Image Manager

BootCheck uses the following hypervisors.

• Microsoft Hyper-V: Windows Server 2012 or later

The BootCheck process uses 1024 MB of memory on a hypervisor.

BootCheck does not support systems where the boot and system partitions are configured on separate disks.

• Computer running BootCheck
  When running BootCheck for a HyperBack backup of multiple virtual machines, please select one virtual machine included in the backup and specify its OS.

• Working Agent Specify a hypervisor for running the BootCheck process.

BootCheck on Windows 10, 11 supports only Hyper-V on the local host.

When using [Hypervisor on other host], please configure your firewall to allow File and Printer sharing, and Windows Management Interface (WMI).

• Setting

  • Try previous image if BootCheck fails If BootCheck failed for an incremental backup, BootCheck runs for the backup created prior to the failed one.

  • Time-out xx seconds
    Specify the maximum time to wait for a backup to complete the BootCheck process.

Click [Start BootCheck] to start the process and the status will be displayed.

Click [Cancel] to terminate the processing.

Select the backup to verify and click [Quick Verify].

Choices included are [Reboot] or [Shutdown] once the integrity of the backup is verified. Select [Reboot] or [Shutdown] from the pull-down list and click [OK] button.

Select the backup to verify and click [Deep Verify].

Choices included are [Reboot] or [Shutdown] once the integrity of the backup is verified. Select [Reboot] or [Shutdown] from the pull-down list and click [OK] button.

Hold down the SHIFT/CTRL key and click on the start and end of the highlight incremental backups to consolidate and click [Consolidate…].

The summary displays the number of files selected and the total output size of the consolidated file.

• Options

  • Keep original image files By default, the original backups will be deleted after the consolidated file is created. Check this box to retain the original files.

  • Compute MD5 Check this box to create an MD5 checksum file for the consolidated backups.

  • Execution Priority Depending on the number of processes running in the system, adjust the execution priority for the consolidation process.

  • Post task execution processing - Choices included are [Reboot] or [Shutdown] once the consolidated file is created.

Click [Done].

Select the end of the incremental backups to archive and click [Archive…].

Displays the number of selected backups and the total output size of the archived backup. Depending on the total size, it is recommended to specify the destination to save the archived backup.

• Option

  • Compute MD5
    Creates an MD5 checksum file for the archived backup.

  • Priority Depending on the number of processes running on the system, adjust the execution priority for the archiving process.

  • Post task execution processing Choices included are to [Reboot] or [Shutdown] once the archived file is created.

Click [Done].

When the selected backup has multiple recovery points, calculation of the total number and the size of backups takes time. Even before completing the calculation, the process can be executed.

When using a backup located in Wasabi, the process time may increase.

Choices included are [Reboot] or [Shutdown] once the process completes. Select [Reboot] or [Shutdown] from the pull-down list and click [OK] button.

Click [OK] to delete a base or incremental backup(s). Please keep in mind that this type of deletion cannot be undone.

When the backup file is password protected, you will be prompted to enter the password.

Mount Backup Image

1. Select the folder in which the backup file to mount is located, computer, recovery point and disk.

   Agentless backups created by using HyperBack are not supported.

   When the backup source of a backup image is basic disk, please select a disk. When using a backup file created by Volume Backup, the volumes not selected as backup source but included in the same disk are recognized as RAW by the system.

   When the backup source of a backup image is a dynamic disk, please select a volume.

2. Click [Mount]. The backup is mounted as read-only when selecting the [Mount as Read-only] (by default) option. The backup can also be mounted as writable. The changes made to the backup are saved in a differential backup (.aix) after the volume is unmounted.

   When mounted, a drive letter is automatically allocated.

   When mounted but the volumes in the mounted image are not displayed in Windows Explorer, please click Update button.

Unmount Backup

1. Select a mount point to unmount from the [Mounted].

2. Click [Unmount]. The [Force Unmount Volume] option can be enabled so that the mounted backup, even if in use, can be unmounted.

Please select the type.

• When using iSCSI disk

  Please select [Create new iSCSI / Hyper-V mount] option.

  Select a recovery point of a computer and a disk from the destination storage of a backup, and click [Mount].

  When connecting to a backup from a computer via a remote iSCSI initiator, the backup serves as iSCSI disk. Connecting the iSCSI disk to a new virtual machine on Hyper-V provides immediate booting of a backup attached to a virtual machine on hypervisor. Selecting [Migration] of Hyper-V enables you to seamlessly migrate live virtual machines booted from the iSCSI disk to a hypervisor in a production environment.

  When finishing the use of the backup as iSCSI disk, please disconnect from iSCSI initiator.

  If you get ‘The session cannot be logged out since a device on that session is currently being used’ message, go to [Disk Management], set the iSCSI disk to offline and try again.

• When using an NFS share

  Please select [Create new NFS / vSphere mount].

  Select a recovery point of a computer and a disk from the destination storage of the backup, and click [Mount].

  After mounting and when connecting as an NFS datastore from vSphere ESXi, etc., the backup serves as the datastore for the VMDK. Connecting the VMDK to a new virtual machine on VMWare vSphere, etc., provides immediate booting of a backup attached to a virtual machine on the hypervisor.

  Selecting [Migration] of VMware vSphere vCenter enables you to seamlessly migrate the virtual machines.

  When finishing the use of the backup as an NFS datastore, please click [Unmount the selected item].