Server / Desktop Edition /for Hyper-V Startup Guide

2nd Edition September, 2018

Table of Contents
1. Overview ..................................................................................................... 1

System Requirements ........................................................................................ 1

2. Installation ..................................................................................................... 3

3. Product Activation ........................................................................................... 9

4. Backup ....................................................................................................... 12

Backup Once .................................................................................................. 12

Scheduled Backup ............................................................................................ 19

5. Boot Environment Builder ............................................................................. 29

Build Windows-PE based Boot Environment ........................................................ 29

6. Restore ....................................................................................................... 35

File Recovery ................................................................................................. 35

System Recovery ............................................................................................ 40

7. Image Manager ............................................................................................. 49

Verify Image .................................................................................................. 51

Consolidate Image Files ................................................................................... 52

Archive Backup Image File .................................................................................. 54

Compute MD5 hash value ................................................................................... 55

Delete ........................................................................................................... 57

Mount Backup Image ......................................................................................... 57

8. Manage Remote Host ..................................................................................... 60

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Push Install ..................................................................................................... 60

Network client management console ...................................................................... 65

9. vStandby ..................................................................................................... 69

10. ImageBoot ................................................................................................. 76

APPENDIX ...................................................................................................... 84

ActiveImage Protector & Support Information ........................................................... 84

1. Overview
ActiveImage Protector is a backup and recovery solution designed with the latest sector-based
disk imaging technology to flexibly support Windows machines in a variety of system
environments ranging from legacy machines to the latest virtual machines.

ActiveImage Protector provides features essential for a backup solution such as Hot Imaging
feature allowing you to back up a running system, Cold Imaging feature enabling you to create a
backup image of a clean Windows system before starting it up, fast Incremental Backup that
includes only the sectors that have changed since the last full or incremental backup image was
written, Command Line Interface allowing backups to be administered by third-party system
management tools.

System Requirements

The following are the system requirements for ActiveImage Protector Server Edition / Desktop
Edition.

Before you start using ActiveImage Protector Server Edition / Desktop Edition, please ensure that
the following system requirements are met.

CPU Pentium 4 or above CPU

Main Memory (RAM） 1024MB or more is required.

Hard Disk 1.5GB or more of available disk space is required.

DVD-ROM Drive Necessary to install the product, boot or start up ActiveImage Protector
boot environment

Supported Windows: Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2,
Operating System Windows Server 2008 (x86/x64) and 2008 R2, Windows Storage Server
(Server Edition) 2016, Windows Storage Server 2012 and 2012 R2, Windows Storage
Server 2008 and 2008 R2, Windows Server 2003 SP2（x86/x64）R2
Hypervisor: Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V (Hot ＆ Cold Imaging),
Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 Hyper-V (Hot & Cold Imaging),
Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V (Hot & Cold Imaging)

Supported Windows Server 2008 R2 or later server OS (including Hyper-V Server)

Operating System on which Hyper-V is configured.

(for Hyper-V *As for Windows Server 2008 R2, please make sure that Microsoft .Net
Enterprise) Framework 4.5 or later is already configured.

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* As to the limitations for using the product, please refer to the release note included in
ActiveImage Protector’s media.

* This document includes the screen shots captured in Server Edition, the operating procedures
are the same for Desktop Edition.

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2. Installation
The following are the operating procedures required to install ActiveImage Protector on the
machine specified as backup source.

1. Set the product media to the machine to start the installation launcher. Click on [Install]. If
the launcher does not start, please execute Launch.exe in the product media.

Note) Server/Desktop Edition:

When you click on [ActiveVisor], you can install “ActiveVisor” . When you click on [Other

products], you can install “ImageCenter LE” or “vStandby AIP” or “ImageBoot”.

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 Note) for Hyper-V Enterprise:

When you click on [ActiveVisor], you can install “ActiveVisor” . When you click on [Other

products], you can install “ImageCenter LE” or “ReZoom it!”.

