recover vm

Recovers a disk or volume backup onto a new or existing virtual machine. The recover vm command replaces and enhances the convert command which was available in earlier versions of the Acronis software.

The recover vm command can be executed by the following agents:

• Agent for VMware recovers a disk (volume) backup to a new or existing ESX(i) virtual machine.
• Agent for Hyper-V recovers a disk (volume) backup to a new or existing Hyper-V virtual machine.
• Agent for Windows and Agent for Linux recover a disk (volume) backup to a new virtual machine of any of the following types: VMware Workstation, Microsoft Virtual PC, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, or Citrix XenServer Open Virtual Appliance (OVA).

  Files of the fully configured and operational machine will be placed in the folder you select. You can start the machine using the corresponding virtualization software or prepare the machine files for further usage. The OVA virtual appliance can be imported to XenServer. Disks of a Virtual PC can be attached to a Hyper-V virtual machine.

A virtual machine must be powered off during the recovery to this machine. The target machine located on an ESX(i) or Hyper-V host will be powered off without a prompt. Please be sure to specify the correct machine.

Examples

Parameters

What to recover

--loc=<path>
--credentials=<user name>,<password>,encrypted
--arc=<archive name>
--password=<password>,encrypted
--backup=<backup ID>
--disk=<disk numbers>
--volume=<volume number>

Where to recover

• If you want to recover to an existing virtual machine:
  {--vmid=<virtual machine ID>|--vmname=<virtual machine name>|--vmconfig=<path>}
• If you want to create a new virtual machine on an ESX(i) or Hyper-V host:
  --vmname=<virtual machine name>
  --vmstorage=<path>
  {--vmserver_name=<server name>|--vmserver_id=<server GUID>}
  --vmram=<memory size>
  --vmcpu=<number of CPUs>
  --vmnetwork=<virtual network>
  --vmdisk_size=<disk sizes>
  --vmdisk_type=<disk types>
  --vmdisk_provisioning=<disk provisioning types>
• If you want to create a new virtual machine in a local or network folder:
  --vmname=<virtual machine name>
  --vmtype={vmware|virtualpc|redhat|xen}
  --vmstorage=<path>
  --credentials=<user name>,<password>,encrypted

Credentials for a network folder where the virtual machine is to be created.

--target_disk=<disk number>
--target_volume=<volume number>
--start=<offset>{s|kb|mb|gb}
--size=<volume size>{s|kb|mb|gb}

How to recover

--ext2_3
--fat16_32
--preserve_mbr
--type={active|primary|logical}
--use_all_space

Recovery options

--force_yes
--power_on
--retry_count=<number of attempts>
--retry_delay=<delay>
--silent_mode={on|off}
--use_registry_defaults

General parameters

--log=<full path>
--log_format={structured|unstructured}
--output={formatted|raw}
--progress
{-f|--file_params}=<full local path>

Access to a remote machine (Acronis Backup Advanced only)

--host=<IP address or hostname>
--credentials=<user name>,<password>,encrypted

Access to a specific service within a machine (Acronis Backup Advanced only)

--service={mms|ams}