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Restore ESXi Backup to Hyper-V Using Veeam?

  • December 15, 2025
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waqasali
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Hello Veeam Community,

I have a question regarding cross-platform restore. If we have a backup of a VM running on VMware ESXi, can we restore that backup to a Microsoft Hyper-V environment using Veeam Backup & Replication?

Both environments are supported by Veeam, but I want to confirm if this type of restore is possible and what the recommended approach would be (e.g., direct restore, conversion, or any limitations).

Has anyone implemented this scenario successfully? Any best practices or considerations would be appreciated.

Thank you!

Waqas Ali
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CMF
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  • December 15, 2025

Hi ​@waqasali ,

You can restore VMs via Instant Recovery to a different hypervisor. I have already done that in the past without issues. 

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
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waqasali
Mohamed Ali
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  • December 15, 2025

thank you, ​@CMF , for your quick response.  

Waqas Ali
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CMF
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thank you, ​@CMF , for your quick response.  

You´re welcome! 😊

Chalid Mohamed Fathallah | Veeam Legend | VMCE 2024 | VMCA 2025 | VCP-DCV | VCE-vSan
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Mohamed Ali
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  • December 15, 2025

Yes its’ supported and you can do using Instant VM Recovery to Hyper-V and then migrate to production 

Mohamed Ali | VUG leader | VMCE 2024, VCP-DCV, CCP-V
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Instant recovery is the way

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thank you ​@Mohamed Ali for your quick response. 

Waqas Ali
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Hi ​@Link State thank you for your quick response. 

Waqas Ali
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Chris.Childerhose
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Just as an FYI this topic has been covered many times and a quick search is always a good thing. 😉

Chris Childerhose - VMCA2024 | VMCE2023 | VMCE-SP2024 | Veeam Vanguard 8* | Veeam Legend 5* | VUG Canada Leader | vExpert 6* | Toronto VMUG Leader | VCAP-DCV/VCP-DCV | Object First Ace | Cisco Champion | Twitter: @cchilderhose | Blog Site – https://just-virtualization.tech
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waqasali
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Hi ​@Chris.Childerhose 

Before posting here, I had already checked this topic, but most of the available information was in the German language. I also reviewed several discussions related to migrating from ESXi to other hypervisors. However, I posted here with the intention of having a deeper technical discussion on this topic. I appreciate your understanding.  

 

Waqas Ali
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