If the target hardware has a specific mass storage controller (such as a SCSI, RAID, or Fibre
Channel adapter) for the hard disk, you can install the appropriate driver manually, bypassing the
automatic driver search-and-install procedure.
3.
Installing drivers for Plug and Play devices.
Universal Restore relies on the built-in Plug and Play discovery and configuration process to
handle hardware differences in devices that are not critical for the system start, such as video,
audio and USB. Windows takes control over this process during the logon phase, and if some of
the new hardware is not detected, you will have a chance to install drivers for it later manually.
Universal Restore and Microsoft Sysprep
Universal Restore is not a system preparation tool. You can apply it to any Windows image created
by Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM, including images of systems prepared with Microsoft
System Preparation Tool (Sysprep). The following is an example of using both tools on the same
system.
Universal Restore does not strip the security identifier (SID) and user profile settings in order to run
the system immediately after recovery without re-joining the domain or re-mapping network user
profiles. If you are going to change the above settings on a recovered system, you can prepare the
system with Sysprep, image it and recover, if need be, using the Universal Restore.
Limitations
Universal Restore is not available:
when a computer is booted with Acronis Startup Recovery Manager (using F11).
Getting Universal Restore
Universal Restore comes free with Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM.
3
Options
This section covers Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM options that can be configured using
Graphical User Interface.
3.1
Console options
The console options define the way information is represented in the Graphical User Interface of
Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM.
To access the console options, select
Options > Console
options from the top menu.
3.1.1
Startup page
This option defines whether to show the
Welcome
screen or the
Dashboard
upon connection of the
console to a managed machine.
The preset is: the
Welcome
screen.
To make a selection, select or clear the check box for
Show the Dashboard view upon connection of
the console to a machine
.
