Recover and reuse data for Hyper-V VMs

Restore Hyper-V VMs to different virtualization platforms or cloud environments for workload migration, disaster recovery, or platform consolidation.

Supported destinations

You can restore Hyper-V VMs to:

• VMware vSphere: Migrate VMs to VMware infrastructure

• AWS EC2: Migrate VMs to Amazon Web Services cloud

• Microsoft Azure: Migrate VMs to Azure cloud

• Azure Stack: Migrate VMs to Azure Stack environments

Restore to a different platform

Use the out-of-place restore option to migrate VMs across platforms:

1. Navigate to Protect > Virtualization > VM groups tab.

2. Select the VM and click the action button.

3. Click Restore.

4. Click Full virtual machine.

5. Select the VMs to restore and click Restore.

6. On the Restore options page:

   • For Restore type, select Out of place.

   • For Destination, select the target platform (VMware, AWS, Azure, or Azure Stack).

   • Select the destination hypervisor or cloud account.

   • Configure VM details for the destination platform (name, network, storage).

   • Customize network settings if needed to prevent IP conflicts.

7. Click Submit.

The restore operation converts the Hyper-V VM format to the destination platform's native format and registers the VM in the target environment.

Use cases

Disaster recovery

Restore Hyper-V VMs to cloud platforms when on-premises infrastructure is unavailable.

Cloud migration

Move workloads from on-premises Hyper-V to cloud platforms for modernization or cost optimization.

Platform consolidation

Migrate VMs from Hyper-V to VMware or other platforms during infrastructure consolidation projects.