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2. Click [Next].

3. Please review the End User's License Agreement.

Check the box next to [I accept the terms of the License Agreement] to continue the
installation. Click [Next].

4. Enter the product key. [Activate afater the install completes] option may be selected to
automatically activate the product upon completion of the installation process. Click [Next].

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5. Select [Typical] for the setup type and click [Next].

6. Review the installation settings and click [Install] to complete the installation.

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7. Please wailt until installation of ActiveImage Protector completes.

8. Upon completion of the product installation, eject the product media and select [Reboot
now] to reboot the machine immediately and [Finish].
The machine is automatically rebooted.

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3. Product Activation
Manual activation of the installed ActiveImage Protector terminates the live trial period. If
the [Activate after the install completes...] was checked to automatically activate the
product upon completion of installation, the following procedures are not required.

Two types of activation practices are supported; one is traditional online activation over the
internet and the other is offline activation on standalone machine with no internet connection
due to security reason.

Offline activation:
●No auto-update over network
●No E-Mail communication updating you with the latest information about ActiveImage
Protector is provided from NetJapan.

The following are the operating procedures for online activation.

1. Start ActiveImage Protector

Windows Server 2008 R2 or earlier server OS:

Click [Start] – [All Programs] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows 7 or earlier Desktop OS:

Click [Start] – [All Programs] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows Server 2012 or later server OS:

Click [Start] – [Applications] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows Server 8 or later Desktop OS：

Click [Start] – [Applications] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

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 2. Click [Help] and select [Activation] from the drop down menu.

Note) The left pane of ActiveImage Protector for Hyper-V Enterprise screen is

different from the one of Server Edition.

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3. Enter the product key and click [Activation].

4. When you get the following message, activation process completes. Click [OK].

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4. Backup

Backup Once

The following are the operating procedures for Backup Once.

1. Start ActiveImage Protector

Windows Server 2008 R2 or earlier server OS:

Click [Start] – [All Programs] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows 7 or earlier Desktop OS:

Click [Start] – [All Programs] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows Server 2012 or later server OS:Click [Start] – [Applications] – [NetJapan]

– [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows Server 8 or later Desktop OS：

Click [Start] – [Applications] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

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2. Click [Backup] – [Backup Once].

Note) The left pane of ActiveImage Protector for Hyper-V Enterprise screen is

different from the one of Server Edition.

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 3. Select backup source.
The following example shows that the entire disk is selected for the backup source.
Click [Entire Disk] and check the checkbox for [Disk 0].
When the backup source is selected, click [Next].

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4. Select a target destination for the backup image.
The following example show that “ \\192.168.123.77\disk “ in the network shared folder
is specified for the target destination.
Click [Select Folder].

5. Please specify the path for the location of the target destination.
Please enter the following path “ \\192.168.123.77\disk “ for the target destination and
press Enter key.

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 6. Please enter the credentials to access the target destiantion.
User Name must be specified in “Host Name \ User Name” format.
The following example shows that the host name “192.168.123.77” and user name
“aipuser” are entered. The credentials are predefined to access the destination folder.
Enter “ \\192.168.123.77\aipuser” for [User Name] and the password for [Password].
Click [Connect].

7. Ensure the target destination is correctly specified and click [Select Folder].

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8. Specify the backup image file name.
The following example shows that “backup01” is specified for the image file (the file
extention is automatically entered.)
Enter “backup01” for [File Name] and click [Next].

9. The backup configuration and option settings are displayed.

Review the settings and click [Done] to start the backup task.

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 10. When the backup task is started, the current task information is displayed in
[Dashboard].

11. When the progress of [Running] task indicates “100%”, the backup process is
completed.

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Scheduled Backup

The following are the operating procedures for Scheduled Backup.

