dropdown menu. (NOTE: You must remove any locked partitions (such as LVM groups or swap partitions) because the system will block these locked partitions from being overwritten. To delete locked LVM partitions, first select the partition and click Partition -> Deactivate. To delete locked swap partitions, first select the partition and click Partition -> SwapOff.)  To remove the chosen partitions, select each partition, one at a time, and click the red-circle-x icon on the toolbar. Then, after all desired partitions are removed, click the green check icon to save these changes Once the selected destination disk(s) have been cleared, open the Recovery Wizard,and proceed with the bare metal restore operation

COMMON STEP 1.  

Download the x360Recover bare metal restore ISO image and create a bootable DVD or USB.  

• Download the latest x360Recover BMR tools on the Axcient Download page.
• Instructions on creating a bootable USB image: Create a Bootable USB Flash Drive

COMMON STEP 2.  

After you have created your bootable DVD or USB, you can boot your new physical or virtual device from the bare metal restore image.  

Note: You may have to reconfigure BIOS settings or press a key to select boot media to direct the system to boot from your USB or DVD image.

On boot, you should see the x360Recover Recovery Bare Metal Restore boot menu:

For most hardware, you should select the Standard boot option. 

TIP: If you have trouble with video drivers on the system, try one of the safe mode options to try to resolve the issue.

COMMON STEP 3. 

After the system finishes booting, the Linux desktop will load.  

The Linux desktop shortcuts for the most used utilities include:

• The Recovery Wizard performs the actual data recovery.
• Driver Injector installs critical drivers into an offline system image for recovering to dissimilar hardware
• GParted resizes/moves partitions, allowing restores to a smaller target disk than the original source
• Remote Support  delivers screen sharing sessions with Axcient Support

Start by launching the Recovery Wizard.   

COMMON STEP 4.

Accept the End User License Agreement (EULA) and click Next to choose your recovery path option.

You can now proceed to the BMR option of your choice:

• Perform BMR from an appliance
• Perform BMR from a vault with local cache
• Perform BMR from a vault without a local cache 
• Perform BMR from an exported virtual disk

Recover to a smaller target drive 

To perform a recovery of a source disk that is larger than the target device, follow these steps:

1. Select your recovery type and complete the wizard up to the Drive Mapping step.

A warning will appear, noting that you are trying to target a disk that is smaller than the original physical disk.

2a. Open GParted and resize or move all partitions or volumes into a space no larger than the target disk. (Leave all extra space empty on the right side of the disk display)

2b. Locate the source disk that you wish to modify before cloning. Hint: This is usually easy to locate, based on the size of the disk and the presence of the partitions on the drive.  Flip through the disks available in the top-right selector until you find your drive:

2c.From the top navigation menu, choose Resize / Move:

2d. Hover over the right edge of the desired partition then ...

...drag it to the left to resize it. 

If multiple partitions exist, remember to drag all partitions to the left. 

All free space should be to the right.

2e. Click the green checkbox to proceed with partition resizing operations.

3. Once the source disk has been reorganized, close GParted and proceed with the bare metal recovery by clicking Next.