Step-by-step instructions on how to convert a backup archive (.tib) to a Red Hat KVM virtual machine

This article applies to:

• Acronis Backup 11.5 (Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5)
• Acronis Backup & Recovery 11
• Acronis Backup & Recovery 10

Introduction

You can convert a backup archive (.tib) of Acronis Backup to a Red Hat KVM virtual machine.

Solution

1. Connect Acronis Management console to a machine where Acronis Agent for Windows, Acronis Agent for Hyper-V or Acronis Agent for ESX/ESXi is installed by clicking Manage this machine or Manage a remote machine:

    

2. Do any of the following:
   • Click Recover to open the Recover data page:

     

   • Use the Navigation pane to navigate to the vault where the archive is stored. Select the archive and then select the disk or volume backup you want to convert. Click Convert to VM:

     

     (!) If you are connected to Acronis Management Server, option Convert to VM will not be available. Select Recover instead.

3. Select the disks to convert or the volumes with the Master Boot Records (MBR) of the corresponding disks:
   
4. In Recover to, select New virtual machine:

   

5. In VM/VS Selection, choose Red Hat KVM.
6. [Optional] Review the Virtual machine settings and make changes if necessary. Here you can change the path to the new virtual machine;
7. The same type of machines with the same name cannot be created in the same folder. Change either the VM name, or the path if you get an error message caused by identical names.
8. Select the destination disk for each of the source disks or source volumes and MBRs;
9. In When to recover, specify when to start the recovery task;
10. Click OK. If the recovery task is scheduled for the future, specify the credentials under which the task will run;
11. In Backup plans and tasks view you can examine the state and progress of the recovery task.

Converting in Acronis Backup & Recovery 10

1. Connect Acronis Management console to a machine where Acronis Agent for Windows, Acronis Agent for Hyper-V or Acronis Agent for ESX/ESXi is installed by clicking Manage this machine or Manage a remote machine:

   

2. Do any of the following:
   • Click Recover to open the Recover data page:

     

   • Use the Navigation pane to navigate to the vault where the archive is stored. Select the archive and then select the disk or volume backup you want to convert. Click Convert to VM:

     

     (!) If you are connected to Acronis Management Server, option Convert to VM will not be available. Select Recover instead.

3. In Data type, select Disks or Volumes depending on what you need to convert;
4. In Content, select the disks to convert or the volumes with the Master Boot Records (MBR) of the corresponding disks:

   

5. In Recover to, select New virtual machine:

   

6. In VM/VS Selection, choose Red Hat KVM:

   

7. In VM name, enter the name for the new virtual machine;
8. [Optionally] Review the Virtual machine settings and make changes if necessary. Here you can change the path to the new virtual machine;
9. The same type of machines with the same name cannot be created in the same folder. Change either the VM name, or the path if you get an error message caused by identical names.
10. Select the destination disk for each of the source disks or source volumes and MBRs;
11. In When to recover, specify when to start the recovery task;
12. Click OK. If the recovery task is scheduled for the future, specify the credentials under which the task will run;
13. You will be taken to the Backup plans and tasks view where you can examine the state and progress of the recovery task.

More information

See also:

 

• Red Hat Documentation: Importing Virtual Machines
• Converting Backup Archive of a Linux System to a Virtual Machine
• Xen-Based Virtual Machines Do Not Boot from Acronis Bootable Media
• Importing Converted VHD Virtual Disk to Citrix XenServer
• Acronis Backup & Recovery 10: Converting Backup Archive of a Windows System to a Virtual Machine