How To Convert A Disk Backup To A Virtual Machine - ACRONIS Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server User Manual

specified locations, it will specify the problem device and ask for a disc or a network path to the
driver.
Once Windows boots, it will initialize the standard procedure for installing new hardware. The
network adapter driver will be installed silently if the driver has the Microsoft Windows
signature. Otherwise, Windows will ask for confirmation whether to install the unsigned driver.
After that, you will be able to configure the network connection and specify drivers for the video
adapter, USB and other devices.
Mass storage drivers to install anyway
To access this option, select the Advanced view check box.
If the target hardware has a specific mass storage controller such as RAID (especially NVIDIA
RAID) or a fibre channel adapter, specify the appropriate drivers in the Drivers field.
The drivers defined here will have priority. They will be installed, with appropriate warnings,
even if the program finds a better driver.
Use this option only if the automatic drivers search does not help to boot the system.
Drivers for a virtual machine
When recovering a system to a new virtual machine, the Universal Restore technology is applied in
the background, because the program knows what drivers are required for the supported virtual
machines.
When recovering the system to an existing virtual machine that uses SCSI hard drive controller, be
sure to specify SCSI drivers for the virtual environment, in the Mass storage drivers to install anyway
step. Use drivers bundled with your virtual machine software or download the latest drivers versions
from the software manufacturer Web site.

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:
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