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Restore a VMWare VM to Hyper-V

  • June 8, 2026
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Simple question, but I don’t think this is possible from reading up about this, there is a great video on migrating, but I think this assumes you still have the old VMWare infrastructure as well as your destination Hyper-V. So, the question is then, can you restore a full backup of a VMWare VM, onto Hyper-V? Assume pre-reqs like removing vmware tools are taken care of, but the actual conversion to Hyper-V can this be done without running your source VMW environment?

Best answer by CMF

Hi ​@alan.thompson, 

You can restore a VMware VM via instant recovery to a Hyper-V Server. 

https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/instant_recovery_to_hv.html?ver=13

Regards

Chalid

Thanks, I think - but does this not require the existing VMWare infrastructure to be running also?

No it doesn´t because you are restoring from a backup and not replicating an existing VM

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    CMF
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    • CMF
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    • June 8, 2026

    Hi ​@alan.thompson, 

    You can restore a VMware VM via instant recovery to a Hyper-V Server. 

    https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/instant_recovery_to_hv.html?ver=13

    Regards

    Chalid

    Chalid Mohamed Fathallah | Veeam Legend | VMCE 2024 | VMCA 2025 | VCP-DCV | VCE-vSan
      kciolek
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      • kciolek
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      • June 8, 2026

      Yes - you should be able to. i recently did this on my lab server

      Ken Ciolek | SHI Labs Data Protection & Storage Lead | Object First Ace | Veeam Rising Star | Commvault Global Ambassador
        eblack
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        • eblack
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        • June 8, 2026

        For sure, we do it all the time, just follow the prereqs. We did need to script the tool removal. There’s a post out there somewhere from me on it. 

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          • alan.thompson
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          • June 8, 2026

          Hi ​@alan.thompson, 

          You can restore a VMware VM via instant recovery to a Hyper-V Server. 

          https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/instant_recovery_to_hv.html?ver=13

          Regards

          Chalid

          Thanks, I think - but does this not require the existing VMWare infrastructure to be running also?

            CMF
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            • CMF
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            • June 8, 2026

            Hi ​@alan.thompson, 

            You can restore a VMware VM via instant recovery to a Hyper-V Server. 

            https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/instant_recovery_to_hv.html?ver=13

            Regards

            Chalid

            Thanks, I think - but does this not require the existing VMWare infrastructure to be running also?

            No it doesn´t because you are restoring from a backup and not replicating an existing VM

            Chalid Mohamed Fathallah | Veeam Legend | VMCE 2024 | VMCA 2025 | VCP-DCV | VCE-vSan
              coolsport00
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              • coolsport00
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              • June 21, 2026

              Hi ​@alan.thompson - just following up on your post here. Were any of the comments posted able to help answer your question? If any of the comments helped you out, we ask you please mark one as ‘Best Answer’ to help anyone else in the Community who may have the same question/issue.

              Let us know if you have further questions.

              Thank you.

              Shane Williford - Veeam VMCA/VMCE | Veeam Legend | VUG Leader | VCP-DCV | Twitter: @coolsport00
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              • alan.thompson
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              • June 29, 2026

              Hi there, sorry, I still don’t have my Hyper-V environment ready to test the theory, but I’ve assumed it’s correct as I’m sure you guys know best, and marked the best answer. Thanks again, I will be sure to post something else on this thread if this DOES NOT work ;)

                CMF
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                • CMF
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                • June 29, 2026

                Hi ​@alan.thompson thanks for the update. Feel free to ask any question at any time. I´m pretty sure that everything will work just fine. 🙂

                 

                Regdars

                Chalid

                Chalid Mohamed Fathallah | Veeam Legend | VMCE 2024 | VMCA 2025 | VCP-DCV | VCE-vSan
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