Using Acronis Universal Restore In Virtual Environment; Hints On Using Acronis Universal Restore; Benefits - ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE 9.1 - WORKSTATION User Manual

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3.7.2 Using Acronis Universal Restore in virtual environment

Virtual machine technologies provide a powerful tool to help accelerate the development,
testing, deployment and support of PC applications. Using Acronis True Image Workstation
with Acronis Universal Restore you can perform real-to-virtual and virtual-to-real computer
migration in the same way as with real systems.
If the virtual hard drive uses SCSI controller, you should provide appropriate drivers while
performing system restore to the virtual machine. For example, the widespread VMware
environment requires Buslogic or LSI logic drivers. Use drivers bundled with your virtual
machine software or download the latest drivers versions from the software manufacturer
website.

3.7.3 Hints on using Acronis Universal Restore

1. The system recovered by Acronis Universal Restore may not start if the partition structure
in the image or the target disk partitioning does not coincide with that of the source disk. As
a result, the loader, restored from the image, will point to the wrong partition and the
system will not boot or will malfunction.
Such might be the case if you:
- image not the entire source disk, but only the selected partitions
Keep in mind, that the source disk may have a hidden maintenance partition created by the
computer vendor. Therefore, if you check each partition for backup instead of checking the
disk, this hidden partition will not be included into the image.
- restore not the entire source disk, but only the selected partitions. In some cases,
especially if your system resides on other than the first partition, this can confuse the loader
and prevent the restored system from startup
- image the system residing on the RAID array and restore the system to a RAID array with
different configuration.
To avoid the problem, we recommend that you image and restore the entire system disk and
use the identical RAID configuration on the source and the target computer.
2. As appears from the above, a bootable system migration from RAID to HDD and vise
versa is impossible.
3. When migrating from RAID to RAID, be sure to provide an appropriate driver for the RAID
controller, otherwise a basic HDD driver will be installed.
4. Acronis Universal Restore option is not available when restoring dynamic disks and
volumes.

3.7.4 Benefits

1. Acronis Universal Restore can be used "after the fact": it is not necessary to create an
image with the option, you can restore any image to different hardware.
2. Acronis Universal Restore allows the user to exactly specify drivers during restore,
enabling their maximum compatibility with the hardware.
3. Acronis Universal Restore does not strip security identifier (SID) and user profile settings.
This means that you will not need to re-join your domain or re-map network user profiles
after a restore.
4. Acronis Universal Restore supports a driver repository to centrally store all drivers so users
don't need to go looking for them.
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