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Readme

For Windows

Version 5.1

Copyright © 2013-2016 Cristie Software Ltd.All rights reserved.

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Recovery Simulator 5.1 - Readme

1 Recovery Simulator Readme

Welcome to the Cristie Recovery Simulator software. This file contains product installationrequirements, a summary of product enhancements, a summary of bug fixes and late breakinginformation. If any statement here conflicts with any information in other documents supplied with theproduct, this should be deemed as the more accurate.

It contains the following sections:

What's new?

Overview

Current Limitations

Requirements

Known Issues

What's new?

Select product version to see what's new:

Version Release Date

5.1 22 April 2016

4.2 21 December 2015

4.1.2 26 October 2015

4.1 23 September 2015

3.3 4 August 2015

3.2 15 December 2014

3.1 8 September 2014

2.3 1 July 2014

2.2 4 June 2014

2.1 8 November 2013

1.3 24 July 2013

Overview

The Recovery Simulator is a tool used to test the integrity of Disaster Recovery backups made withCristie BMR, EMC Avamar, EMC NetWorker, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager or IBM Spectrum Protectin conjunction with Cristie ABMR/CBMR/NBMR/TBMR Windows 7.3.1 and later, Cristie ABMR/CBMR/NBMR/TBMR Linux 7.3.1 and later, TBMR 7.3.1 for Linux PPC and TBMR 7.3.1 for AIX. Itdoes this by running an automated restore of the backup to one of the supported virtual environmentsVMware vSphere, vCloud, Microsoft Hyper-V, Microsoft Azure, IBM VIOS and IBM TSM for VE.

Current limitations

i) Recovery Simulator is not supported on Windows 'Core' systems.

ii) IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)/Spectrum Protect backupset recovery simulations are notsupported. However image backups are.

iii) IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)/Spectrum Protect encrypted backups are not supported.

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iv) EMC NetWorker encrypted backups are not supported. However password protectedbackups are.

v) Post-boot script support for Linux test systems is only available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux6/7 and Suse Linux Enterprise Standard 11/12 distributions.

vi) When running EMC Avamar based simulations on Windows or Linux systems the hardwaremust be pre-configured in the target VM as Recovery Simulator cannot access the backup atthis time.

vii) When running EMC NetWorker based simulations there may be an IP address conflict withthe original source machine if it is active at the time of the recovery.

viii) If you opt to boot a restored VM there may be an IP address conflict with the original sourcemachine if it is currently active. Please change the VM's hostname and IP address using Advanced Configuration before you start the simulation test if this is likely to occur. This doesnot apply to NBMR recoveries where the original IP address must always be used in therecovery (see limitation above).

ix) Cristie Spectrum Protect backups can only be recovered to a VMware vSphere environment.

x) Only ABMR, CBMR and TBMR recoveries are supported to Microsoft Azure clouds.

xi) Only ABMR, CBMR and TBMR recoveries are supported to Amazon Web Services EC2clouds.

xii) Where supported only Windows 2008 R2 and later OS's are supported to Microsoft Azureand Amazon Web Services EC2 clouds.

xiii) Only TBMR 7.3.1 for AIX and TBMR 7.3.1 for Linux PPC recoveries are supported to IBMVIOS™ Hypervisors.

xiv) For Linux Intel only the recovered system must have an active network at boot for any post-recovery scripts to run.

xv) Recovery Simulator doesn’t currently support Post Recovery functionality in conjunction withEFI(GPT) BIOS based source systems on Microsoft Azure targets.

xvi) Recovery Simulator will provision a new virtual machine as BIOS(MBR) boot, regardless ofthe boot type of the source system.

