André,
Thank you for the response.
I will double check the controller on the HCL for sure (PERC H710 ADPT RAID Cont, 512MB NV, FH)
I was planning on using Symantec System Recovery, but you are correct that the imaging would require a licensed version for the API (if I recall from training). Hmm, not sure I want to invest $1000.00 more at this time. If I backup the RAID 5 (with VM's) within a Guest OS to an external source - would this still require the API or does VSS take care of it.
How do most handle backups and antivirus?
Regards,
C