Veeam Image backup restore to a virtual server.

ml_work · 2023-04-03T14:19:23.000Z

Customer uses Backup Exec daily backup of physical server (Windows). Weekend backup with the Veeam free agent doing full Image backup of the server.

Can the Veeam image backup be used to restore the server as a virtual server on Windows server running hyperv ?

jonahzona · 2023-04-03T14:47:09.000Z

Yes, you should be able to do this with the Veeam restore media. Just mount the disk in the VM, boot from it, and restore.

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supaplex-starwind · 2023-04-03T15:41:17.000Z

You may also use a V2V/P2V converter, which does almost the same in one shot while the source server runs.

markwilliams3 · 2023-04-04T21:20:06.000Z

Short answer is yes. I P2V images of systems for a sandbox when testing malware from the free veeam agent all the time. Just be mindful of the vm’s need to be similar bios config. So, type 1 for Bios/MBR and type 2 vm for UEFI/GPT. The vm has to match the physical pc’s setup in that particular sense.

ml_work · 2023-04-05T16:43:00.000Z

Mark, Thank you for the information. I have limited knowledge of virtual servers, most of my customers are small , one maybe 2 servers. You are answering what I am concerned about. I have only worked with the free version. My thinking is there a difference of the backup that it does when the server or pc is running as virtual machine. Would the backup not include the hardware since it is virtual, which would allow it to be restored to any hardware as virtual? In my situation it is backing up image of the physical box. I have done a restore to the same box and another one just like it without problem. My thinking is if we could not get another physical box just like the one the image was done of, then I would setup a windows server with hyper-v and restore the image to there. Your answer sounds like it might not work since the the bios and UEFI/GPT would be different.
Actually I did not know what P2V was, my google search took me to Veeam forum with a article, will read to understand. It appears to be using full version of veeam at some point.
Thanks

supaplex-starwind · 2023-04-07T08:34:13.000Z

ml_work:

Actually I did not know what P2V was, my google search took me to Veeam forum with a article, will read to understand. It appears to be using full version of veeam at some point.

You can use the tool from Starwinds V2V Converter / P2V Converter - Converting VM Formats . It is free.

Here is the guide that covers your exact scenario StarWind V2V Converter Help : Convert Physical Machine to remote Microsoft Hyper-V Server .

markwilliams3 · 2023-04-08T10:04:23.000Z

P2V is just an acronym for physical to virtual. There are lots of tools for it.

The reverse V2P is also possible but is more of an academic exercise than having any practical merit.

Finally there is also V2V which uses tools like the Starwind converter or the VMware tool to convert a virtual machine on one platform to one of the other common platforms. This is also a common practice in larger organizations. So, you can use it to convert stuff from on premise to say Azure or in my case my company was bought out and we were HyperV and the new parent company was VCenter.