Conversion to a virtual machine with a separate conversion plan

To convert a disk-level backup to a virtual machine, you must create a conversion plan.

You can use this plan to migrate a virtual machine to a non-original hypervisor. For example, you can convert a backup of a VMware virtual machine to a Proxmox virtual machine.

Also, with a conversion plan, you can update the resulting virtual machine after each incremental or differential backup.

Incremental updates are not available for virtual machines that are created by VMware Workstation and VHDX files options. For more information, see Types of conversion to virtual machine.

To create a conversion plan

VMware ESXi

  1. In the Cyber Protect console, go to Management > Conversion to VM.
  2. Click Create plan.

  3. To rename the plan, click the pencil icon, enter a new name, and then click OK.

  4. In Convert to, select VMware ESXi.
  5. In Host, select the target host, specify the virtual machine name, and then click OK.
  6. In Agent, select the agent that will perform the conversion.

  7. In Items to convert, select one or more backups to convert, and then click Done.

    To switch between selecting individual backups and backup locations, click Locations / Backups.

    If the selected backups are encrypted, all of them must use the same encryption password. For backups that use different encryption passwords, create separate plans.

  8. [If prompted] Specify the credentials to access the backup location, and then click OK.
  9. In Datastore, select the storage for the virtual machine.
  10. In Provisioning mode, select the disk provisioning mode.
  11. In VM settings, change the memory size, the number of processors, or the network connections of the virtual machine, and then click OK.

  12. In Schedule, change the plan schedule, and then click OK.

  13. [If the selected backups are encrypted] Turn on the Backup password switch, provide the encryption password, and then click OK.

  14. To change error handling, performance, pre-post commands or task failure handling, click the gear icon, update the settings, and then click Done.

  15. Click Create.

Microsoft Hyper-V

  1. In the Cyber Protect console, go to Management > Conversion to VM.
  2. Click Create plan.

  3. To rename the plan, click the pencil icon, enter a new name, and then click OK.

  4. In Convert to, select Microsoft Hyper-V.

  5. In Host, select the target host, specify the virtual machine name, and then click OK.
  6. In Agent, select the agent that will perform the conversion.

  7. In Items to convert, select one or more backups to convert, and then click Done.

    To switch between selecting individual backups and backup locations, click Locations / Backups.

    If the selected backups are encrypted, all of them must use the same encryption password. For backups that use different encryption passwords, create separate plans.

  8. In Path, select the storage for the virtual machine.

  9. In Provisioning mode, select the disk provisioning mode.

  10. In VM settings, change the memory size, the number of processors, or the network connections of the virtual machine, and then click OK.

  11. In Schedule, change the plan schedule, and then click OK.

  12. [If the selected backups are encrypted] Turn on the Backup password switch, provide the encryption password, and then click OK.

  13. To change error handling, performance, pre-post commands or task failure handling, click the gear icon, update the settings, and then click Done.

  14. Click Create.

Scale Computing HC3

Virtual machines that are replicated via the native Scale Computing VM replication functionality cannot be backed up.
  1. In the Cyber Protect console, go to Management > Conversion to VM.
  2. Click Create plan.

  3. To rename the plan, click the pencil icon, enter a new name, and then click OK.

  4. In Convert to, select Scale Computing HC3.

  5. In Host, select the target host, specify the virtual machine name, and then click OK.
  6. In Agent, select the agent that will perform the conversion.

  7. In Items to convert, select one or more backups to convert, and then click Done.

    To switch between selecting individual backups and backup locations, click Locations / Backups.

    If the selected backups are encrypted, all of them must use the same encryption password. For backups that use different encryption passwords, create separate plans.

  8. In VM settings, change the memory size, the number of processors, or the network connections of the virtual machine, and then click OK.

  9. In Schedule, change the plan schedule, and then click OK.

  10. [If the selected backups are encrypted] Turn on the Backup password switch, provide the encryption password, and then click OK.

  11. To change error handling, performance, pre-post commands or task failure handling, click the gear icon, update the settings, and then click Done.

  12. Click Create.

Cyber Frame

Cyber Frame Cloud does not provide licenses or subscriptions for virtual machines that you recover or convert from a source outside Cyber Frame Cloud. Only virtual machines that you create from Cyber Frame Cloud Windows Server images, other than the BYOL images, receive a Windows Server license. This virtual machine keeps its Windows Server license when you migrate, recover, or convert it within Cyber Frame Cloud, including to another cluster.

You are responsible for the license or subscription of the operating system, and of any other commercial software on the machine. For example, Windows Server or a commercial firewall appliance. Activate or register the software yourself, and ensure that each license or subscription permits use in a shared, multi-tenant cloud environment under the current terms of its vendor. To bring your own Windows Server licenses to Cyber Frame Cloud under the Microsoft Flexible Virtualization Benefit, you must hold eligible Windows Server subscription licenses, or Windows Server licenses with active Software Assurance.

