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How to create Acronis Bootable Media with a backup archive on it (all-in-one)
This article applies to:
- Acronis Backup for VMware 9 (Acronis vmProtect 9)
- Acronis vmProtect 8
Description
You need Acronis Bootable Media Builder of Acronis Backup for VMware to create Acronis Bootable Media and back up a physical machine as part of the physical to virtual migration (P2V) or restore ESX(i) host configuration.
See also Acronis vmProtect: P2V Migration.
During backup or recovery operation the hard drive is grayed out when using Intel Smart Response technology
When trying to recover a backup created using a previous version, the backup archive is not shown in bootable media. To solve this issue, click on refresh.
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Do a hard reset of the machine
This is a known issue
This issue has been fixed, please update to the latest build. Restore the necessary by logging into Acronis Cloud from Windows
How to create Acronis Bootable Media with a backup archive on it (all-in-one)
Symptoms
When trying to create a bootable media on a stick with more than 32 GB capacity you get an error message "Media cannot be formatted" or bootable media is created, but the system does not boot from it.
An Update is available for True Image 2013 and Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5
How to create Linux-based bootable media in Acronis True Image 2014
You can create a rescue bootable media - a standalone version of Acronis True Image that you can use to boot a crashed machine or a machine without any operating system and restore an image of your system. Follow these instructions to create a bootable media.
How to create Acronis Bootable Rescue Media on a Windows computer
1. In the Tools section, click Rescue Media Builder:
Symptoms
Acronis Disk Director 12.5 is installed on the same machine with a different Acronis product, e.g. Acronis Backup 12.5 or Acronis True Image 2019.
When creating WinPE-based bootable media, it is not possible to select both products to add them to media.
Cause
Product limitation.
Solution
As a workaround, create a separate WinPE media for each product.
To skip the introduction part and jump over to the step-by-step instructions, click here.
This article describes how to create a WinPE-based bootable media with Acronis True Image 2017 in Windows. Note that this guide does not cover any WinPE customizations, like adding custom drivers, startup scripts etc. The resulting media will have the default set of drivers from the installed ADK/AIK.
For more recent versions of Acronis True Image see:
To launch bootable media builder, click Tools -> Acronis Bootable Media Builder in the main window of Acronis Disk Director 12.5 or select Acronis Bootable Media Builder on the Tools panel on the left:
Click Next on the welcome screen.
On the next step you need to select whether to create Linux-based media or WinPE-based media. Further steps depend on which option you choose:
You can create a rescue bootable media - a standalone version of Acronis True Image that you can use to boot a crashed machine or a machine without any operating system and restore an image of your system. Follow these instructions to create a bootable media.
Creating a bootable media with WinPE you are able to add drivers to the bootable environment. Bootable Media Builder supports both 32-bit and 64-bit WinPE distributions. The 32-bit WinPE distributions can also work on 64-bit hardware. However, you need a 64-bit distribution to boot a machine that uses Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI).
(!) PE images based on WinPE 4.0/5.0 require approximately 1 GB of RAM to work.
You can download Acronis Bootable Media Builder from your account at the Acronis website
You can create a rescue bootable media - a standalone version of Acronis True Image that you can use to boot a crashed machine or a machine without any operating system and restore an image of your system. Follow these instructions to create a bootable media.
In order to boot a virtual machine in a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) environment using Acronis bootable media, follow these steps:
To see the list of hardware supported by Linux-based bootable media, click the product that is used to create the media:
Symptoms
1. You installed Bootable Media Builder and appropriate Windows AIK/ADK for creating WinPE media.
2. WinPE media creation fails with the following error:
The user attempted to mount to a directory that is not empty. This is not supported.
32-bit UEFI devices support limitation
Introduction
This article explains how to find out whether Acronis Bootable Media boots in UEFI or Legacy BIOS mode. Keep in mind that bootable media should boot in the same mode as your system to correctly perform restore or clone operation.
The mode your system boots in is shown during the initial machine boot:
In Windows 8 and 10, you can also check the boot mode using System Information:
Install or update Acronis Bootable Components, Bootable Media Builder, and Agent for Linux on a Linux system with necessary closed-source kernel modules. Add the module names to the RHEL_PREDEF_LIST list in the /usr/lib/Acronis/mkard.sh script, execute the script as root, and build a new bootable media by using Bootable Media Builder
You can create a rescue bootable media - a standalone version of Acronis True Image that you can use to boot a crashed machine or a machine without any operating system and restore an image of your system. Follow the instructions below to create a bootable media.