1. Start ActiveImage Protector.

Windows Server 2008 R2 or earlier server OS:

Click [Start] – [All Programs] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows 7 or earlier Desktop OS:

Click [Start] – [All Programs] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows Server 2012 or later server OS:

Click [Start] – [Applications] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows Server 8 or later Desktop OS：

Click [Start] – [Applications] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

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 2. Click [Backup] – [Create Backup Schedule].

Note) The left pane of ActiveImage Protector for Hyper-V Enterprise screen is different
from the one of Server Edition.

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3. Select backup source.
The following example shows that the entire disk is selected for the backup source.
Click [Entire Disk] and check the checkbox for [Disk 0].
When the backup source is selected, click [Next].

4. Select a target destination for the backup image.

The following example shows that “ \\192.168.123.77\disk “ in the network shared folder
is specified for the target destination.
Click [Select Folder].

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 5. Please specify the path for the location of the target destination.
Please enter the following path “ \\192.168.123.77\disk “ for the target destination and
press Enter key.

6. Please enter the credentials to access the target destiantion.

User Name must be specified in “Host Name \ User Name” format.
The following example shows that the host name “192.168.123.77” and user name
“aipuser” are entered. The credentials are predefined to access the destination folder.
Enter “192.168.123.77\aipuser” for [User Name] and the password for [Password].
Click [Connect].

If you specify the same target destination that you selected before, since the

credentials are saved, the windows for the above step 5 and 6 are skipped.

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7. Ensure the target destination is correctly specified and click [Select Folder].

8. Specify the backup image file name.

The following example shows that “schedule 01” is specified for the task name,
“backup02” for the image file name (the file extention is automatically entered.)
Enter “schedule 01” for [Task Name], “backup02” for [File Name].

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 9. Configure Compression settings. ActiveImage Protector provides two compression
types.
One is Standard Compression that offers the common file / folder compression tool
same as ZIP. The other is Deduplication Compression designed to create index for
every block of backup stream and delete duplicated blocks when identified while
creating a backup image file. Deduplication Compression feature efficiently and
dramatically reduces backup storage space requirements on a server hosting multiple
virtual machines.
Check the checkbox for [Compression] in [Option] pane. When [Deduplication
Compression] option is selected, [Level 2] (Optimized) and [Change temp folder]
are enables.

The compression level goes up according to the compression ratio.

When a backup task runs in boot environment, the temporary work folder is

located on memory by default, therefore, please be aware that the available space

in the temporary work folder may be insufficient. If the backup source includes

large data volume, please change the temporary work folder to other location such

as the target destination.

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10. To enable Deduplication Compresshin feature by default, go to [Preference] –
[Deduplication] and check the checkbox for [Set as default compression] and select
[Deduplication Compression] for [Default Level]. Click [Apply].

11. Schedule type can be selected to configure the backup schedule.

The following example shows the weekly backup schedule settings.
・Base backup: Weekly
・Incremental backup: Weekly
・Base backup: Every Sunday at 1:00 AM
・Incremental backup: From Monday to Friday at 1:00 AM

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 After configuring the settings, click [OK].

12. Configure the option settings including Retention Policy, BootCheck and Consolidation
for post backup processing.
Check the checkbox for [Enable Retention Policy] option and enter “3” for [Number of
image sets to retain:] (3 sets of incremental backup files are retained in the target
destination before deletion).
Please configure the BootCheck settings in [Post Backup Process] section. Check the
checkbox for [ImageCheck] and [Unconfigured].

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13. In [ImageCheck] tab, check the checkbox for [Enable BootCheck].

14. Click [Consolidation] tab. Check the checkbox for [Enable Consolidation].
Incremental backup saves processing time, however, recurring scheduled backup tasks
creates a growing and sometimes unmanageable number of incremental files.
Consolidation consolidates an uninterrupted series of backup image files in the same
generation set to facilitate file management.
The following example shows that 15 consolidated files are retained while the latest 30
incremental files are saved. Consolidation task runs whenever a new incremental
backup file is created.
Click [Done] to go back to [Schedule] window.

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 When the option settings are configured, click [Next].

