Michael Bartl wrote:

In a standard Win2k environment bare metal recovery using TSM doesn't
work. Of course, the Kernel Group BMR is a great tool, but expensive.

I think if you take into consideration all of the costs, TKG's BMR gives
a return on investment rather quickly.  With this solution, after the
initial installation, there is nothing to do except run your incremental
backups the way you do now.   All of the point solutions you have to
perform Bare Metal Restores are no longer needed.  No more local tape
drives or monitoring the processes, no more administrators time tracking
the backups, dealing with the media, wondering if you remembered
everything.  And we're not even talking about the time saved when you
actually have to use it for a Bare Metal Restore.   It is automated in
both daily operations and during the restoration.  That's where the
value comes in.

Weigh the entire solution: what it costs you before you implement BMR
and after.  Most companies get back their investment within the first 6
months of use.

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