Fractional CTO

David Favor

Programmer

litmic

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what's the special software recommend?
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@litmic, hopefully whatever proper backup and recovery solution you have now for your servers should support bare metal recovery. <br />
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Recovering VMs is easiest because VMs are physical hardware independent by their very nature. Backup and recovery of bare metal servers should be rare these days.
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@litmic, hopefully whatever proper backup and recovery solution you have now for your servers should support bare metal recovery.

Recovering VMs is easiest because VMs are physical hardware independent by their very nature. Backup and recovery of bare metal servers should be rare these days.

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what's the special software recommend?
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Veeam Free Agent does this for FREE!
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> what's the special software recommend?


Veeam Free Agent does this for FREE!

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@nobus, but the OP clearly didn't catch it or read it! first time round, when I first posted it!
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@nobus, but the OP clearly didn't catch it or read it! first time round, when I first posted it!

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so &nbsp;you suggest i post my suggestions again too ? &nbsp;looks very strange..
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so  you suggest i post my suggestions again too ?  looks very strange..

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andrew - where can i find the free version? &nbsp;all i find is the 30 day trial
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andrew - where can i find the free version?  all i find is the 30 day trial

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Is there any compatibility issue about using cloning software to bare metal backup from a server/ PC and recovery to another server/ PC with different hardware configuration?
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Is there any compatibility issue about using cloning software to bare metal backup from a server/ PC and recovery to another server/ PC with different hardware configuration?

Bare metal recovery

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