Requirements

i) Only supports Cristie BMR, EMC Avamar, EMC NetWorker, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager orIBM Spectrum Protect backups configured to use Cristie ABMR/CBMR/NBMR/TBMRWindows 7.3.1 and later and Cristie ABMR/CBMR/NBMR/TBMR Linux 7.3.1 and later.

ii) Only supports IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)/Spectrum Protect backups configured touse TBMR 7.3.1 for Linux PPC/TBMR 7.3.1 for AIX for IBM VIOS™ Hypervisor targets.

iii)Supported virtual environments are VMware vSphere, vCloud, Microsoft Hyper-V, MicrosoftAzure, IBM VIOS and IBM TSM for VE.

iv) Ensure a DHCP server is available in the target VM environment to enable the created VMsto obtain an IP address on boot and perform the scheduled recovery test.

v) The Recovery Simulator can be hosted on Windows 7, 8.1, Server 2008 (including R2) andServer 2012 (also including R2). Both 32 and 64-bit versions are supported where applicable.

vi) The Recovery Simulator can test recoveries of any Windows OS supported by Cristie ABMR/CBMR/NBMR/TBMR Windows 7.3.1 and later.

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vii)The Recovery Simulator can test recoveries of any Linux OS supported by Cristie ABMR/CBMR/NBMR/TBMR Linux 7.3.1 and later.

viii) If Oracle JRE v1.8.0_40 is not detected on the host system, it will be installed automaticallyduring installation.

ix) The minimum supported version of IBM TSM for VE is 7.1.

x) Requires version 7.3.2 of TBMR to support Cristie Spectrum Protect mode recoveries.

xi) To support IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)/Spectrum Protect recovery simulations theIBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)/Spectrum Protect Administrator client and Backup-Archiveclient must be installed. Similarly to support EMC NetWorker simulations, an appropriateEMC NetWorker backup client must be installed and to support EMC Avamar simulations, anappropriate EMC Avamar client must be installed. Note that at least one of these clients mustbe installed prior to installing Recovery Simulator or it will not be possible to install.

Refer to the Cristie ABMR/CBMR/NBMR/TBMR Windows 7.3.1 and later and Cristie ABMR/CBMR/NBMR/TBMR Linux 7.3.1 and later product documentation for an exact list ofsupported backup product client/server versions. Cristie Software Ltd. recommends using theIBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)/Spectrum Protect client version 6.4.0.x (minimum version6.2.0.0), the EMC NetWorker 9.0 client (as a minimum use a version to match the version ofthe EMC NetWorker server containing the backups used for simulation tests) and the EMCAvamar client version 6.1.101 (minimum version 6.0.100).

xii)Supports Microsoft Azure as available to end users in April 2016 and later. RecoverySimulator only supports the recovery of Windows 2008 R2, 2012 and 2012 R2 to MicrosoftAzure.

xiii)Supports the cloning of Linux RHEL/Centos 6.4/6.5/7 x86/x64 and SLES 11 SP3 and SP4SLES 12 x64 only to Microsoft Azure. Note only systems that are booted from the first diskare supported.

xiv) About 70 MB of free disk space is required to install the Recovery Simulator package.

xv) The Recovery Simulator needs certain TCP/UDP ports to be added as exceptions to thesystem firewall if active. This will be done as part of the Recovery Simulator installationprocess.

xvi) A minimum of 2GB RAM size is required on the test VM for recovery to be successful.

Known Issues

i) It is not possible to specify external drives (e.g. USB disks) for loading drivers duringdissimilar hardware preparation.

1.1 5.1

Enhancements

i) Now supports Cristie's CBMR Windows/Linux product for recovery simulations. This includesrecoveries made from TSM, VTD and FTP backup locations where applicable.

ii) Adds a new feature called "Cristie Spectrum Protect" which allows recoveries direct from anyexisting IBM Spectrum Protect backup. This feature does not require a Cristie BMR agent tobe installed on the backed up source system. However, it does still require the use of theTBMR recovery environments.



iii) Recovery Simulator now supports installation on Windows 10 x86/x64.

iv) Now allows selected Windows device mode services to be disabled on the recovered system.This is a Windows feature only.