15. In [Summary] window, review the backup configuration and options.

Click [Done] to complete backup setting.

16. Go to [Dashboard] – [Schedule] to monitor the created schedle. The scheduled

backup task runs according to the schedule you specified.

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5. Boot Environment Builder

Build Windows-PE based Boot Environment

1. Start by selecting [BE Builder (Windows PE)] from the [Utilities] menu bar.

2. Microsoft Windows ADK or AIK is required to be installed on the host to build the
Windows PE based boot environments.
As for Windows ADK, please select the following components to install:
· Deployment Tools
· Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE)

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 3. [Welcome to Boot Environment Builder] window comes up, then click on [Next].

4. Specify the Windows PE toolkit needed for the installed operating system by clicking
the appropriate radio button. The 32-bit version of Windows PE boot environment can
be built on 64-bit host. The information of a specific Windows PE toolkit can be
displayed. Click [Next].

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5. Specify device driver(s) to include in the boot environment.
Network and storage device drivers included in the current system are detected and
listed on the left pane. Click [Load INF file] to add a driver by selecting INF file if the
driver is not listed.
After selecting a driver to add, click on [==>] to include the driver in [Embedded
driver(s)]. To exclude a driver from [Embedded driver(s)], select the driver and click
on [<==]. Click [Next].
* Only LAN (Ethernet) driver is supported as network driver.

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 6. Specify the Language, Keyboard type, Time zone and/or Display resolution for the
Windows PE boot environment by selecting the preferred option from the drop-down
menu.
Click [Next].

7. Select the bootable media to build the boot environment.

PreBoot environment - Creates the boot environment in the system volume to boot
from the hard disk.
ISO Images - Creates an ISO image file in the specified location. The created ISO file
may be burned to DVD media at a later time.
* [DVD media] option is not provided for Windows XP/2003. After creating ISO image,
please use a third-party writing software to burn the ISO image to DVD media.
USB device boot environment - Creates boot environment on a USB memory device.
The USB media currently connected to the PC may be selected. All data on the
selected USB media device will be erased.
* [USB device boot environment] option is not provided for Windows XP/2003.

Click [Next].

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8. Please review the configured settings.
Click [< Prev] to make changes to previous settings. Click on a node to go back to a
specific page. Click on [Build Windows PE environment] to display the confirmation
message. Click on [OK] to start building Windows PE environment. You can monitor the
progress in the following window.

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 9. When boot environment creation completes, the following message is displayed. Click
on [OK] to close the window.

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6. Restore

File Recovery

A specific file or folder can be restored from a backup image file to a specified location. Please take
the following procedures.

1. Start ActiveImage Protector.

Windows Server 2008 R2 or earlier server OS:

Click [Start] – [All Programs] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows 7 or earlier Desktop OS:

Click [Start] – [All Programs] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows Server 2012 or later server OS:

Click [Start] – [Applications] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows Server 8 or later Desktop OS：

Click [Start] – [Applications] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

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 2. Select [Recovery] – [File Recovery].

Note) The left pane of ActiveImage Protector for Hyper-V Enterprise screen is

different from the one of Server Edition.

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3. Select the backup image file in [Backup Destination]. You can specify the path for the
destination. This example shows that “ \\192.168.123.77\disk “ is specified for the
destination. Press Enter key.

4. Select the backup source host from the list and recovery point. Click [Next].
The information of the selected recovery point (image) is displayed in [Backup
Information].

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 5. Check the checkbox for the items in [Backed up files] to restore. The selected items
are listed in [Recovery Items].
The following Recovery Options may be configured.
・Copy ACL - The selected file is restored keeping Access Control List (ACL)
configured for restore source file.
・Not overwrite existing folder or file – If there already exists a file / folder in the
destination, the file / folder is restored under a unique name instead of overwriting the
existing file.

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6. Click［…］(Browse) to select the destination to save the restored item.
Click [Save].

