Can an Image backup be mounted in VMware ESX

[wkies]

Hi all,

Can a Veeam Agent for Windows image back-up be used and mounted in a WMware ESX environment or is it suggested that VMware vCenter Converter Standalone be used for this purpose?

Thanks in advance.

[Dima P.]

Hello and welcome to the community wkies.

With Veeam Agent for Windows and Veeam B&R you can convert the disks of your physical host to vmdk or vhd(x) format. Check Export as virtual disk type of restore for more details. It's also possible to perform a Bare Metal Recovery of a physical machine to your VMware host using bare metal recovery (you can mount RE iso to a blank VM). Thank you.

[wkies]

Thanks for the quick reply. So basically I would use Veeam Agent for Windows and select Backup mode Entire Computer to and external disk for example and then use Veeam B&R to convert the image which I then can use in VMware ESX?

The second Option "Bare Metal Recovery" , where would I initiate the bare Metal Recovery Option from? On the ESX host (vCenter?)

Thanks

[Dima P.]

I would use Veeam Agent for Windows and select Backup mode Entire Computer to and external disk for example and then use Veeam B&R to convert the image which I then can use in VMware ESX?

Yup.

where would I initiate the bare Metal Recovery Option from? On the ESX host (vCenter?)

You need to create Veeam Recovery Media on the host you are backing up. Then mount this iso to a blank vm with an empty disk and restore entire host from the backup.

[wkies]

it worked without a hitch.......thanks!