Virtual Machine Manager integrates multiple virtualization solutions and provides a centralized and sleek user interface. The package helps you easily create virtual machines or convert physical operating systems to virtual machines. Virtual Machine Manager can also turn backups from Active Backup for Business into virtual machines so you can look for files or other data from earlier backups.

Convert physical operating systems to images and import them to Virtual Machine Manager

Virtual Machine Manager supports the following file formats for imports:

• OVA (Open Virtual Appliance)
• VMDK (VMware Virtual Machine Disk)
• VHD/VHDX (Fixed and Dynamic Virtual Hard Disk)
• VDI (Virtual Disk Image)
• IMG (raw images)
• ISO (disk images)

To import VMDK, VHD/VHDX, VDI, or IMG images:

1. Go to Virtual Machine Manager > Image > Disk Image and add the images.¹
   
2. On the Virtual Machine page, click Create > Import.
   
3. Choose Import from disk images and follow the instructions to finish the import.
   

To import ISO files:

1. Go to Virtual Machine Manager > Image > ISO File and add the images.
   
2. On the Virtual Machine page, click Create > Import.
   
3. Choose Import from disk images and follow the instructions to finish the import.
   

To import OVA files:

1. Go to Virtual Machine Manager > Virtual Machine and click Create > Import.
2. Choose Import from OVA files and follow the instructions to finish the import.
   

Import backed up operating systems from Active Backup for Business to Virtual Machine Manager

If you have never backed up your operating systems with Active Backup for Business, you can refer to this article for instructions. Back up your operating systems and refer to this article to import the backed up operating systems to Virtual Machine Manager.