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title: "Restore Plans"
description: "If you want to recover vSphere VM, Hyper-V VM or Veeam agent backups to a VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V environment, create a restore plan."
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breadcrumb: "User Guide > Overview > Recovery Plans > Restore Plans"
dateModified: "2026-08-26"
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# Restore Plans

If you want to recover vSphere VM, Hyper-V VM or Veeam agent backups to a VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V environment, create a restore plan.

After you create and configure a restore plan, run a successful [readiness check](running_readiness_check.md), [malware scan](scanning_recovery_plans.md) and a [DataLab test](testing_recovery_plans.md), the plan can be considered ready for restore. You can invoke various actions for the plan, depending on the current plan state.

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      <p>Point in Time</p>
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      <p>Actions</p>
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      <p>New plan created</p>
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      <p>After plan creation, you can:</p>
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        <li class="Table_List"><a href="scheduling_restore.md" class="Table_List">Schedule a time for the plan to execute restore</a><span class="Table_List">.</span></li>
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        <li class="Table_List"><a href="running_restore.md" class="Table_List">Run the plan to execute restore immediately</a><span class="Table_List">.</span></li>
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      <p>Any</p>
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      <p>At any point, you can:</p>
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        <li class="Table_List"><a href="halting_restore.md" class="Table_List">Halt the plan to interrupt its execution</a><span class="Table_List">.</span></li>
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        <li class="Table_List"><a href="resetting_restore_plans.md" class="Table_List">Reset the plan to clear the current state and allow it to run again</a><span class="Table_List">.</span></li>
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