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Dynamic storage involves dividing a physical disk into multiple volumes or combining a physical disk with other physical disks to form volumes that are greater in size than any one physical disk. A traditional disk volume is called a "basic" disk volume. Backup supports the following basic and dynamic backup and restore combinations:
Note: While Universal Restore supports restoration of dynamic disks to similar hardware, it does not support restoration of dynamics disks to different hardware platforms that require new drivers. To restore to different hardware platforms, you must restore the dynamic disk backup to a basic disk.
Disk-Based Backups of Dynamic and GPT Disks
Backup clients ABR10 and ABR11 support disk-based backups of Dynamic and GPT disks. Previous to ABR10, only partition-based backups were supported for these types of disks. Restoring disk-based backups of Dynamic and GPT disks requires Universal Restore. AutoRecovery and CD Recovery of Dynamic and GPT Disks are not supported. ABR11 also supports EFI-based systems, where Windows is installed on a GPT volume (partition style is GPT).
Note: Acronis clients prior to ABR11 do not support EFI-based systems. If Windows is installed on a GPT volume, the restored system will only be boot-able if it is backed up and restored using ABR11. For more information, see the Acronis KB article.