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 7. Click [Done] to start the recovery process.

System Recovery

The following are the operating procedures for system recovery by using boot environment in USB
device or optical media built with ActiveImage Protector BE Builder.
Note: Please be aware that, as a result of system recovery, the data stored in local folder are
entirely purged.

1. Set the boot media to your machine and boot into the boot environment from the boot
media. Please wait until boot environment completedly boots up.

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Note) The left pane of ActiveImage Protector for Hyper-V Enterprise screen is

different from the one of Server Edition.

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 2. Please configurethe network settings in order to access the network shared folder
specified for the target destination.
Select [Utilities] – [Network Setting].

3. [NetJapan Network Config] windows is displayed. This example shows that [Use the
Following IP address] is selected. Please configure the settings according to your
network environment. Specify “192.168.123.76” for [IP Address:], “255.255.255.0” for
[Subnet mask], “192.168.123.254” for [Default gateway], Select [Use the following
DNS server address] and enter “192.168.123.254”. Click [Apply] and [OK] to
complete the settings.

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4. Go to [Option] – [Launch Command Prompt] and ensure that the settings such as IP
Address are correctly configured. Enter “ipconfig” command and press Enter key. Make
sure that the IP address is correctly specified.

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 5. Select [Recovery] – [Volume Recovery].

6. Enter “ \\192.168.123.77\disk ” for [Backup Destination] and press Enter key.

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7. For user authentication, please enter “192.168.123.77\aipuser” for user name and
predefined passwork. Click [Connect].

8. Select Source Computer and Recovery Point. Click [Next].

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 9. [Restore Settings] window is displayed.

10. Right-click on the restore source selected in [Source Objects] and select “Disk 0 -
Basic (GPT)” for [Target].

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11. Please review the settings in [Target Settings] and click [Next].

12. Review the summary and click [Done] to complete.

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 13. Restore task started.

14. When the Progress reatches “100%”, the recovery task completed. Select [Operation]
– [End] to shut down or reboot the machine.

Ensure that the restore task successfully completed.

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7. Image Manager
Image Manager tools provide a number of options that provide efficient management of backup image
files.

1. Start ActiveImage Protector.

Windows Server 2008 R2 or earlier server OS:

Click [Start] – [All Programs] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows 7 or earlier Desktop OS:

Click [Start] – [All Programs] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows Server 2012 or later server OS:

Click [Start] – [Applications] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows Server 8 or later Desktop OS：

Click [Start] – [Applications] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

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 2. Select [Image Manager] - [Image Manager].

Note) The left pane of ActiveImage Protector for Hyper-V Enterprise screen is

different from the one of Server Edition.

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 3. Select a backup image file.

Verify Image

1. Verify the integrity of a backup image. Select a file then click [Verify].

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2. Upon completion of Verify task, the status and progress are displayed as follows.

Consolidate Image Files

1. Select multiple incremental backup images to consolidate them into a single

incremental file. Select the files and click [Consolidate] in the right pane.
You can configure the following option settings.
Keep original image files - By default, the original image files will be deleted after the
consolidated file is created. Check this box to retain the original files.
Compute MD5 - Check this box to create an MD5 checksum file for the consolidated
image file.
Execution Priority - Depending on the number of processes running on the system,
adjust the execution priority for the consolidation process.
Post task execution processing - Choices included are
to [Reboot] or [Shutdown] once the consolidated file is created.

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2. Upon completion of the consolidation task, the following window is displayed.

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Archive Backup Image File

1. Archive feature unifies a base image file and an uninterrupted series of incremental
files in the same generation set into a full backup file and saves it under a different
name. Select a full (base image file) and incremental files from the same generation
set.

2. You can configure the following option settings.

Compute MD5 - Creates an MD5 checksum file for the archived file.
Priority - Depending on the number of processes running on the system, adjust the
execution priority for the archiving process.
Post task execution processing - Choices included are
to [Reboot] or [Shutdown] once the archived file is created.

