Recovering a physical machine as a virtual machine

You can recover a disk-level backup of a physical machine to a virtual machine. This operation is called cross-platform recovery (machine migration). For more information, see Cross-platform recovery.

Prerequisites

  • An agent for the relevant hypervisor is installed in your environment. For example, recovery to a VMware ESXi virtual machine requires Agent for VMware that is installed and registered in the Cyber Protect console.

To recover a physical machine as a virtual machine

The procedures are listed according to the type of the target virtual machine.

VMware ESXi

  1. In the Cyber Protect console, do one of the following:

    • [For online machines] On the Devices tab, select a backed-up machine, click Recovery, and then select a backup (recovery point).

      The recovery points are filtered by backup storage.
    • [For online and offline machines] On the Backup storage tab, select a backup archive, and then select a backup (recovery point).

    • [For offline machines] [If the backup location is the cloud storage or a shared storage that other agents can access]

      • On the Devices tab, select a backed-up machine, and then click Recovery.
      • Click Select machine, select a target machine that is online, and then click OK.
      • Select a recovery point.
      You can also recover an offline machine by using bootable media. See Recovering disks by using bootable media.

  2. Click Recover > Entire machine.

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

  4. In Recover to, select Virtual machine.

  5. Select a target machine.

    1. Click Target machine.
    2. [If multiple hypervisors are available] Select Broadcom (VMware) ESXi.

    3. [To perform recovery to a new machine]

      1. Select New machine.
      2. Select a host.
      3. In Machine name, specify a name for the new machine.
      4. Click OK.

    4. [To perform recovery to an existing machine]

      1. Select Existing machine.
      2. Select the target machine.
      3. Click OK.
  6. [If prompted] Specify the credentials to access the backup storage, and then click OK.

  7. [When recovering to a new machine] Configure additional options:

    1. To change the storage for the virtual machine, click Datastore, and then select a datastore.

    2. To change the disk mapping or exclude some of the backed-up disks from the recovery, click Disk mapping.

      1. Configure the disk mapping or select the disks that you want to recover.
      2. Click Done.

    3. To change the memory size, the number of virtual processors, or the network connections of the target machine, click VM settings.

      1. Configure the settings.
      2. Click OK.
  8. Click Start recovery
  9. [When recovering to an existing machine] To confirm that you want to overwrite the target machine, click Start recovery.

Azure

  1. In the Cyber Protect console, do one of the following:

    • [For online machines] On the Devices tab, select a backed-up machine, click Recovery, and then select a backup (recovery point).

      The recovery points are filtered by backup storage.
    • [For online and offline machines] On the Backup storage tab, select a backup archive, and then select a backup (recovery point).

    • [For offline machines] [If the backup location is the cloud storage or a shared storage that other agents can access]

      • On the Devices tab, select a backed-up machine, and then click Recovery.
      • Click Select machine, select a target machine that is online, and then click OK.
      • Select a recovery point.
      You can also recover an offline machine by using bootable media. See Recovering disks by using bootable media.

  2. Click Recover > Entire machine.

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

  4. In Recover to, select Virtual machine.

  5. Select a target machine.

    1. Click Target machine.
    2. [If multiple hypervisors are available] Select Microsoft Azure.

      1. [To perform recovery to a new machine]

        1. Select New machine.
        2. Select an Azure subscription, region, and resource group.
          Resource groups that Acronis manages, such as the groups with the cyber-protect-rg- prefix, do not appear in the list, so you cannot select them as recovery targets.
          Do not place other resources in the cyber-protect-rg- resource groups, because these resources can be deleted automatically when the appliance is updated or redeployed. Do not remove the tags from these resource groups.
        3. In Machine name, specify a name for the new machine.
        4. Click OK.

      2. [To perform recovery to the original machine]

        1. Select Original machine.
        2. Click OK.
  6. [If prompted] Specify the credentials to access the backup storage, and then click OK.

