SharePoint 2010 backup and restore to test SharePoint environment - testing Disaster recovery

We have a production SharePoint 2010 environment with one Web/App server and one SQL server.
We have a test SharePoint 2010 environment with one server (Sharepoint server and SQL server) and one AD (domain is different from prod environment).
Servers are Windows 2008 R2 and SQL 2008 R2.
Versions are the same on prod and test servers.
We need to setup a test environment with the exact setup as production - we want to try Disaster recovery.
We have performed backup of farm from PROD and we wanted to restore it on our new server in test environment.Backup completed successfully with no errors.
We have tried to restore the whole farm from that backup on test environment using Central administration, but we got message - restore failed with errors.
We choosed NEW CONFIGURATION option during restore, and we set new database names...
Some of the errors are:
FatalError: Object User Profile Service Application failed in event OnPreRestore. For more information, see the spbackup.log or sprestore.log file located in the backup directory.
SPException: The specified user or domain group was not found.
Warning: Cannot restore object User Profile Service Application because it failed on backup.
FatalError: Object User Profile Service Application failed in event OnPreRestore. For more information, see the spbackup.log or sprestore.log file located in the backup directory.
Verbose: Starting object: WSS_Content_IT_Portal.
Warning: [WSS_Content_IT_Portal] A content database with the same ID already exists on the farm. The site collections may not be accessible.
FatalError: Object WSS_Content_IT_Portal failed in event OnRestore. For more information, see the spbackup.log or sprestore.log file located in the backup directory.
SPException: The specified component exists. You must specify a name that does not exist.
Warning: [WSS_Content_Portal] The operation did not proceed far enough to allow RESTART. Reissue the statement without the RESTART qualifier.
RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally.
FatalError: Object Portal - 80 failed in event OnRestore. For more information, see the spbackup.log or sprestore.log file located in the backup directory.
ArgumentException: The IIS Web Site you have selected is in use by SharePoint. You must select another port or hostname.
FatalError: Object Access Services failed in event OnRestore. For more information, see the spbackup.log or sprestore.log file located in the backup directory.
SPException: Object parent could not be found. The restore operation cannot continue.
FatalError: Object Secure Store Service failed in event OnRestore. For more information, see the spbackup.log or sprestore.log file located in the backup directory.
SPException: The specified component exists. You must specify a name that does not exist.
FatalError: Object PerformancePoint Service Application failed in event OnRestore. For more information, see the spbackup.log or sprestore.log file located in the backup directory.
SPException: Object parent could not be found. The restore operation cannot continue.
FatalError: Object Search_Service_Application_DB_88e1980b96084de984de48fad8fa12c5 failed in event OnRestore. For more information, see the spbackup.log or sprestore.log file located in the backup directory.
Aborted due to error in another component.
Could you please help us to resolve these issues?

I'd totally agree with this. Full fledged functionality isn't the aim of DR, getting the functional parts of your platform back-up before too much time and money is lost.
Anything I can add would be a repeat of what Jesper has wisely said but I would very much encourage you to look at these two resources: -
DR & back-up book by John Ferringer for SharePoint 2010
John's back-up PowerShell Script in the TechNet Gallery
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