  1. In the Cyber Protect console, go to Management > Conversion to VM.
  2. Click Create plan.

  3. To rename the plan, click the pencil icon, enter a new name, and then click OK.

  4. In Convert to, select Cyber Frame.

  5. In Project, select the target project, specify the virtual machine name, and then click OK.

    In the target selection, expand the cluster and the domain, and then select a project. All Cyber Frame networks and the additional settings become available only after you select a project.

    A cluster or a domain is not a valid target. If you start the operation with a cluster selected, CyberFramePublic is the only available network, and the operation fails with the error "Failed to allocate the network(s)".

    A private network that you created recently might not appear in the list immediately, because the discovery of new resources is delayed. If the network is missing, wait, and then refresh the list.

  6. In Agent, select the agent that will perform the conversion.

  7. In Items to convert, select one or more backups to convert, and then click Done.

    To switch between selecting individual backups and backup locations, click Locations / Backups.

    If the selected backups are encrypted, all of them must use the same encryption password. For backups that use different encryption passwords, create separate plans.

  8. [If prompted] Specify the credentials to access the backup location, and then click OK.
  9. In Storage policy, select a storage policy.

  10. In VM settings, change the memory size, the number of processors, or the network connections of the virtual machine, and then click OK.

  11. In VM settings, select a flavor, configure or add a network adapter, and then click OK.

  12. In Schedule, change the plan schedule, and then click OK.

  13. [If the selected backups are encrypted] Turn on the Backup password switch, provide the encryption password, and then click OK.

  14. To change error handling, performance, pre-post commands or task failure handling, click the gear icon, update the settings, and then click Done.

  15. Click Create.

Proxmox VE

  1. In the Cyber Protect console, go to Management > Conversion to VM.
  2. Click Create plan.

  3. To rename the plan, click the pencil icon, enter a new name, and then click OK.

  4. In Convert to, select Proxmox VE.
  5. In Host, select the target host, specify the virtual machine name, and then click OK.

  6. In Agent, select the agent that will perform the conversion.

  7. In Items to convert, select one or more backups to convert, and then click Done.

    To switch between selecting individual backups and backup locations, click Locations / Backups.

    If the selected backups are encrypted, all of them must use the same encryption password. For backups that use different encryption passwords, create separate plans.

  8. [If prompted] Specify the credentials to access the backup location, and then click OK.

  9. In Datastore, select the storage for the virtual machine.

    Conversion to a virtual machine is also supported on storages that do not provide snapshot capabilities. In such cases, incremental updates of the resulting virtual machine are not possible. For more details about the storage types that are supported by Proxmox, see https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/chapter-pvesm.html.
  10. In Provisioning mode, select the disk provisioning mode.

  11. In VM settings, change the memory size, the number of processors, or the network connections of the virtual machine, and then click OK.

  12. In Schedule, change the plan schedule, and then click OK.

  13. [If the selected backups are encrypted] Turn on the Backup password switch, provide the encryption password, and then click OK.

  14. To change error handling, performance, pre-post commands or task failure handling, click the gear icon, update the settings, and then click Done.

  15. Click Create.

VMware Workstation

  1. In the Cyber Protect console, go to Management > Conversion to VM.
  2. Click Create plan.

  3. To rename the plan, click the pencil icon, enter a new name, and then click OK.

  4. In Convert to, select VMware Workstation.
  5. In Agent, select the agent that will perform the conversion.

  6. In Items to convert, select one or more backups to convert, and then click Done.

    To switch between selecting individual backups and backup locations, click Locations / Backups.

    If the selected backups are encrypted, all of them must use the same encryption password. For backups that use different encryption passwords, create separate plans.

  7. [If prompted] Specify the credentials to access the backup location, and then click OK.

  8. In Path, select a location for virtual machine files, and then click Done.

    Each conversion overwrites the VMDK files in the target location.

  9. In Schedule, change the plan schedule, and then click OK.

  10. [If the selected backups are encrypted] Turn on the Backup password switch, provide the encryption password, and then click OK.

  11. To change error handling, performance, pre-post commands or task failure handling, click the gear icon, update the settings, and then click Done.

  12. Click Create.

VHDX files

  1. In the Cyber Protect console, go to Management > Conversion to VM.
  2. Click Create plan.

  3. To rename the plan, click the pencil icon, enter a new name, and then click OK.

  4. In Convert to, select VHDX files.
  5. In Agent, select the agent that will perform the conversion.

  6. In Items to convert, select one or more backups to convert, and then click Done.

    To switch between selecting individual backups and backup locations, click Locations / Backups.

    If the selected backups are encrypted, all of them must use the same encryption password. For backups that use different encryption passwords, create separate plans.

  7. [If prompted] Specify the credentials to access the backup location, and then click OK.

  8. In Path, select a location for virtual machine files, and then click Done.

    Each conversion overwrites the VHDX and VMX files in the target location.

  9. In Schedule, change the plan schedule, and then click OK.

  10. [If the selected backups are encrypted] Turn on the Backup password switch, provide the encryption password, and then click OK.

  11. To change error handling, performance, pre-post commands or task failure handling, click the gear icon, update the settings, and then click Done.

  12. Click Create.