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 3. Upon completion of Archive task, the following information is displayed in Dashboard
window.

Compute MD5 hash value

1. Create an MD5 checksum for the selected image file. This can be used as a security
measure to check if internal tampering of the image file has occurred in a copy of the
image.

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 2. Upon completion of computing MD5, the following information is displayed in
Dashboard window.

Please make sure that the MD5 file is created by using Windows Explorer.

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Delete

You can select to delete a base or incremental image file(s). Please keep in mind that this type
of deletion cannot be undone.

Mount Backup Image

1. Go to [Image Manager] and select [Mount Image].

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 2. Select the backup image to mount. If the selected image includes multiple disks, select
a disk.
Select a volume to mount from the image.
Specify the drive letter and click [Mount]. The image file can be mounted as read-only
(default) by selecting the [Mount as Read-only] option.

3. In the mounted image file, you can select and open or copy a file / folder in the same
manner as you operate read-only drive in Windows Explorer.

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4. To unmount the image file, Select a mount point from the [Mounted Volume].
Click [Unmount].

*Uncheck [Mount as Read-only] option to mount the image file as writable. The changes
made to the image file are saved in a differential image file (.aix) after the volume is
unmounted.

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8. Manage Remote Host

This topic describes Push Install and Network Client Management Console. These features are
enabled by selecting [Console] in [Preferences] menu.

Push Install

Note) The Push Install function is invalid on ActiveImage Protector for Hyper-V Enterprise

Please select [Enable Push Install] option in [Advanced Options] in the above [Preference]
Window.

1. Start ActiveImage Protector.

Windows Server 2008 R2 or earlier server OS:

Click [Start] – [All Programs] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows 7 or earlier Desktop OS:

Click [Start] – [All Programs] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows Server 2012 or later server OS:

Click [Start] – [Applications] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows Server 8 or later Desktop OS：

Click [Start] – [Applications] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

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2. Select [Push Install] in [Utilities] menu.

To install ActiveImage Protector, select [Install or upgrade NetJapan software on

the remote network computers] and click [Next ].

3. Select [Install Package]. Enter [Product Key] and [Number of Licenses] and click [Next].

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 4. Please specify the host to install the product.
You can search for the host name from the networked hosts or directly enter the host
name.
You can specify the criteria and filtering conditions to search for a specific networked
host.
・Windows network : A search for host computers on the same network is performed.
・Windows Active Directory : A list of host computers in the specified Active Directory
is obtained.
・Search all computers：All hosts are searched.
・Search by Product Installed : The hosts on which ActiveImage Protector is installed
are listed.
・Search No Product Installed : The hosts on which ActiveImage Protector is not
installed are listed
This example shows that [Search all computers] option is selected. Check the checkbox
for “SERVER02” in the host list on which ActiveImage Protector is not installed, and
click [Next].

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5. You can configure the installation option settings. Please select the components to
install in [Component] option. [Options] provides the options for post-installation
behavior (reboot / activate).
・Do not reboot the system : Select this option not to reboot the system upon
completion of the product installation. Your computer must be restarted to complete the
installation and start operation of the ActiveImage Protector agent even when this
option is enabled.
・Automatically activate : Upon completion of the product installation you can
predefine whether the product is automatically activated.

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 Enter credentials and click [Next].

6. Review the settings and click [Install]. Installation of ActiveImage Protector starts.

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 7. Upon completion of installation, [Succeeded] is indicated for [Status] in the following
window. Click [Close] to end Push Install.

Network client management console

You can monitor the status and manage ActiveImage Protector installed on a networked remote host.

1. Start ActiveImage Protector.

Windows Server 2008 R2 or earlier server OS:

Click [Start] – [All Programs] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows 7 or earlier Desktop OS:

Click [Start] – [All Programs] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows Server 2012 or later server OS:

Click [Start] – [Applications] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows Server 8 or later Desktop OS：

Click [Start] – [Applications] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

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 2. Before you start using Remote Control feature, you need to display a list of remote
hosts in [Management Console] window. Click [Add New Computers].

