The Veeam Cookbook Series

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Recipe: Agent Restore to VMware or Hyper-V

Expected deliverables:

Restore a full agent backup as a Virtual Machine in VMWare or Hyper-V

Time to complete: 15-30 minutes

Ingredients:

• VMware
  • VMware ESXi 6.0+
  • VMware vCenter
• Hyper-V
  • Windows Server Hyper-V 2012R2+
• A backup of a system using the Veeam Agent for Windows or Linux

Assumptions:

It’s assumed that you already have a Veeam Backup Server fully working in your environment.

Before you start

Ensure that you have sufficient virtual resources to allow for all the VMs to be started.

Method:

1. Open the Veeam Backup & Replication Console and select Home on the bottom left menu.
2. Click Restore and select one of the following options:
   • Agent > Entire machine restore > Instant recovery > Instant recovery to VMware vSphere
   • Agent > Entire machine restore > Instant recovery > Instant recovery to Microsoft Hyper-V
3. Select Add -> From backup… to open the selection of available backups. Choose the desired machine from one of the backups and click Add. Click Next.
4. Select Restore to the original location and click Next.
5. In the Reason step, enter a reason for performing the Intant Recovery.
6. Choose if the target VMs should be powered on and connected to the network, and then click Finish.

Important: After the VMs have been successfully recovered, you must finalize the process. For this, test the recovered VMs and decide whether to migrate them to production environment or stop publishing

Links to Resources:

• Veeam Guides and Helpcenter
• Veeam Community Forums
• Veeam Best Practices

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