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VM Replica Types

Veeam Backup & Replication automatically selects what type of VM replica must be created. Veeam Backup & Replication supports two methods for creating VM replicas:

Snapshot replica
Legacy replica

Which type of replica Veeam Backup & Replication uses depends on the following criteria:

Version of the source Microsoft Hyper-V host
Version of the target Microsoft Hyper-V host

For more information, see the compatibility table in the Supported Platforms for VM Replica Types section.