Supported Platforms for VM Replica Types
Veeam Backup & Replication automatically selects what type of VM replica must be created. You cannot explicitly choose to create a snapshot or legacy replica.
The type of VM replica depends on a number of criteria:
- Version of the source Microsoft Hyper-V host
- Version of the target Microsoft Hyper-V host
New Replication Jobs
If you create replication jobs with Veeam Backup & Replication 9.0, the replication job will produce VM replicas of the following types:
Source/Target | Target 2008 R2 | Target 2012 | Target 2012 R2 |
From Infrastructure | |||
2008 R2 | Legacy | Snapshot | Snapshot |
2012 | Not supported | Snapshot | Snapshot |
2012 R2 | Not supported | Not supported | Snapshot |
From Backup | |||
2008 R2 | Not supported | Snapshot | Snapshot |
2012 | Not supported | Snapshot | Snapshot |
2012 R2 | Not supported | Not supported | Snapshot |
For example:
- You configure a replication job with a Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2 host used as a source and a Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2 host used as a target. VM data is retrieved from the production infrastructure. In this case, the replication job will produce a legacy replica.
- You configure a replication job with a Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 host used as a source and a Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 R2 host used as a target. VM data is retrieved from the backup. In this case, the replication job will produce a snapshot replica.
Existing Replication Jobs
After you upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication 9.0, replication jobs will work as usual. However, if you have legacy replication jobs that use Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2 host as a target, you will not be able to edit these jobs.
Legacy replication jobs can use only the virtual infrastructure as a source of data. Replication from backup is not supported for legacy replication jobs.
Source/Target | Target 2008R2 | Target 2012 | Target 2012 R2 |
From Infrastructure | |||
2008 R2 | Legacy | Legacy | Legacy |
2012 | Not supported | Legacy | Legacy |
2012 R2 | Not supported | Not supported | Legacy |
From Backup | |||
2008 R2 | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
2012 | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
2012 R2 | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |