Recovery Guide & Best Practices
Cove Data Protection offers multiple recovery options designed for different scenarios. This guide helps you choose the right approach, both when configuring your backups and when it’s time to recover.
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What do you want to recover?
Restore files and folders for Windows / MAC / Linux devices
Restore files and folders for Windows / MAC / Linux devices
Backup method needed:
Guest level backup: File/Folder backup
Best recovery method:
Source system: Launch Backup Manager via dash https://backup.management
Documentation link:
Recovering data with Backup Manager
Restore MS SQL databases
Restore MS SQL databases
Backup method needed:
MS SQL database backup
Best recovery method:
Source system: Launch Backup Manager via dash https://backup.management
Documentation link:
MS SQL recovery
Automated Recovery Testing (full device up to 2TB or OS only for larger devices)
Automated Recovery Testing (full device up to 2TB or OS only for larger devices)
Backup method needed:
Guest level backup: File/Folder backup + System State backup
Best recovery method:
Manage within Recovery Dashboard in the https://backup.management console
Documentation link:
Recovery Testing
Bare-metal recovery for Windows devices
Bare-metal recovery for Windows devices
Backup method needed:
Guest level backup: File/Folder backup + System State backup
Best recovery method:
Use BMR.exe and create bootable USB device. It allows to add additional drivers during USB creation for dissimilar support.
Documentation link:
Bare Metal Recovery Guide
Bare-metal recovery for Linux devices
Bare-metal recovery for Linux devices
Backup method needed:
Guest level backup: File/Folder backup + System State backup
Best recovery method:
Use Linux.iso and create bootable USB drive.
Documentation link:
Bare Metal Recovery for Linux
Restore a physical Windows device to Hyper-V / VMware
Restore a physical Windows device to Hyper-V / VMware
Backup method needed:
Guest level backup: File/Folder backup + System State backup
Best recovery method:
Use One-Time Restores
Documentation link:
One-Time Restores
On-Demand Restore a Windows VM to Hyper-V / VMware
On-Demand Restore a Windows VM to Hyper-V / VMware
Backup method needed:
Guest level backup: File/Folder backup + System State backup
Best recovery method:
Use One-Time Restores
Documentation link:
One-Time Restores
On-Demand Restore Linux VM
On-Demand Restore Linux VM
Backup method needed:
Guest level backup: File/Folder backup + System State backup
Best recovery method:
Use Linux system state recovery
Documentation link:
Linux system state recovery
On-Demand Restore to Microsoft Azure
On-Demand Restore to Microsoft Azure
Backup method needed:
Guest level backup: File/Folder backup + System State backup
Best recovery method:
Use One-Time Restore to Azure
Documentation link:
One-Time Restore to Azure
Appliance disaster recovery with Standby Image to Hyper-V, Azure or ESXi
Appliance disaster recovery with Standby Image to Hyper-V, Azure or ESXi
Backup method needed:
Guest level backup: File/Folder backup + System State backup
Best recovery method:
Use the Standby Image feature
Documentation link:
Standby Image
DRaaS vendor hosted DR environment
DRaaS vendor hosted DR environment
Backup method needed:
Guest level backup: File/Folder backup + System State backup
Best recovery method:
Use Cove DRaaS
Documentation link:
Introduction to Cove Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)
Restore Microsoft 365 data
Restore Microsoft 365 data
Backup method needed:
Use M365 backup to protect Exchange / OneDrive / SharePoint / Teams
Best recovery method:
Manage within https://backup.management
Documentation link:
Restore Microsoft 365 Data
Restore workloads running on Microsoft Azure to Azure
Restore workloads running on Microsoft Azure to Azure
Backup method needed:
Guest-level backup: File/Folder backup + System State backup
Best recovery method:
One-Time Restore to Azure
Documentation link:
Configure N-able Recovery Service on Azure Recovery Locations