Redstor's Enterprise Server Edition (ESE) Agent gives you the option to backup not only a selection of files, but all data and metadata on a system, including the system state, which significantly simplifies the disaster recovery process. When Full System Backup (FSB) is enabled, system information from the time of the backup (e.g. the OS, any installed software, installed updates, and hot fixes) is always included in the backup selection.

How to backup

To enable FSB, simply switch on the button above the workspace in your Agent.

Note: When enabling FSB on an Azure Virtual Machine with a temporary disk, we recommend excluding the temporary disk from the backup selection. Read more here.

How to recover

You have the following options when recovering a Full System Backup:

• Recover your system to a new virtual machine
  • Hyper-V
  • VMware
  • VMware vSphere
• Recover your system to Azure
• Do a Bare Metal Recovery

You can also recover files from a Full System Backup in one of two ways:

• Recover with InstantData Permanent
• Recover with InstantData Temporary

More information

• Limitations of FSR
• FSR to Azure limitations and troubleshooting
• Full System Recovery to Azure on Linux