Virtual disks and virtual machine configuration files are placed/updated in the specified destination.ĭata to recover, virtual machine/virtualization sesion and virtual machine settings should be specified. Virtual machine is created in the folder/on the datastore of the virtualization server If updating the virtual machine is not possible, the software re-creates it from scratch. It saves network traffic and CPU resource of the host that performs the conversion. If you choose to create the virtual machine on a virtualization server: when converting an incremental or differential backup, the software updates the existing virtual machine instead of re-creating it.If you choose to save the virtual machine as a set of files: each conversion re-creates the virtual machine from scratch.The way the repeated conversions work depends on where you choose to create the virtual machine. By setting up regular conversion, you obtain a copy of your server or workstation on a virtual machine which can be readily powered on in case the original machine fails.īefore the regular conversion starts, a backup of the virtual machine is created including the settings of the virtual machine. When creating a backup plan, you can set up regular conversion of a disk or volume backup to a virtual machine. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RAW format).Citrix XenServer OVA (only during recovery to the 'New virtual machine' destination).Microsoft Virtual PC (includes Windows Virtual PC).Recovery of the backed-up disks or volumes to a manually created virtual machine by using bootable mediaĭepending on the agent that performs the conversion, Acronis Backup can create a virtual machine of any of these formats:.Recovery of the backed-up disks or volumes to the 'New virtual machine' destination.Regular conversion to virtual machine as a part of backup plan.Follow to Troubleshooting part to troubleshoot and resolve the issue.Īcronis Backup (Acronis Backup & Recovery) offers a number of ways of conversion into a virtual machine:.Check for known issues in the Known issues part.Get familiar with technology of restore and conversion to virtual machine in the About part.This article provides instruction for troubleshooting recovery and conversion to virtual machine failures in Acronis Backup (Acronis Backup & Recovery).įollow these steps to troubleshoot the recovery and conversion to virtual machine:

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