  7. [When recovering to a new machine] Configure additional options:

    1. To change the storage type of each target disk, click Disk mapping.

      1. In the target disk section, click Change.
      2. Click the gear icon.

      3. Select the storage type.

        Locally-Redundant Storage (LRS) and Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS) are available.

      4. Click Done.

    2. To change the availability type and zone, memory size, and the network connections (including subnets and security groups) of the virtual machine, click VM settings.

      1. Configure the settings.
      2. Click OK.
  8. Click Start recovery
  9. [When recovering to the original machine] To confirm that you want to overwrite the target machine, click Start recovery.

Hyper-V

  1. In the Cyber Protect console, do one of the following:

    • [For online machines] On the Devices tab, select a backed-up machine, click Recovery, and then select a backup (recovery point).

      The recovery points are filtered by backup storage.
    • [For online and offline machines] On the Backup storage tab, select a backup archive, and then select a backup (recovery point).

    • [For offline machines] [If the backup location is the cloud storage or a shared storage that other agents can access]

      • On the Devices tab, select a backed-up machine, and then click Recovery.
      • Click Select machine, select a target machine that is online, and then click OK.
      • Select a recovery point.
      You can also recover an offline machine by using bootable media. See Recovering disks by using bootable media.

  2. Click Recover > Entire machine.

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

  4. In Recover to, select Virtual machine.

  5. Select a target machine.

    1. Click Target machine.
    2. [If multiple hypervisors are available] Select Microsoft Hyper-V.

    3. [To perform recovery to a new machine]

      1. Select New machine.
      2. Select a host.
      3. In Machine name, specify a name for the new machine.
      4. Click OK.

    4. [To perform recovery to an existing machine]

      1. Select Existing machine.
      2. Select the target machine.
      3. Click OK.
  6. [If prompted] Specify the credentials to access the backup storage, and then click OK.

  7. [When recovering to a new machine] Configure additional options:

    1. To change the storage for the virtual machine, click Path, and then select a storage.

    2. To change the disk mapping or exclude some of the backed-up disks from the recovery, click Disk mapping.

      1. Configure the disk mapping or select the disks that you want to recover.
      2. Click Done.

    3. To change the storage, interface, or provisioning mode for each virtual disk, click Disk mapping.

      1. In the target disk section, click Change.
      2. Click the gear icon.
      3. Configure the settings.
      4. Click Done.

    4. To change the memory size, the number of virtual processors, or the network connections of the target machine, click VM settings.

      1. Configure the settings.
      2. Click OK.
  8. Click Start recovery
  9. [When recovering to an existing machine] To confirm that you want to overwrite the target machine, click Start recovery.

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, do one of the following:

    • [For online machines] On the Devices tab, select a backed-up machine, click Recovery, and then select a backup (recovery point).

      The recovery points are filtered by backup storage.
    • [For online and offline machines] On the Backup storage tab, select a backup archive, and then select a backup (recovery point).

    • [For offline machines] [If the backup location is the cloud storage or a shared storage that other agents can access]

      • On the Devices tab, select a backed-up machine, and then click Recovery.
      • Click Select machine, select a target machine that is online, and then click OK.
      • Select a recovery point.
      You can also recover an offline machine by using bootable media. See Recovering disks by using bootable media.

  2. Click Recover > Entire machine.

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

  4. In Recover to, select Virtual machine.

  5. Select a target machine.

    1. Click Target machine.
    2. [If multiple hypervisors are available] Select Cyber Frame.

    3. [To perform recovery to a new machine]

      1. Select New machine.
      2. Select a host.
      3. In Machine name, specify a name for the new machine.
      4. Click OK.

    4. [To perform recovery to an existing machine]

      1. Select Existing machine.
      2. Select the target machine.
      3. Click OK.
  6. [If prompted] Specify the credentials to access the backup storage, and then click OK.

  7. [When recovering to a new machine] Configure additional options.

    1. To change the disk mapping or exclude some of the backed-up disks from the recovery, click Disk mapping.

      1. Configure the disk mapping or select the disks that you want to recover.
      2. Click Done.

    2. To change the storage policy for the target disk, click Disk mapping.

      1. In the target disk section, click Change.
      2. Click the gear icon.
      3. Select the storage policy for the disk.
      4. Click Done.

