No one taking about this?
http://www.mswhs.com/2013/02/hotfix-available-to-add-backup-for-uefi-based-computers-for-whs2011/
Only reason I moved to Essentails 2012 was I could not do bare metal backups when I moved to W8 and GPT formatted disks. Now it is available for WHS2011!
Don't get me wrong. I moved and won't/can't go back. This may stop many from moving to E2012 but it is a far far far better server for even a home user like me.