Performing Instant VM Recovery of Workloads to VMware vSphere VMs

To restore workloads as VMware vSphere VMs, you can use the following backups:

• Backups of VMware vSphere virtual machines created with Veeam Backup & Replication
• Backups of vCloud Director virtual machines created with Veeam Backup & Replication
• Backups of Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines created with Veeam Backup & Replication

• Backups of virtual and physical machines created with Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows or Veeam Agent for Linux

• Backups of Nutanix AHV virtual machines created with Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV
• Backups of Amazon EC2 instances created with Veeam Backup for AWS
• Backups of Microsoft Azure virtual machines created with Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure

Before you start Instant VM Recovery, check prerequisites. Then use the Instant Recovery to VMware wizard to recover VMs.

1. Launch the Instant VM Recovery wizard
2. Select workloads
3. Select a restore point
4. Select a restore mode
5. Specify a destination for virtual disk updates
6. Configure a helper appliance
7. Specify secure restore settings
8. Specify a restore reason
9. Verify Instant VM Recovery settings
10. Finalize Instant VM Recovery