    3. To change the network adapters, click VM settings.

      1. Configure the settings.
      2. Click OK.
  8. Click Start recovery
  9. [When recovering to an existing machine] To confirm that you want to overwrite the target machine, click Start recovery.

Scale Computing HC3

  1. In the Cyber Protect console, do one of the following:

    • [For online machines] On the Devices tab, select a backed-up machine, click Recovery, and then select a backup (recovery point).

      The recovery points are filtered by backup storage.
    • [For online and offline machines] On the Backup storage tab, select a backup archive, and then select a backup (recovery point).

    • [For offline machines] [If the backup location is the cloud storage or a shared storage that other agents can access]

      • On the Devices tab, select a backed-up machine, and then click Recovery.
      • Click Select machine, select a target machine that is online, and then click OK.
      • Select a recovery point.
      You can also recover an offline machine by using bootable media. See Recovering disks by using bootable media.

  2. Click Recover > Entire machine.

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

  4. In Recover to, select Virtual machine.

  5. Select a target machine.

    1. Click Target machine.
    2. [If multiple hypervisors are available] Select Scale Computing HC3.

    3. [To perform recovery to a new machine]

      1. Select New machine.
      2. Select a host.
      3. In Machine name, specify a name for the new machine.
      4. Click OK.

    4. [To perform recovery to an existing machine]

      1. Select Existing machine.
      2. Select the target machine.
      3. Click OK.
  6. [If prompted] Specify the credentials to access the backup storage, and then click OK.

  7. [When recovering to a new machine] Configure additional options.

    1. To change the disk mapping or exclude some of the backed-up disks from the recovery, click Disk mapping.

      1. Configure the disk mapping or select the disks that you want to recover.
      2. Click Done.

    2. To change the storage container, interface, or provisioning mode for each virtual disk, click Disk mapping.

      1. In the target disk section, click Change.
      2. Click the gear icon.
      3. Configure the settings.
      4. Click Done.
  8. Click Start recovery
  9. [When recovering to an existing machine] To confirm that you want to overwrite the target machine, click Start recovery.

oVirt

  1. In the Cyber Protect console, do one of the following:

    • [For online machines] On the Devices tab, select a backed-up machine, click Recovery, and then select a backup (recovery point).

      The recovery points are filtered by backup storage.
    • [For online and offline machines] On the Backup storage tab, select a backup archive, and then select a backup (recovery point).

    • [For offline machines] [If the backup location is the cloud storage or a shared storage that other agents can access]

      • On the Devices tab, select a backed-up machine, and then click Recovery.
      • Click Select machine, select a target machine that is online, and then click OK.
      • Select a recovery point.
      You can also recover an offline machine by using bootable media. See Recovering disks by using bootable media.

  2. Click Recover > Entire machine.

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

  4. In Recover to, select Virtual machine.

  5. Select a target machine.

    1. Click Target machine.

    2. [If multiple hypervisors are available] Select oVirt.

    3. [To perform recovery to a new machine]

      1. Select New machine.
      2. Select a host.
      3. In Machine name, specify a name for the new machine.
      4. Click OK.

    4. [To perform recovery to an existing machine]

      1. Select Existing machine.
      2. Select the target machine.
      3. Click OK.
  6. [If prompted] Specify the credentials to access the backup storage, and then click OK.

  7. [When recovering to a new machine] Configure additional options:

    1. To change the storage for the virtual machine, click Storage domain, and then select a storage.

    2. To change the disk mapping or exclude some of the backed-up disks from the recovery, click Disk mapping.

      1. Configure the disk mapping or select the disks that you want to recover.

      2. Click Done.

  8. Click Start recovery
  9. [When recovering to an existing machine] To confirm that you want to overwrite the target machine, click Start recovery.

Nutanix

  1. In the Cyber Protect console, do one of the following:

    • [For online machines] On the Devices tab, select a backed-up machine, click Recovery, and then select a backup (recovery point).

