Restore VM from Veeam backup to VMware workstation

[trungmv]

Hello,

I'm using Veeam Backup & Replication free version.

Is it possible to restore VM backup to VMware workstation directly? How to do that?

Any help is very appreciated,

Regards,

[Shestakov]

Hello,
VMware workstation is not supported by Veeam B&R.
Thanks!

[slos]

You could export the files from your backup using the Veeam Extract Utility directly to the folder you’d like to run the vm from. It would be a simple vm registration and basic vm config for networking.

[controlfreak]

Thank you SLOS. I had a veeam backup file that I needed to import into VMware workstation for testing. Using the GUI version worked great: "C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Backup\Veeam.Backup.Extractor.exe"

I was able to extract the VMDKs, and then import them into VMWare workstation using the "open virtual machine" button.

Nice suggestion!

-Control

[SYSADMIT]

Hello,

Just comment that the solution you comment to restore a backup in VMware Workstation works perfectly.

Just add:

Veeam extract files, can be copied from the directory:

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C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Backup\

The following files:

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Extract.exe
Veeam.Backup.Extractor.exe

This is enough to extract the backup.

I mention it because on the computer that we want to extract the backup files, it is not necessary that Veeam Backup be installed.

Here I have published a post in Spanish with the step by step, you can use Google translate to translate it into English:

https://www.sysadmit.com/2022/01/veeam- ... ation.html

In the post the backup part is done with a VeeamZIP, but you can use the files from a standard backup.

I hope it helps.

Xavi.