http://blogs.technet.com/b/dpm/archive/2012/04/24/short-q-amp-a-on-bare-metal-restore-in-system-center-data-protection-manager-2010.aspxHi Everyone, Vivek Kumar here from the Data Protection Manager (DPM) support team. DPM 2010 comes with Bare Metal Restore (BMR) capabilities that are much talked about and have helped us in many of our crucial disaster recovery scenarios. Many of my friendsen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/dpm/archive/2012/04/24/short-q-amp-a-on-bare-metal-restore-in-system-center-data-protection-manager-2010.aspx#3509037Sun, 15 Jul 2012 19:20:06 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3509037www.etech7.com<p>I always recommending before any disaster happens to run a backup test first so you can see how long it can take.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3509037" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/dpm/archive/2012/04/24/short-q-amp-a-on-bare-metal-restore-in-system-center-data-protection-manager-2010.aspx#3509036Sun, 15 Jul 2012 19:19:38 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3509036eTech7<p>I always recommending before any disaster happens to run a backup test first so you can see how long it can take.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3509036" width="1" height="1">