Steps to perform

To perform a recovery to a manually created virtual machine

1. [When recovering Windows] Prepare Windows drivers that correspond to the target virtualization platform.

   For machines running Linux, the necessary drivers are normally already present in the operating system.

2. Create a bootable media with the Universal Restore functionality by using Acronis Bootable Media Builder.
3. Create a virtual machine by using your virtualization product’s native tools.
4. Boot the virtual machine from the media.
5. [When recovering Windows] If you need dynamic volumes, create a volume group by using the disk management functionality.
6. Select Actions > Recover. When configuring a recovery:
   • Enable Universal Restore for Linux or Universal Restore for Windows. In the latter case, provide the drivers that you prepared.
   • [When recovering Linux] If you need logical volumes, click Apply RAID/LVM when setting up the recovery. The LVM structure will be automatically recreated during the recovery.
7. Configure other recovery settings and perform a recovery in the same way as onto a physical machine.