Bare Metal Recovery:
The Fastest Way to Bring Systems Back to Life After Disaster
When disaster strikes — ransomware, hardware failure, or accidental deletion — you need more than file restore. You need to bring your entire system back to life.
What Is Bare Metal Recovery (BMR)?
Bare Metal Recovery (BMR) is the process of restoring a complete system environment — operating system, applications, configurations, and data — onto a new or “bare” machine.
With BMR, you can recover your entire server from scratch, even on different hardware, without manually reinstalling software or reconfiguring settings.
Why Businesses Need BMR
Recover fast after major outages
Rebuild full systems from backups in hours instead of days.
Minimize downtime and revenue loss
Business operations resume quickly with full environment recovery.
Hardware flexibility
Restore to physical or virtual machines, even with dissimilar hardware.
Full application recovery
Includes Exchange, SQL Server, and Oracle environments.
Bare Metal Recovery with Catalogic DPX
Catalogic DPX Bare Metal Recovery (BMR) combines block-level backup efficiency with automated system rebuild capabilities — ensuring you can recover Windows and Linux systems from catastrophic failure quickly and securely.
How It Works
Block Backup Creation
DPX automatically captures system, boot, and application data at the block level, including a special BMR volume.
Boot from Recovery Media
Use the DPX BMR ISO or USB image to start a “bare” machine — physical or virtual.
Select Backup Instance
DPX identifies available recovery points from vStor, NetApp, or open storage systems.
Automated Full Restore
DPX restores OS, applications, configurations, and user data — even to dissimilar hardware.
Return to Production
Boot, verify, and resume operations immediately.
Unique Advantages of Catalogic DPX BMR
Cross-Platform Recovery: Supports Windows and Linux systems, physical or virtual.
Dissimilar Hardware Restore: Recover to different servers or VM configurations without compatibility issues.
Integration with vStor: Combine with DPX vStor’s immutable snapshots and GuardMode scans for ransomware-free, verified recovery.
Agentless Orchestration & Virtualization: Instantly virtualize BMR backups for rapid testing or migration — without production impact.
Automated Driver Handling: Automatically loads network and SCSI drivers, or insert your own with the BMR ISO utility.
Application-Consistent Backups: Protect mission-critical apps like Exchange, SQL, and Oracle with quiesced snapshots.
Diagnostic & Log Management: Built-in email and browser tools for fast issue diagnosis during recovery.
Why Choose Catalogic DPX
Trusted for 25+ Years
Enterprise-grade data protection with proven reliability.
Software-Defined & Immutable
vStor eliminates hardware lock-in and adds affordable immutability.
Ransomware-Resilient
GuardMode scans and immutable backups guarantee clean restores.
Fastest Path to Recovery
Orchestrated disaster recovery and rapid return to production built in.
Catalogic DPX BMR: Recover systems, not just data.
Experience Complete System Recovery with
Catalogic DPX
See how easy it is to protect, verify, and restore your systems from any disaster.
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