3. Specify the host to add to the list. You can add a new computer by selecting [Discover]
or [Manual]. This example show that [Discover] and [Search all computers] option are
selected. Check the checkbox for “Server02” in the host list and click [Add].

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4. Enter the credentials to access the host.

5. “Server02” is added to the Managed Computers list.

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 6. Select a host from the list and double-click or right-cllick on the host. Select [Remote]
from the context menu to directly connect to agent installed on remote host from the
console.

7. When connection is successfully established, the status bar is green-colored. Now one-
click offers execution of scheduling backup tasks on remote network hosts and
monitoring log information.

8. Double-click on the local host name to disconnect from the remote host.

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9. vStandby
vStandby is a software solution that creates and maintains dormant virtual replicas of physical or
virtual machines to provide a switch-over option in the event of failure of the source machine.
This virtual standby virtual replica is kept current by taking scheduled incremental P2V boot points of
the source machine. This ensures a successful start-up of the standby virtual machine created at the
point in time before the system failure. vStandby is equally valuable as a tool for migrating legacy
physical machines to an ESXi or Hyper-V host in real-time. Minimal downtime is expected as
NetJapan's P2V technology is utilized for the migration of the legacy machines.
Note) The vStandby function is invalid on ActiveImage Protector for Hyper-V Enterprise

For detailed system requirements, please refer to NetJapan web site.

1. To start creating a virtual standby replica, click [vStandby] from the left menu.
[Welcome to vStandby] window is displayed. Click [Create Virtual Standby Replica].

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 2. Select the source disk to create the standby virtual machine by checking the checkbox
for the source disk in the disk map or the list. Click [Next].

3. Select ESXi or Hyper-V for the target host to create virtual standby replica. This
example shows that [Hyper-V] is selected. Enter “192.168.123.25 “ and click [Connect].

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4. Enter credentials to log in Hyper-V host. Enter “Administrator” for [User Name] and the
predefined password for [Password].

5. Hyper-V Host Information is displayed. Click [Next].

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 6. [Configure Virtual Standby Replica] window is displayed. Please configure the virtual
standby replica settings. In [VM Settings] please enter [VM Name], [VHD(X) Name],
[Select Volume], [Disk Type]. In Network Settings please enter [Virtual Switch], [IP
Config]. Click [Next]. [Virtual Switch] is configured on host machine and [IP Address]
configured on source machine.

7. You can configure weekly or monthly intervals for creating incremental boot points of
the standby virtual machine. The following example shows Weekly schedule setting
window. Click [Next].

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8. Please configure the option settings. You can configure the maximum limit (up to 30)
for the number of boot points to create for a virtual standby replica. When the number
of the boot points reaches the predefined limit, the most and the second obsolete boot
points are merged.
Set the priority for the vStandby Windows process. Adjusting the priority setting can
allocate more or less CPU time for the vStandby processes. This is all dependent on
the number of other mission critical applications running on the protected
machine. Click [Next].

9. [Summary] window is displayed. Review the settings and click [Finish].

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 10. vStandby task is created. If you wan to run the task immediately, click [OK].

11. Dashboard monitors scheduled recurring tasks.

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12. When a virtual standy replica is created, the following window is displayed.

13. On Hyper-V host, you can monitor the virtual standby replica as follows.

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10. ImageBoot
ImageBoot immediately starts a virtual machine from any ActiveImage Protector backup image file.
ImageBoot is developed based on NetJapan’s virtual conversion technology but bypasses lengthy
physical to virtual conversion and recovery process. As is often the case, it takes about a couple of
hours to restore a 1TB backup image file. The use of ImageBoot enables you to boot a backup image
file as a virtual machine in as little as two minutes.
Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware Workstation/Player are supported for hypervisor.
Note) When you wish to use ImageBoot, please visit our website and download it at free of charge.

