As a workaround, change the guest operating system settings manually to Windows Server 2008 R2
This article applies to:
- Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server - Virtual Edition
Symptoms
- Using Acronis Agent for ESX/ESXi (Virtual Appliance), you restore an image of Windows Server 2008 R2 to a VMware ESX virtual machine;
- The restored machine is detected as Windows 7:
Edit Settings -> Options -> General Options
Cause
This is a known issue.
Solution
As a workaround, change the guest operating system settings manually to Windows Server 2008 R2:
Edit Settings -> Options -> General Options -> Windows Server 2008 R2
More information
Acronis Development Team is working on fixing the issue.