Acronis True Image 9.1 Enterprise Server - User Guide - Manual (Page 26)

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3.7.4 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.
3.7.5 Limitations in 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.
To avoid the problem, we recommend that you image and restore the entire system disk.
2. The Acronis Universal Restore option does not work if a computer is booted with Acronis
Startup Recovery Manager (using F11) or the backup image is located in Acronis Secure
Zone. This is because Acronis Startup Recovery Manager and Acronis Secure Zone are
primarily meant for instant data recovery on the same computer.
3.7.6 Getting Acronis Universal Restore
Acronis Universal Restore is an add-on to Acronis True Image Workstation. It is purchased
separately and installed from a separate setup file.
3.8 Backing up to tape drive
Acronis True Image Workstation supports SCSI tape drives. It can store backups on the tape
and restore data from the tape, store large backups to multiple tapes, and append
incremental/differential changes to a tape with the existing archives.
If a SCSI tape drive is connected to the computer, controlling the backup process (i.e. where
you are running Acronis True Image Workstation local version or Acronis True Image
Management Console) the list of devices available for backup storage will be extended with a
name corresponding to the drive type.
To place backup archives on a tape drive connected to another network computer, install
Acronis Backup Server on that computer. Then a new device type named “Acronis Backup
Server” will appear in the list of devices, and you will be able to access the tape under this
device.