Bare-Metal Restores of Linux Servers with Tivoli

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Published on 2009-08-28T14:28:14Z Indexed on 2010/03/22 15:01 UTC
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We currently use IBM Tivoli to back up our Linux servers and we are looking for suggestions on the best way to restore to bare metal. I've read IBM's doc on this issue. Is that still relevant or is there a better way? Also, how do you handle testing a restore to a vm or another piece of hardware on the same network that the original server lives?

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