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:

1. Version of the source Microsoft Hyper-V host
2. 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:

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.