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This articles show you to create Veeam Recovery Media in Veeam Agent:
Veeam Recovery Media for Windows
Veeam Recovery Media for Linux
Veeam Recovery Media for Windows
Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows lets you create a Veeam Recovery Media — a recovery image of your computer.
The recovery image is a "copy" of your OS with the limited functionality — it contains all data required to run Microsoft Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE), and provides an alternative way to boot your computer. If the OS installed on the computer fails to start for some reason, you can boot the Windows RE from the recovery image. After booting, you can do the following:
- You can use Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Windows tools to diagnose problems and fix errors on your computer.
- You can restore data from a backup to your computer. For this scenario, you must have a backup created with Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows or system image created with Microsoft Windows.
The recovery image can be helpful if one of the following errors occur:
- The OS on the computer fails to start.
- The computer is blocked with malware and you cannot get access to your data.
- You want to perform bare metal restore from the backup on the computer without the OS and other software installed.
- You want to restore the system volume of the computer and so on.
You can create a recovery image on different kinds of media:
- Removable storage devices such as USB drives or SD cards
- CD/DVD/BD
- ISO images on local or external computer drives
When you boot from the Veeam Recovery Media, you can use the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows recovery environment to fix the OS system errors on your computer or restore data from the backup. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows offers a set of tools for the computer system image and data recovery:
- Bare Metal Recovery — the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows wizard to recover data on the original computer or a new computer.
- Windows Recovery Environment — a built-in Microsoft Windows tool to recover the computer system image.
- Tools — Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Windows utilities for advanced computer administration.
Create Recovery Media
You can launch the Create Recovery Media wizard right after the product installation process or at any time later.
To launch the Create Recovery Media wizard after installation:
1. At the last step of the installation wizard, select the Run Veeam Recovery Media creation wizard check box.
2. Click Finish. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows will automatically launch the Create Recovery Media wizard.
To launch the Create Recovery Media wizard at any time, from the Microsoft Windows Start menu, select All Programs > Veeam > Tools > Create Recovery Media or use the Microsoft Windows search to find the Create Recovery Media option on your computer.
3. At the Recovery Media step of the wizard, specify on which type of media you want to create a recovery image and what drivers you want to include in the recovery image.
4. The Image Path step of the wizard is available if you have selected to create an ISO file with the recovery image.
Select a location where you want to save the ISO file.
5. At the Ready to Apply step of the wizard, review settings of the recovery image that you plan to create and click Create.
Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows will collect files necessary for recovery image creation and write the resulting recovery image to the specified target or burn it to CD/DVD/BD.
The process of recovery image creation may take some time. Wait for the process to complete and click Finish to exit the wizard.
If you want to interrupt the process of recovery image creation, click Cancel or close the wizard window.
After the recovery image is created, you can burn the created ISO to a CD/DVD/BD. To do this, you can use native Microsoft Windows tools or third-party software.
Veeam Recovery Media for Linux
Veeam Agent for Linux lets you use the Veeam Recovery Media — a recovery image of the Linux OS that provides an alternative way to boot your computer.
The recovery image includes a custom Linux OS with the limited functionality. It comprises Linux kernel and a set of GNU/Linux utilities necessary to boot the computer and perform basic administration tasks. If the OS installed on the computer fails to start for some reason, you can boot the recovery image OS. After booting, you can do the following:
- You can restore data from a backup to your computer. For this scenario, you must have a backup created with Veeam Agent for Linux.
- You can use Linux OS tools to diagnose problems and fix errors on your computer.
The recovery image can be helpful if one of the following errors occur:
- The OS on the computer fails to start.
- You want to perform bare metal restore from the backup on the computer without the OS and other software installed.
- You want to restore the system volume of the computer and so on.
Veeam Recovery Media is distributed as an ISO image. You can download the ISO image file from this Veeam webpage select an operating system to display the download links for the product and recovery ISO. You can burn the ISO image file to the following types of media:
- Removable storage devices such as USB drives or SD cards
- CD/DVD/BD
When you boot from the Veeam Recovery Media, you can use the recovery environment to fix the OS system errors on your computer or restore data from the backup. Veeam Agent for Linux offers a set of tools for the computer system image and data recovery:
- Restore volumes — the Veeam Recovery wizard to recover data on the original computer or perform bare metal recovery.
- Restore files — the File Level Restore wizard to restore files and folders to the original location or to a new location.
- Exit to shell — Linux shell prompt with standard utilities to diagnose problems and fix errors.