v) Recovery Simulator data files have now been moved to a new folder located in %ProgramData%.

vi) The results of a schedule's Post Recovery check are now saved historically.

vii) Now supports EMC NetWorker Storage Node DR recoveries.

viii) Now supports Linux Intel SLES 11 SP4 and SLES 12 recoveries.

ix) Now allows CIFS and NFS network mounts to be used when locating a CBMR Linux backupfile (VTD).

x) The suite installer now checks for the installed service pack level and disallows installs onWindows OS's without the required minimum service pack.

xi) The Microsoft C++ 2015 redistributables are now installed by the suite installer. This allowsthe pre-requisite to prompt the user for a reboot if required. In earlier versions the pre-requisitewas installed silently sometimes causing a reboot without prompting the user first.

xii) The Microsoft Universal C Run Time (UCRT) KB2999226 update is now installed on the hostsystem by the suite installer. This is a dependency of the Microsoft C++ 2015 redistributablesabove.

xiii) All Recovery Simulator installers and file components are now digitally signed with a SHA-256 based digital certificate.

xiv) This release no longer supports Windows desktop XP x86/x64 and Windows server 2003x86/x64 platforms for hosting Recovery Simulator or schedules.

xv) This release no longer supports recoveries of Cristie's SBMR product.

xvi) This release no longer supports recovery simulations to IBM SoftLayer clouds.

xvii)This release no longer supports recoveries made with the 32-bit versions of the Cristie BMRLinux Intel products.

xviii) Documentation updated for this release.

Bug Fixes

i) For Windows recoveries, when using the "Obtain config from backup" option when creating aschedule, only the first network interface definition was retrieved. This has now been correctedand all network interface definitions are retrieved from the backup.

ii) Fixed a problem where Recovery Simulator installation failed to install JRE v1.8.0_40 onWindows 2012 and Windows 2012 R2.

iii)Recovery Simulator failed to detect nodes with expired passwords when running a TSM for VErecovery. This caused the Recovery Simulator schedule to hang. This is now fixed.

iv) The second run of scheduled recovery to Azure, where the target VM has been kept afterinitial run, always failed. This is now fixed.

v) It was not possible to abort a schedule that was started on vSphere but booted with the wrongproduct ISO. This is now fixed.

vi) Recovery Simulator would still give a pricing estimate for an OS that isn't supported on acloud target. This is now fixed.

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1.2 4.2

Enhancements

i) Now supports IBM VIOS™ as a target for TBMR for AIX PPC recovery simulations.

ii) Now supports IBM VIOS™ as a target for TBMR for Linux PPC recovery simulations.

iii)Now provides illustrations of the cost of provisioning a recovered machine in a cloudenvironment.

iv) Added the ability to automatically delete VMs that have been rebooted after a recovery testafter a set period of time.

v) It is now possible to select the boot disk number rather than always defaulting to the first.

vi) Now provides recovery simulation event emails in HTML form.

vii) It is now possible to independently specify a post recovery action for recovery failure andrecovery success.

viii) In the schedule display added tool-tips for the clickable simulation status fields to clarifytheir use.

ix) Added the ability to send optional anonymised recovery simulation statistics to CristieSoftware Ltd..

x) Removed support for <%CP_SOFTLAYER%> as a recovery simulation target environment.

xi)Modified the Microsoft Azure settings option to prompt for the new fields Application ID andpassword. These are required for cost illustration purposes.

xii) Documentation updated for this release.

Bug Fixes

i) When using the "Match with original" option in Advanced Configuration, the original RAM sizewas ignored. This is now corrected.

ii) Added Windows 2012R2 as an option in the schedule advanced configuration OS type.

iii)Corrected a problem when setting the target configuration which did not allow a networkinterface with a static IP to be changed to DHCP.

iv) There were certain inconsistencies between the icons used for Recovery Simulator. This isnow corrected.

v) The option to delete VM after recovery when running a Recover Now simulation test has beenadded.

