User guide

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2. Create a bootable media (p. 170) 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 (p. 190).
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.