Bare metal optimizer option

Note: The Bare metal optimizer is no longer used on Windows 2000 and above systems with a snapshot driver.

This option is useful when using the add-on bare metal product installed on the server. It performs a snapshot backup of the PC which differs from the normal master/differential backups. With this type of backup, recovery from crashed Windows environments can be done easily.

This option allows for the optimization of a system so that the bare metal backups perform at peak speed and size. This is normally run the first time a bare metal backup is scheduled from the server, and can be turned on from the server as well. But this option is present so it can also be performed locally. It can take several minutes to complete. PC’s should be optimized about every 6 months.