The following are the examples for practical use of ImageBoot.

 Common disaster recovery approaches include backup image boot test to provide
confidence that your backup images are bootable. However, it’s time cosuming and
cumbersome process The use of ImageBoot lets you bypass the lengthy test process.

 The use of incremental backup images enables to locate the point of a system failure.
However, you need to check the entire incremental backup files to identify the cause of the
problem. Combined with the recovery process, it takes quite long. The use of ActiveImage
Protector’s regularly scheduled backups and ImageBoot help you identify the point of failure
bypassing recovery process.

 ImageBoot facilitates verification of P2V migration. ImageBoot provides confidence in P2V

migration by using a backup image file.

 vStandby, as stated above, also provides immediate start-up of the standby virtual machine.
The difference between the two products is that ImageBoot immediately starts a
ActiveImage Protector backup image file. Without the need for making changes to the
backup image files, a backup image file of the source machine can be booted. ImageBoot
lets you perform testing upgraded version of an application or updated services.

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1. ImageBoot has to be installed from the product media or the setup file downloaded from
NetJapan’s Web Site. When you use the launcher, please select [Install ImageBoot].

Setup Wizard is launched as follows.

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 2. Please carefuly review the End User's License Agreement. Specify the installation
folder and the preferred language to install the package (you may not need to change
the default settings.)

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 3. The installation completes with the following window of the setup wizard. Click [Close]
to end the setup wizard.

4. Start ImageBoot.

Windows Server 2008 R2 or earlier server OS:

Click [Start] – [All Programs] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows 7 or earlier Desktop OS:

Click [Start] – [All Programs] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows Server 2012 or later server OS:

Click [Start] – [All Programs] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

Windows Server 8 or later Desktop OS：

Click [Start] – [All Programs] – [NetJapan] – [ActiveImage Protector].

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5. ImageBoot starts. This example shows that [Boot an AIP image as a New Virtual
Machine] is selected. Click [Next].

6. Select a backup image file created by using ActiveImage Protector in [Select Image].
Check in the checkbox for “Disk 0” in [Select Disk]. Please make sure that “Yes” is
indicated for [Boot]. Click [Next].

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 7. Select a hypervisor. This example shows that [Microsoft Hyper-V] is selected. Please
configure the settings, i.e., [VM name], [CPU], [Memory], [NIC]. Click [Boot].

8. P2V process starts.

9. Virtual machine, virtual network adapter are created.

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10. Thereafter, Windows system boots up.
When Windows OS boots up, device preparation phase may take place.

11. This example shows that a virtual machine is booted from a backup image file of
Windows Server 2016.

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APPENDIX

ActiveImage Protector & Support Information

●NetJapan’s Web Site

You will find the product information as well as direct links to download documentation, our
full installers or update installers, etc:
https://www.netjapan.eu/en-us/

●ActiveImage Protector FAQ

You can access the support FAQ.

https://kb.netjapan.com/

For your inquiry about ActiveImage Protector, please contact:

NetJapan, Inc. Global Sales Dept.,
E-mail:[email protected]
Phone:+81-3-5256-0877
Fax: +81-3-5256-0878

The software and the related documentation are proprietary products of NetJapan, Inc., and
are copyrighted to the company.

Copyright(c) 2018 NetJapan, Inc. All rights reserved.

ActiveImage Protector, ActiveImage Protector Server, ActiveImage Protector Desktop,

ActiveImage Protector IT Pro, ActiveImage Protector for Hyper-V Enterprise, ReZoom it!,
ActiveImage Protector Linux, ActiveImage Protector Virtual, ActiveImage Protector Cluster,
ActiveImage Protector Cloud, ActiveImage Protector Basic, ImageBoot, ImageCenter LE,
BootCheck, ActiveImage Deploy USB and ActiveVisor are trademarks of NetJapan, Inc.

Other brands and product names mentioned in this news release are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective holders.

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