Conversion to a virtual machine

You can create a separate plan for the conversion to a virtual machine and run this plan manually or on a schedule.

For information about prerequisites and limitations, please refer to "What you need to know about conversion".

To create a plan for conversion to a virtual machine

1. Click Plans > Conversion to VM.
2. Click Create plan.

   The software displays a new plan template.

3. [Optional] To modify the plan name, click the default name.
4. In Convert to, select the type of the target virtual machine. You can select one of the following:
   • VMware ESXi
   • Microsoft Hyper-V
   • VMware Workstation
   • VHDX files
5. Do one of the following:
   • For VMware ESXi and Hyper-V: click Host, select the target host, and then specify the new machine name template.
   • For other virtual machine types: in Path, specify where to save the virtual machine files and the file name template.

   The default name is [Machine Name]_converted.

6. Click Agent, and then select the agent that will perform the conversion.
7. Click Items to convert, and then select the backups that this plan will convert to virtual machines.

   You can switch between selecting backups and selecting entire locations by using the Locations / Backups switch in the top-right corner.

   If the selected backups are encrypted, all of them must use the same encryption password. For backups that use different encryption passwords, create separate plans.

8. [Only for VMware ESXi and Hyper-V] Click Datastore for ESXi or Path for Hyper-V, and then select the datastore (storage) for the virtual machine.
9. [Optional] For VMware ESXi and Hyper-V, you can also do the following:
   • Change the disk provisioning mode. The default setting is Thin for VMware ESXi and Dynamically expanding for Hyper-V.
   • Click VM settings to change the memory size, the number of processors, and the network connections of the virtual machine.
10. [Optional] Click Schedule, and then change the schedule.
11. If the backups selected in Items to convert are encrypted, enable the Backup password switch, and then provide the encryption password. Otherwise, skip this step.
12. [Optional] To modify the plan options, click the gear icon.
13. Click Create.