Disaster Recovery

Linux:

• http://sepusa.com/getwiki/Disaster_Recovery_for_Linux_2.0_en

Windows

• http://sepusa.com/getwiki/SEP_sesam_BSR_for_Windows

Quick Start

Replacement platform:

• boot the DR iso in the new system (with the same or larger storage)
• assign hostname recover
• assign ip (or dhcp) enter ip and hostname into hosts file on the sesam server

Sesam Server

• add recover as a client, make sure the connection verifies correctly 
• restore the latest good disk_info task add the expert option -a RECOVER
• restore the filesystem add the expert option -a bootmgr
• Always restore the latest successful without warnings backup unless you have manually reviewed any warnings to make sure they aren't important files.
• If you are restoring an incremental or differential backup you should also select generation restore. 

Now reboot the recovered machine and restore any online databases or groupware

• test