Restoring dataYou can instantly recover or restore data to your physical machines (for Windows or Linux machines) orto virtual machines from stored recovery points for Windows machines. The topics in this sectiondescribe how you can export a specific recovery point for Windows machines to a virtual machine or toroll back a machine to a previous recovery point.If you have replication set up between two cores (source and target), you can only export data from thetarget core after the initial replication is complete. For details, see Replicating Agent Data On A Machine.NOTE: Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 operating systems that are booted from FAT32 EFIpartitions are not available for protection or recovery, nor are Resilient File System (ReFS) volumes.BackupThe backup tab allows you to configure the backup policy and recover your system through the RASRUSB key or IDSDM. To use this feature, Windows Backup virtual disk should exist. Windows Backup virtualdisk is created during AppAssure Appliance Configuration Wizard. For more information see, RapidAppliance Self Recovery in the Dell DL43000 Appliance Deployment Guide. Without a Windows Backupvirtual disk, you cannot configure a policy or create Windows backups.Backup StatusMicrosoft Windows backup status is available under the Last Backup tab. If a backup is currently running,the information is displayed under the Current Backup tab. To view the last backup, perform thefollowing steps:1. In the Core Console, navigate to the Appliance → Backup tab.2. Click the arrow beside the Status button to view the status of the backup.3. The Last Backup pane displays the following information:• Status• State• Backup Location• Start Time• End Time• Error Description• Items that were backed upNOTE: The above information is displayed whether the Windows Backup Policy is run or not.113