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1.3 4.1.2

Enhancements

i) Now runs consistency checks on a recovered booted Windows system post simulation. Theresults are reported on-screen as part of the schedule simulation status display.



ii) Now reports recovery status updated in real-time during a Linux system simulation test.

iii)Documentation updated for this release.

Bug Fixes

None.

1.4 4.1

Enhancements

i) The product has been renamed Recovery Simulator.

ii) Now reports recovery status updated in real-time during the simulation.

iii)Now allows a user defined VM name for the target system instead of a pre-defined name.

Bug Fixes

None.

1.5 3.3

Enhancements

i) Added support for scheduled test recoveries to Amazon Web Services EC2 target virtualenvironments for Windows and Linux. Note only ABMR and TBMR products are supportedwith this release.

ii) Updated the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to version 1.8.0_40. This will be automaticallyinstalled if not detected.

iii) Now supports RHEL 7 recoveries for Linux.

iv) Microsoft Security Update KB2918614 (issued August 2014) no longer prevents RecoverySimulator and CDS upgrading (mostly observed on Windows 2003).

v) The remote VNC server for recoveries to public clouds is now started by default.

vi) Hourly billing is now enabled by default for recoveries to <%CP_SOFTLAYER%>.

vii) It is now possible to delete a recovery VM at a specified time in the future.

Bug Fixes

i) The Recover Now job creation dialogue no longer allows an invalid configuration to beselected.

ii) Now allows more than 1 NIC to be reconfigured upon recovery for both Windows and Linux.

iii) All user supplied IP addresses are now validated for being in the correct format. This causeda runtime exception in some circumstances.

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1.6 3.2

Enhancements

i) Changed the product name from "Recovery Simulator" to Recovery Simulator.

ii) Now supports multiple Cristie BMR products. Previous releases only supported a single BMRproduct.

iii) The initial supported Cristie BMR product selection is made during Recovery Simulatorinstallation. The supported products can be changed post installation by the Activate/Deactivate Product selection option in the Setting/Tools menu.

iv) Added support for scheduled test recoveries to <%CP_SOFTLAYER%> target virtualenvironments for Windows and Linux. Note only ABMR and TBMR products are supportedwith this release.

v) Windows RDP support is automatically enabled post boot for recovery simulations toMicrosoft Azure and Microsoft Hyper-V targets.

vi) Added help/info button shown on Configuration Wizard Schedule Source page for VM namewhen setting up TSM for VE.

vii) It is now possible to view the selected Recover Now settings (e.g. ISO, target config etc.)from the Recover Now/View Status main menu option.

viii) Recovery Simulator tokens are no longer Cristie BMR product specific.

Bug Fixes

i) Now correctly runs multiple Windows/Linux post-recovery scripts on boot of the recoveredsystem. The previous release only ran one script.

1.7 3.1

Enhancements

i) Added support for scheduled test recoveries to Microsoft Azure target virtual environments forWindows and Linux.

ii) Added support for scheduled test recoveries to IBM TSM for VE target virtual environments forWindows and Linux.

iii) Added a "Recover Now" feature which allows an immediate recovery test to be startedwithout the need for licensing, supplying tokens or setting up a schedule first.

Bug Fixes

None.

1.8 2.3

Enhancements

i) Added recovery simulation support for <%CP_SIMPANA%> backups created in conjunctionwith Cristie <%CP_SBMR%> for Windows.



ii) The separate Schedules and Status tabs in the the main console GUI have been merged intoa single window to simplify the interface.

iii) One of the supported ABMR, CBMR, NBMR or TBMR Cristie products must be selected atinstall time. This is now mandatory. The installation will detect which product backup client(s)are installed and only offer the corresponding BMR product(s) in the selection list. Normallyonly one backup product will be installed so only one BMR product will be pre-selected whichis fixed.

iv) Added the ability to run post-boot scripts after a successful simulation for Linux test systems.This can be used to run Customer specific tests. Note only supports RHEL6 SLES 11

v) A tick-box is provided on the final installation wizard page to run the Recovery Simulatorconsole immediately on exit.

vi) When a new ISO is uploaded to one of the VMware vSphere, vCloud, Microsoft Hyper-V,Microsoft Azure, IBM VIOS and IBM TSM for VE servers it is now automatically selected bydefault.

vii)The default RAM size setting for a target VM is now 2 GB (it was 1 GB before).

