Bare Metal Backup and Recovery

Bacula Enterprise’s Bare Metal Backup and Recovery is a powerful disaster recovery tool that enables full system restoration—including operating systems, applications, and configurations—on both Linux and Windows platforms. It allows IT teams to quickly recover critical systems after hardware failure, cyberattacks, or other disasters, ensuring minimal downtime and business continuity. The solution supports physical-to-virtual (P2V) and virtual-to-physical (V2P) recovery, and is designed for flexibility, speed, and security

Features

• Full system backup and restore for Linux and Windows
• Support for legacy BIOS and modern (U)EFI systems
• ISO creation for bootable recovery (CD, USB, or image)
• Graphical user interface for intuitive recovery workflows
• Physical-to-virtual and virtual-to-physical restore capabilities
• Partition exclusion and smart partition matching
• Support for dynamic disks and GPT partition tables
• Customizable ISO with embedded Bacula parameters
• Full, differential, and incremental backup support
• Logs accessible and exportable for support

Capabilities

• Compatible with a wide range of Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Red Hat, SUSE, etc.)
• Supports Windows Server versions from 2003 to 2019, and Windows 10/11
• Allows system recovery to different hardware configurations
• Enables cloning of machines for rapid deployment
• Integrates with Bacula Enterprise’s broader backup infrastructure
• Offers secure boot support and driver loading during recovery

Benefits

• Rapid Recovery: Get systems operational within minutes after failure
• Flexibility: Restore to different hardware or virtual environments
• Security: Supports secure boot and encrypted backups
• Efficiency: Reduces downtime and manual reinstallation efforts
• Scalability: Suitable for enterprises with diverse and complex infrastructures