[PVE] Poor man's "Surebackup" with Instant Recovery to Nested ESXi?

[JulianBlue]

Has anyone tried using a Nested ESXi 8x Virtual Appliance to verify the backup of Proxmox VMs with Instant Recovery?

[Mildur]

Hi JulianBlue,

Theoretically, it can work, as long as your nested ESXi server is properly licensed. Without an ESXi license, some necessary vSphere APIs may be missing. Also, keep in mind that you shouldn’t expect the same performance as on a native ESXi machine.

What’s the use case for running a nested ESXi on Proxmox? What types of workloads do you want to use SureBackup jobs for?

Best,
Fabian