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Bare Metal Backup Software from Bacula Systems.

Quick Linux and Windows bare metal restore when it really counts.

Bare metal backup software is one of the many capabilities Bacula Systems offers to make sure you never lose your data. It is one of the many layers that makes Bacula the most secure backup software available today. Bacula’s bare metal recovery tool is available for both Linux and Windows Server, and enables your systems teams to perform safe, reliable disaster recovery using Bacula Enterprise. With bare metal backup you get your critical systems up and running quickly and safely in no time.

Bacula’s bare metal backup software is available for Windows Server 2012, 2008, 2008R2, 2003, up to the latest Windows Server 2019 –  and for most flavors of Linux like Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Mint, Red Hat and SUSE. An exhaustive documentation covering best practices for data recovery is also available in the package.

Key Benefits of Bacula Bare Metal Backup
and Recovery Software:

 

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Backup operating systems and data without interruption or down time
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Get critical systems up and running within minutes
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Rebuild or restore the backed up system to an entirely separate piece of hardware
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Create an ISO to boot from (CD, USB key, etc, or stored image)
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User friendly graphical user interface (GUI) – with flexible options for various procedures
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Ability to clone machines
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Physical to virtual or virtual to physical restore

The bare metal recovery tool is available for an additional cost and is fully supported via the Bacula Systems subscription (also including Bacula Enterprise). Whether you already benefit from Bacula Enterprise today, or are considering switching to Bacula Enterprise, contact us for further details on how we can help you implement low cost bare metal restore in your data center.

Specific to Windows Server 2012, 2008, 2008R2, 2003 Bare Metal Backup Software:

 

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Supports (U)EFI system and secure boot
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Automatically adapt the last partition size to new disk size
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Can exclude partitions or data from the restore process
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Fully supports manual partitioning via a smart partition matching interface
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Support for dynamic disks
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Support for GPT table
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Can load extra drivers and configure the network from the GUI
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Logs can be accessed easily and directly sent to support
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Extra tools to customize the ISO (hardcode the Bacula parameters)
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Based on the 64 bit WinPE 4.0 (Windows 8.0 code base)
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Supports full, differential and incremental backups

Further help on bare metal backup software and more:

  • Don’t know about Bacula Enterprise’s capabilities except bare metal restore? See the full solutions list.
  • Learn more about the server backup solutions with Bacula Enterprise.
  • What is bare metal restore? Learn more in our glossary article.