Operation Manual

How does Acronis True Image 2016 handle Parallels Desktop virtual machines?

Acronis True Image 2016 provides complete support of your virtual machines created with Parallels

Desktop 9 and Parallels Desktop 10. When you back up your Mac, the virtual machines are backed up

as well. When you recover your Mac, the virtual machines are reverted to the state they were in

when the backup started. After recovery, all your virtual machines remain consistent and bootable.

How does it work?

Every time you run a backup, Acronis True Image 2016 creates snapshots of all virtual machines

added to Parallels Desktop. These snapshots are used as time points to revert to when you recover

your Mac. After the created snapshots are stored in the backup, they are automatically deleted from

your Mac.

Which virtual machines are backed up?

Acronis True Image 2016 backs up all virtual machines that are:

 Stored on the disks being backed up

 Added to the Parallels Desktop application

 Currently running, stopped, and suspended

2.10 Backup list icons

While working with the backup list, you will see special icons. The icons give you the following

information:

 Backup type

 Backup current state

Backup type icons

Entire Mac backup

Note: The appearance of this icon depends on the type of your Mac.