Source and recovery server icons

As described in Recovering a Windows server, on the Plan the recovery page of the BMR Agent wizard, you can map drives from the source (backed up) server to the recovery (destination) server. Icons on the page represent volumes and disks in the servers, as described in the following tables.

Volumes that were backed up (Blue rectangles)

Blue rectangles represent volumes that were backed up on the source server and can be recovered.

Item

Example

Description

ESP/EFI partition

EFI system partition example

An Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) System Partition. A UEFI-based system must have an EFI system partition or the system will not boot up. See Recovering UEFI-based systems.

Boot volume

Boot volume example

A boot volume. A BIOS-based system must have a boot volume or the system will not boot up. See Recovering BIOS-based systems.

System volume

System volume example

A system volume. A BIOS-based system must have a system volume or it will not boot up. See Recovering BIOS-based systems.

A volume with the “System” label can also be an OEM partition. See Recovering systems with OEM partitions.

System and Boot volume

System and boot volume example

A volume that is both a system and boot volume. See Recovering BIOS-based systems.

Optional volume

Volume that can be restored example

Volume that was backed up and can be restored, but is not required for the destination machine to boot up.

Volumes that were not backed up (Gray rectangles)

Gray rectangles represent volumes that were not backed up on the source server and cannot be recovered.

Item

Example

Description

Recovery volume

Recovery volume example

A recovery volume that contains system files, drivers and factory default setup information. Recovery volumes are not backed up.

MSR partition

MSRP partition example

Microsoft Reserved (MSR) partition. An MSR partition is disk space reserved for Windows use on a GPT disk. If one is required in the destination machine, it is created automatically.

Volume

Volume not backed up in source system, or existing volume on destination machine

In a source system, a volume that was not backed up.

In a destination machine, an existing volume on the disk. You can delete, change or overwrite an existing volume.

Unallocated space

Unallocated space example

Unallocated space on a disk.

Free space

Free space on a disk example

Free space on a disk.

Disk icons

An icon appears for each disk in the source server and destination server. The icon color represents the disk format.

Item

Example

Description

GPT-formatted disk

GPT-formatted disk icon

A green disk icon represents a GPT-formatted disk. If you drag a volume to an uninitialized disk on a UEFI destination machine, the disk type automatically changes to GPT.

MBR-formatted disk

MBR-formatted disk icon

A blue disk icon represents an MBR-formatted disk.

Uninitialized disk

Uninitialized disk icon

A gray disk icon represents an uninitialized disk.