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6.3.10
How to convert a disk backup to a virtual machine
Rather than converting a TIB file to a virtual disk file, which requires additional operations to bring
the virtual disk into use, Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 performs the conversion by recovery of a disk
backup to a fully configured and operational new virtual machine. You have the ability to adapt the
virtual machine configuration to your needs when configuring the recovery operation.
With
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Windows
, you can recover a disk (volume) backup
to
a new virtual machine of any of the following types: VMware Workstation, Microsoft Virtual PC,
Parallels Workstation or Citrix XenServer virtual appliance.
Files of the new virtual machine will be placed in the folder you select. You can start the machine
using the respective virtualization software or prepare the machine files for further usage. The Citrix
XenServer virtual appliance can be imported to a XenServer using Citrix XenCenter. The VMware
Workstation machine can be converted to the open virtualization format (OVF) using the VMware
OVF tool.
With
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Hyper-V
or
Agent for ESX/ESXi
, you can recover a disk
(volume) backup
to a new virtual machine on the respective virtualization server.
To convert a disk backup to a virtual machine:
1.
Connect the console to a machine where Agent for Windows, Agent for Hyper-V or Agent for
ESX/ESXi is installed.
2.
Do any of the following:
Click
Recover
to open the
Recover data
page. Start creating a recovery task as described in
"Recovering data (p. 216)". Select the archive and then select the disk or volume backup you
want to convert.
Use the
Navigation
pane to navigate to the vault where the archive is stored. Select the
archive and then select the disk or volume backup you want to convert. Click
Recover as
virtual machine
. The
Recover data
page opens with the pre-selected backup.
3.
In
Data type
, select
Disks
or
Volumes
depending on what you need to convert.
4.
In
Content
, select the disks to convert or the volumes with the Master Boot Records (MBR) of the
corresponding disks.
5.
In
Recover to
, select
New virtual machine
.
6.
In
VM server
, select the type of the new virtual machine to be created
or
on which virtualization
server to create the machine.
7.
In
VM name
, enter the name for the new virtual machine.
8.
[Optionally] Review the
Virtual machine settings (p. 226)
and make changes if necessary. Here
you can change the path to the new virtual machine.
The same type of machines with the same name cannot be created in the same folder. Change either the
VM name, or the path if you get an error message caused by identical names.
9.
Select the destination disk for each of the source disks or source volumes and MBRs.
On a Microsoft Virtual PC, be sure to recover the disk or volume where the operating system's loader
resides to the Hard disk 1. Otherwise the operating system will not boot. This cannot be fixed by changing
the boot device order in BIOS, because a Virtual PC ignores these settings.
10.
In
When to recover
, specify when to start the recovery task.
11.
[Optionally] Review
Recovery options
and change the settings from the default ones, if need be.
You can specify in
Recovery options > VM power management
whether to start the new virtual