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Create a VHD File from a CA ARCserve D2D Backup

Each time CA ARCserve D2D performs a successful backup, a point-in-time snapshot image of your backup is also created. Before creating a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) file from a CA ARCserve D2D backup, you must have at least one CA ARCserve D2D recovery point available.

Follow these steps:

1. From the CA ARCserve D2D home page, select Copy Recovery Point.

   The Copy Recovery Point dialog opens.

   

2. Specify the backup source. You can either specify a location or browse to the location where your backup images are stored. If necessary, enter the Username and Password credentials to gain access to that location.

   The calendar view highlights (in green) all dates during the displayed time period that contain recovery points for that backup source.

3. Specify the recovery point to copy.
   1. Select the calendar date for the backup image you want to copy.

      The corresponding recovery points for that date are displayed, with the time of the backup, the type of backup that was performed, and the name of the backup.

   2. Select a recovery point that you want to copy.

      The corresponding backup content (including any applications) for that recovery point is displayed.

4. Specify the copy options.
   1. Select the destination. You can either specify a location or browse to the location where the copy of your selected recovery point is going to be stored. If necessary, enter the Username and Password.

      Note: Verify that you select a location that has sufficient free space available to hold the entire VHD.

   2. Set the level of compression to "No Compression - VHD".

      Compression is not performed. Files are converted to .vhd format directly, without the need for manual operations. This option has the lowest CPU usage (fastest speed), but also has the highest disk space usage for your backup image.

5. Click Create a Copy.

   A status notification window appears and the copy process for the selected recovery point type is launched immediately.

   The recovery point image is copied from the backup source to the destination.

6. When the copy process is finished, browse to the destination and navigate to the subordinate folder corresponding to the hostname of the CA ARCserve D2D computer.
7. Open the hostname folder and navigate to the following subordinate folder:

   "VStore\S0000000001"

   For example, if your computer name is "Department_A" and you copied the recovery point (backup) to "E:\export_vhd\" you would navigate to:

   E:\export_vhd\Department_A\VStore\S0000000001

8. Open the "S0000000001" folder to locate all files with a ".vhd" extension.

   Each of these files corresponds to an actual physical disk on the source computer which can be used as regular VHD files.

Important! The VHD created by CA ARCserve D2D during the copy process may not boot in the hypervisor because the VHD files may not contain the correct drivers for the VM.