How to Perform Debian Bare Metal Restore/P2P Migration with Vinchin Backup & Recovery?

Bare metal restore (BMR) lets you recover a full Debian server—including its operating system, settings, and data—onto new hardware. This process is vital for disaster recovery. If your Debian server fails due to hardware issues or corruption, BMR helps you get back up and running quickly without needing to reinstall everything from scratch.

Vinchin makes P2P (physical-to-physical) migration between Debian servers simple. Whether you are upgrading hardware or replacing an old machine, Vinchin ensures your Debian server's data and configuration move smoothly to the new device. This reduces downtime and keeps your business operations steady.

How to use Vinchin to perform bare metal restore of Debian Server?

Vinchin supports bare metal restore of Debian server in simple steps but you should have a backup of it created by Vinchin before. Make sure the hardware configurations should be the same as the original server, including mainboard, CPU, RAM disks, etc. Then you need to boot the server with LiveCD or WinPE ISO image provided by Vinchin, which can be download in Vinchin help center.

Finally, you can easily perform a bare metal restore of the Debian server in 4 steps:

Step 1. Select the backup data of Debian server in Vinchin Backup & Recovery

Step 2. Select the target server as destination

Step 3. Select the strategies

Step 4. Submit the job

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