We currently use Microsoft's Data Protection Manager (DPM) for backups in a relatively small environment, but I'm still worried about our main active directory server.
I've been thinking that it'd be great to have a bare metal restore option for this server so that if the worst did happen we could be up and running again pretty quickly.
I've heard that DPM has a bare-metal option. Is this true? If so, would anyone reccomend it, or should I look to an alternative product?
Thanks.
Best Answer
The best recommendation I can give for backing up the DC is to have a live running backup DC. In a small enough environment you can probably get by with a cheap PC to run as the backup DC, and it will be well worth it.