Issues Converting an image to VMware VM

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I was given a USB drive with several Acronis 11.5 image (.tib) files.

Converter does not work - I get an error ,,,,
The source parameters are invalid

So, I was going to try a restore of an image to a VM by booting up the Acronis Universal Restore and selecting the image.

However, the image disk is 298 gb but only about 30gb is used
We have limited ESXi Local storage.

Since I can't use converter to down size the drive, what is the best way to get the image over to a VM?

thanks

Thu, 09/10/2015 - 20:49
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In most cases you can resize a volume during a restore: http://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/documentation/AcronisBackup_11.5/i…. Just select to restore volumes rather than disks. However, it depends on how the image was taken. It could be taken sector-by-sector or not fully copied to the USB drive.
But why does not conversion work? What do you mean by "converter"? What steps did you perform to convert?

Tue, 09/15/2015 - 16:49