Bug Fixes

i) It is now possible to upload ISOs to Microsoft Hyper-V servers.

ii) No longer adds the Time Zone offset for Point-in-Time (PIT) simulation test.

iii) It is no longer possible to create a schedule having multiple instances of the same source/target pairing.

iv) When uploading an ISO the Event Log now includes the target destination path.

v) It is no longer possible to select a 32-bit (x86) architecture when using the Advancedschedule setup feature for Windows 2008R2, 2012 and 2012R2 OS's.

vi) Fixed the text truncation on the "Retrieve Details" dialogue when scanning the configuration ofa Cristie BMR, EMC Avamar, EMC NetWorker, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager or IBM SpectrumProtect server. The progress bar display has also been corrected.

1.9 2.2

Enhancements

i) Added recovery simulation support for EMC Avamar backups created in conjunction withCristie ABMR for Windows and Linux.

ii) Now supports simulations for Cristie ABMR/CBMR/NBMR/TBMR Linux 7.3.1 and laterproducts.

iii) Added the ability to scan the Cristie BMR, EMC Avamar, EMC NetWorker, IBM TivoliStorage Manager or IBM Spectrum Protect backup servers and Hypervisor servers in thebackground.

iv) Added the ability to run post-boot scripts after a successful simulation for Windows testsystems. This can be used to run Customer specific tests.

v) Added general usability improvements to the Recovery Simulator User interface.

vi) A Hypervisor server can now be defined by hostname instead of IP Address.

vii) Added the ability to select automatic reboot or leave a VM in place but unbooted after a

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simulation test.

viii) Now prevents a simulation running while the source system is being backed up.

ix) Now allows a TSM admin console to be used on a different communications port to the BAclient.

x) An entry to the Recovery Simulator Event Log is made and an on-screen warning displayedwhen the available token count is low (less than 10).

xi) Added the ability to run a schedule on the last day of each month.

xii) Now shows the amount of free space available on Hypervisor data-stores.

xiii) Added a VM power off/deleted status check when selecting the refresh option in the status/schedule tabs of the RS Console interface.

xiv) Added UNC/NFS path validation when used to specify EMC Avamar/EMC NetWorker clientinstallation RPMs.

xv) Event log entries now indicate a Warning/Error or Information status.

xvi) Added a note on the EMC NetWorker server settings reminding customers to ensure the RShost is configured correctly on a EMC NetWorker server.

Bug Fixes

i) The edit/paste of a Token Code into the Configuration Wizard was not always working asexpected. This has been fixed.

ii) Now correctly reports a failed recovery due to the expiry of a TSM node password.

iii) Fixed an issue where a message was displayed indicating successful contract activationwhen in fact a token code was used.

iv) Fixed a java.lang.NullPointerException thrown when a vApp in vCloud was manually removedunexpectedly.

v) Recovery Simulator logs no longer contain passwords in plain text.

1.10 2.1

Enhancements

i) Added recovery simulation support for EMC NetWorker backups created in conjunction withCristie NBMR.

ii) Now supports simulations made to Microsoft Hyper-V™.

iii) A configuration wizard has been added to simplify the initial Recovery Simulator setup.

iv) A feedback feature has been added to allow Users to email feedback on the product direct toCristie Software Ltd..

Bug Fixes

i) None.



1.11 1.3

Enhancements

First release.

Bug Fixes

First release.

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