You should definitely try. Bare metal backups are a good place to start if you have a complicated system. A lot of environments aren't as complicated, and you

You should definitely try. Bare metal backups are a good place to start if you have a complicated system. A lot of environments aren't as complicated, and you COULD just pull your hard drive out, put in a spare, and test how your backup works. At least, test it while airgapped to see if it comes up at all.