Replica to a Hyper-V host with a version lower than Windows 2016 is supported only on Windows-based backup servers

[hgoetze]

Hello,

In the past few days, I have completed the migration of B&R from a Windows server to the software appliance. That worked well overall.

However, I have a Linux VM running in a Hyper-V cluster consisting of three Windows Hyper-V Server 2019 hosts. When I create a backup job (using the default settings), I receive the following error message:

“Failed: Error: Replica to a Hyper-V host with a version lower than Windows 2016 is supported only on Windows-based backup servers”

I don’t understand what this message is supposed to mean. I do not want to use replication—only a simple backup. Other backup jobs for VMs (Windows and Linux) in the cluster are running without any issues.

Does anyone have an idea what could be causing this?

[vnikiforov]

Hello, Heiko,

That sounds like a technical issue, potentially related to the migration.
Also, check if the VMs on your Hyper-V hosts have hardware version 8+; if not (for example, you see v.5), that could cause this issue. Then you need to upgrade such VMs.
If the hardware version is not the case, I recommend opening a case with Veeam support.

[hgoetze]

Hello Vladimir.

The Hyper-V configuration Version of the VM was 5.0. I upgraded it to 9.0. Now the Backup is running.
Thanks for the help.