Veritas™ System Recovery 21 User's Guide
- Introducing Veritas System Recovery
- Installing Veritas System Recovery
- Installing Veritas System Recovery
- Ensuring the recovery of your computer
- Creating a new Veritas System Recovery Disk
- Creation Options
- Storage and Network Drivers Options
- Customizing an existing Veritas System Recovery Disk
- About restoring a computer from a remote location by using LightsOut Restore
- Creating a new Veritas System Recovery Disk
- Getting Started
- Setting up default general backup options
- File types and file extension
- Best practices for backing up your data
- Backing up entire drives
- Backing up files and folders
- Running and managing backup jobs
- Running an existing backup job immediately
- Backing up remote computers from your computer
- Monitoring the status of your backups
- About monitoring backups
- Monitoring the backup status of remote computers using Veritas System Recovery Monitor
- Adding a remote computer to the Computer List
- Exploring the contents of a recovery point
- Managing backup destinations
- About managing file and folder backup data
- Managing virtual conversions
- Managing cloud storage
- Direct to cloud
- About creation of Amazon Machine Image (AMI) in Amazon from Veritas System Recovery backups
- About S3-Compatible Cloud Storage
- About Veritas System Recovery supporting Veritas Access
- Recovering files, folders, or entire drives
- Recovering a computer
- Booting a computer by using the Veritas System Recovery Disk
- About using the networking tools in Veritas System Recovery Disk
- Copying a hard drive
- Using the Veritas System Recovery Granular Restore Option
- Best practices when you create recovery points for use with the Granular Restore Option
- Appendix A. Backing up databases using Veritas System Recovery
- Appendix B. Backing up Active Directory
- Appendix C. Backing up Microsoft virtual environments
- Appendix D. Using Veritas System Recovery 21 and Windows Server Core
About the trial version of Veritas System Recovery
If you choose to delay installation of the license key, all features in Veritas System Recovery remain enabled during the 60-day trial period.
You cannot use Veritas System Recovery Disk, a component of Veritas System Recovery, during the trial period.
You need a valid license key to use the following key features of Veritas System Recovery Disk:
Back Up My Computer wizard
Recover My Computer wizard, which lets you use Restore Anyware to restore a virtual disk (.vmdk, .vhd, v2i, or vhdx) back to a physical computer that has different hardware.
The trial period ofVeritas System Recovery begins when you do any one of the following in the software:
Define a drive-based or file and folder backup.
Recover a computer.
Copy a drive.
Consolidate incremental recovery points.
Run a drive-based backup or file and folder backup.
Define a scheduled convert to virtual disk job.
Run a scheduled convert to virtual disk job.
Define a one time convert to virtual disk job.
Define a drive-based or file and folder backup.
Recover a computer.
Consolidate incremental recovery points.
Run a drive-based or file and folder backup.
If you use the product in trial mode, it expires after 60 days. However, all features are enabled until the end of the trial period, at which time you must purchase the product or uninstall it. You can purchase a license at any time (even after the trial period expires) without reinstalling the software.
See Activating Veritas System Recovery after the trial period.