Backing Up Virtual Machines

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1. On the Actions menu, click Start shell. Alternatively, you can press CTRL+ALT+F2.

2. Create the volume structure by using the lvm utility.

3. Press ALT+F1 to return to the graphical interface.

Selecting the image

1. Click Recover.

2. Under What to recover, click Select data. In the opened window:

a. In the Data path box, enter the path to the image location and press Enter. If prompted,

specify the user name and password to access the location.

b. In the Archive view tab, expand the archive that contains the image, and select the image.

Normally, it is named like "Backup #1".

c. In Backup contents, select Volumes.

d. Select the check boxes for all of the volumes and MBRs.

e. Click OK.

[Optional] Applying RAID/LVM

If you chose to reproduce the original LVM structure, click Apply RAID/LVM and confirm the

expected result that appears in a pop-up window. Otherwise, skip this step.

Mapping volumes

If you created the logical volume structure manually, specify where to place each of the volumes

being recovered. Otherwise, the software automatically maps volumes from the image to the target

machine disks. MBRs and boot volumes are always mapped automatically.

To map an MBR or a volume:

a. Click Required next to it, and select the desired destination.

b. If you need to resize a volume or change other volume properties, click Properties next to

the volume. Make the necessary changes and click OK.

To change the mapping or size of a volume, you need to clear the mapping of the subsequent

volumes. To clear the mapping of an MBR or a volume, click Clear next to it. To clear the mapping of

all of the MBRs and volumes at once, click Clear all.

Starting the recovery

Click OK to start the recovery.

Applying Universal Restore

Universal Restore ensures that the operating system can boot on the new hardware.

1. Once the recovery is completed, boot the machine into Acronis Universal Restore.

2. Under Universal Restore for Linux/Universal Restore for Windows, select Use.

3. If the system being recovered is Windows, provide the RHEV drivers for it:

a. In the RHEV Manager, right-click the virtual machine being recovered to, select Change CD,

and select the ISO of the floppy disk with the drivers. This ISO can be found in the RHEV ISO

domain. Its default name is virtio*.iso.

b. On the machine, under Automatic driver search, click Add folder, expand the Local folders

node, select the CD drive, and then click OK.