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In some cases, you can recover data or an entire server back to your original source. Additionally, you can use the source data or the image of an entire source, stored on the repository server, to quickly and easily create a new source server. Your new source can be an existing physical or virtual machine, or Double-Take RecoverNow can automatically provision (create) a virtual machine during the recovery process.
When your recovery server is not your original source, Double-Take RecoverNow must be installed on the recovery server (or on the existing virtual machine on an ESX server) before you start the recovery process. However, you do not need to install Double-Take RecoverNow from a CD or web download or have a valid activation code for the recovery server. Double-Take RecoverNow has a built-in installation feature that installs a valid, unactivated copy of Double-Take RecoverNow on the recovery server. At any time before the recovery, you can use this built-in installation feature to push a copy of Double-Take RecoverNow to your recovery server. If your recovery server already has a previously installed, properly licensed and activated copy of Double-Take RecoverNow, you can skip the recovery installation and go directly to the recovery process. See Installing on the recovery server for the steps to install Double-Take RecoverNow on your recovery server.
Before you begin the recovery process, understand that the flow of data is going to change. When you were protecting your source, the data was being transmitted from the source to the repository server. During recovery, the data will be transmitted from the repository server to the recovery server. This means your repository server is now your source, and your recovery server is your target.
You have the following recovery options.