Backing Up Virtual Machines

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 If the machine is running RHEL, expand the NFS folders node, and then select the path to the
RHEV export domain. Or, you can enter the NFS path manually; for example,
nfs://10.200.200.10/opt/export:/{EXPORT DOMAIN UUID}.
 If the machine is running Windows, select any convenient storage such as a local or network
folder.
Click OK to confirm your selection.
13. [Optional] Under Plan parameters, in Backup options, you can set other parameters of the
imaging, such as compression or network bandwidth usage.
14. Click OK to create the backup plan.
15. You will be taken to the Backup plans and tasks view, where you can see the backup plan you
just created. Select this plan and click Run.
16. If the machine is running Windows: once the operation is completed, copy the created virtual
machine to the RHEV export domain by using the operating system tools or third-party software.
17. Import (p. 50) the machine to the required data center using RHEV Manager.
4.1.4.5 Recovery to an existing virtual machine booted with bootable
media
Preparation
1. If you do not have an image (a .tib file) of the machine you want to migrate, create it in either of
the following ways:
 Perform the "Preparation (p. 43)" and "Imaging (p. 44)" stages of the cold imaging (p. 43)
procedure.
 Perform steps 1-5 and 11-12 of the hot imaging (p. 47) procedure.
2. If you do not have the ISO of "Migration to RHEV media", download it from the Acronis website.
3. Save the ISO on the RHEV ISO domain.
4. Prepare a RHEV virtual machine to perform the recovery to. If necessary, create it using the Red
Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager.
5. If the source machine has logical volumes, decide whether you want the target virtual machine
to have logical volumes as well.
 If you want to reproduce the original LVM structure, make sure the target virtual machine
has enough disks with sizes at least as big as the original disks. The volume structure will be
created automatically if you choose the Apply RAID/LVM option.
 If you want to obtain a different logical volume structure, you will need to create it manually.
Make sure that the total size of the machine's disks is greater than the amount of data you
are going to recover. The disks must have enough free space for the growing data and for the
operating system to work.
Booting the machine
1. Boot the target machine by using the "Migration to RHEV media" ISO.
2. In the boot menu, click Acronis Backup.
3. [Optional] Click Configure network... to check the network settings and to change them if
necessary.
4. Click Manage this machine locally.
[Optional] Creating the logical volumes
If you chose to create the logical volume structure manually, do the following: