Rather than converting a TIB file to a virtual disk file, which requires additional operations to bring the virtual disk into use, Acronis Backup performs the conversion by recovery of a disk backup to a fully configured and operational new virtual machine. You have the ability to adapt the virtual machine configuration to your needs when configuring the recovery operation.
With Acronis Backup Agent for Windows or Agent for Linux, you can create a new virtual machine in a local or network folder. You can start the machine using the respective virtualization software or prepare the machine files for further usage. The following table summarizes the available virtual machine formats and the actions you can take to add the machine to a virtualization server.
VM format |
Further action and tool to use |
Target virtualization platform |
VMware Workstation |
Export using VMware Workstation; or Convert to OVF using VMware OVF tool > Deploy OVF template using vSphere Client |
ESX(i) |
Microsoft Virtual PC* |
Add the VHD file to a Hyper-V machine |
Hyper-V |
Citrix XenServer OVA |
Import using Citrix XenCenter |
XenServer |
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (Raw format) |
Move the virtual machine files to a machine running Linux and run the virtual machine by using Virtual Machine Manager |
- |
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) (Raw format) |
Import using RHEV Manager |
RHEV |
*Microsoft Virtual PC does not support disks that are larger than 127 GB. Acronis enables you to create a Virtual PC machine with larger disks so that you can attach the disks to a Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machine.
With Acronis Backup Agent for Hyper-V or Agent for VMware, you can create a new virtual machine directly on the respective virtualization server.