Before You Begin

You can create a Veeam Recovery Media for a protected computer in Veeam Backup & Replication if the following conditions are met:

• A protected computer runs a Microsoft Windows OS.

• A full backup file of one of the following backup types was created for the protected computer on the target location by a Veeam Agent backup job:

• Entire computer backup
• Volume-level backup of the computer system volume
• File-level backup of the computer OS data (created with the Operating system option selected in the backup job settings)

Removable Storage Device Scenario (USB, SD Card and Other)

• The removable storage device must be inserted into a corresponding slot on the computer or connected to the computer.
• The removable storage device must have enough capacity to store the created recovery image. On average, the size of the created recovery image without manually loaded drivers is 500 MB.
• During the recovery image creation, Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows formats the removable storage device. If you have important information on the device, create a copy of this data in some other location.

CD/DVD/BD Scenario

• An empty or re-writable CD/DVD/BD must be inserted into a CD/DVD/BD drive on the computer.
• The CD/DVD/BD must have enough capacity to store the created recovery image. On average, the size of the created recovery image without manually loaded drivers is 500 MB.
• [For RW CD/DVD/BD] During the recovery image creation, Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows erases information on the CD/DVD/BD. If you have important information on the CD/DVD/BD, create a copy of this data in some other location.