http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2011/12/19/testing-data-protection-with-virtual-machines.aspxHopefully what I am about to say is not news to you – but it is worth saying: data protection systems that have not been tested are useless.&#160; Whether you are backing up computers, using RAID or replicating data – the first thing you need to do onceen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2011/12/19/testing-data-protection-with-virtual-machines.aspx#10249391Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:58:44 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10249391BrianEh<p>Excellent Ben.</p> <p>I used to work for an organization that required us to recover every system in the enterprise (as a complete and working application) within an 18 month window.</p> <p>You learn a lot really quickly. &nbsp;Like just simply where your documentation is garbage, let alone that you are backing up the wrong folder. &nbsp;Or, whoops, you have no way to restore or recover the backup system that created the backup.</p> <p>Redundancy is only part. &nbsp;Actual test and execution, modification, and moving on is the rest.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10249391" width="1" height="1">