The server is completely broken and cannot be repaired. How to use backup to restore it into a virtual machine without damage?

do IT operations , I'm afraid the server will break down , Therefore, disaster recovery equipment is required , But the high price , It is often daunting , Compared with professional disaster recovery equipment , Qunhui is a very cheap and good product ,Active Backup for Business The function of is quite good .

For physical server or computer backup , The operation is relatively simple , Just install Synology Active Backup for Business Agent, Connect to upper Qunhui , Then create a backup plan .

Any server can be repaired , Even the hard disks have been replaced , Just download Synology Active Backup for Business Restore media creation tool , Create a bootable restore media with a USB drive , You can restore the server state .

however , In extreme cases , The physical server or computer is seriously damaged , When it is completely impossible to repair , We can also use backup to directly restore clusters of virtual machines , So as to recover the loss .

1. establish ISO The media , It is used to guide Qunhui virtual machine , Start the Recovery Wizard ;

establish ISO In the process of documentation , Need to install Windows Deployment Kit , In fact, it is to create a bootable WinPE.

2、 stay “ Suite Center ” Install in Virtual Machine Manager, also “ open ”, This is the virtual machine management platform of Qunhui ;

3、 Put the previously created ISO Upload the file to Qunhui , Wait a minute as the boot disk of the virtual machine ;

4、 Create a virtual machine , The original physical machine is a system , Choose the same operating system here ;

5、 Because we want to restore the system of the physical machine to the virtual machine , So start ISO Select the file uploaded above “Restore Media”, Be careful , The screenshot is incorrect , It should be set to “ start-up ISO file ”,“ other ISO file ” Choose as “ unloaded ” state ;

The firmware , You need to select according to the physical machine , You may need to choose “UEFI”;

6、 After the virtual machine is created , Direct start , Maybe a little bit stuck , Wait patiently , Until the Recovery Wizard appears , Note that Qunhui is filled in here IP Address , And the administrator's account and password ;

7、 Select devices and tasks , If there are multiple devices backed up , Or there are multiple backups , Then please pay attention to determine which backup you need to restore ;

8、 Select the restore mode , The physical machine is damaged and cannot be repaired , And both the system partition and the data partition need to be restored , So of course choose “ The entire device is restored ”; If you decide that a partition does not need to be restored , Then you can choose “ Manual restore ”, Then select the partition you want to restore ;

9、 Choose a version , If this physical machine has been backed up many times before , Then you can choose the version you need to restore according to the time ;

10、 Restore summary , Confirm the name of the recovered device again 、 edition 、 Restore mode 、 Zoning , After confirmation ,“ next step ” continue ;

11、 The recovery wizard is officially running , Depending on the equipment performance , Recovery times vary —— If you can restore a backup, Amitabha , As for the length of time, it doesn't matter anymore ;

12、 When the recovery is complete , The virtual machine starts the blue screen for the first time , A little flustered , Enter safe mode , sign out , restart , Normal access to the system again ,“ Drive President ” testing 、 After installing the driver , Everything is all right —— Recovery successful , relaxed , Although the performance is poor , But the data is not lost , Isn't it fun ？