      The recovery points are filtered by backup storage.
    • [For online and offline machines] On the Backup storage tab, select a backup archive, and then select a backup (recovery point).

    • [For offline machines] [If the backup location is the cloud storage or a shared storage that other agents can access]

      • On the Devices tab, select a backed-up machine, and then click Recovery.
      • Click Select machine, select a target machine that is online, and then click OK.
      • Select a recovery point.
      You can also recover an offline machine by using bootable media. See Recovering disks by using bootable media.

  2. Click Recover > Entire machine.

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

  4. In Recover to, select Virtual machine.

  5. Select a target machine.

    1. Click Target machine.

    2. [If multiple hypervisors are available] Select Nutanix.

    3. [To perform recovery to a new machine]

      1. Select New machine.
      2. Select a host.
      3. In Machine name, specify a name for the new machine.
      4. Click OK.

    4. [To perform recovery to an existing machine]

      1. Select Existing machine.
      2. Select the target machine.
      3. Click OK.
  6. [If prompted] Specify the credentials to access the backup storage, and then click OK.

  7. [When recovering to a new machine] Configure additional options.

    1. To change the storage for the virtual machine, click Storage container, and then select a storage.

    2. To change the disk mapping or exclude some of the backed-up disks from the recovery, click Disk mapping.

      1. Configure the disk mapping or select the disks that you want to recover.

      2. Click Done.

    3. To change the storage containerod or interface, click Disk mapping.

      1. In the target disk section, click Change.
      2. Click the gear icon.
      3. Configure the settings.
      4. Click Done.

    4. To change the memory size, the number of virtual processors, or the network connections of the target machine, click VM settings.

      1. Configure the settings.

      2. Click OK.

  8. Click Start recovery
  9. [When recovering to an existing machine] To confirm that you want to overwrite the target machine, click Start recovery.

Proxmox

  1. In the Cyber Protect console, do one of the following:

    • [For online machines] On the Devices tab, select a backed-up machine, click Recovery, and then select a backup (recovery point).

      The recovery points are filtered by backup storage.
    • [For online and offline machines] On the Backup storage tab, select a backup archive, and then select a backup (recovery point).

    • [For offline machines] [If the backup location is the cloud storage or a shared storage that other agents can access]

      • On the Devices tab, select a backed-up machine, and then click Recovery.
      • Click Select machine, select a target machine that is online, and then click OK.
      • Select a recovery point.
      You can also recover an offline machine by using bootable media. See Recovering disks by using bootable media.

  2. Click Recover > Entire machine.

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

  4. In Recover to, select Virtual machine.

  5. Select a target machine.

    1. Click Target machine.

    2. [If multiple hypervisors are available] Select Proxmox.

    3. [To perform recovery to a new machine]

      1. Select New machine.
      2. Select a host.
      3. In Machine name, specify a name for the new machine.
      4. Click OK.

    4. [To perform recovery to an existing machine]

      1. Select Existing machine.
      2. Select the target machine.
      3. Click OK.
  6. [If prompted] Specify the credentials to access the backup storage, and then click OK.

  7. [When recovering to a new machine] Configure additional options:

    1. To change the storage for the virtual machine, click Storage, and then select a storage.

    2. To change the disk mapping, disk controller type, disk provisioning mode, or exclude some of the backed-up disks from the recovery, click Disk mapping.

      1. Configure the disk mapping or select the disks that you want to recover.

      2. Click Done.

      • To recover a disk as VirtIO type disk, in the recovery options, select NVME.

      • During a recovery to a new machine, VDMK disks are recovered as QCOW2 disks or RAW disks (if you change the provisioning type to thick).

    3. To change the memory size, the number of virtual processors, or the network connections of the target machine, click VM settings.

      1. Configure the settings.
      2. Click OK.
  8. Click Start recovery
  9. [When recovering to an existing machine] To confirm that you want to overwrite the target machine, click Start recovery.

You can check the recovery progress in the Cyber Protect console, on the Activities tab.