Environment
Source Machine
VMware vSphere 8
VMwaware vCenter Server 8
Microsoft MSSQL 2024 virtual machine
Target Machine
Microsoft Hyper-V 2022 Server
Migration Tool
Veeam Data Platform v13
Migration Path
1. Back up the MSSQL VM
2. Perform Instant Recovery of the MSSQL VM to the Hyper-V platform
3. Migrate the data to the Hyper-V platform
Backup the MSSQL VM
Instant VM Recovery and Migration
Select Instant recovery > Microsoft Hyper-V
Select the MSSQL VM, click Next.
Select the target Hyper-V host, click Next.
Select the Database, Click Next.
Setup the network connection, click Next.
Setup System UUID, click Next.
Click Next.
Click Next.
Click Finish.
You can test the MSSQL VM now.
You can migrate the MSSQL VM to Hyper-V if there are no any issues.
Enter the login credentials for Hyper-V, click OK.
You can power on the MSSQL VM on Hyper-V now.
Remark: A VMware Tools Error dialog appears indicating that VMware tools has encountered an unrecoverable error. Remember that the source MSSQL VM for this backup has VMware Tools installed because it was running on VMware vSphere, and this error occurs because the vSphere hypervisor services that VMware Tools depends on are not available on Hyper-V. To resolve this error to uninstall VMware Tools from this MSSQL VM.
You can check the database.
The migration is completed.
