Cross-Platform Recovery

Enhance your multi-platform management with Cross-Platform Recovery. The feature enables you to export backups in different virtual disk formats for a variety of purposes. Use exported backup files to seamlessly recover VMs across different hypervisors or use backups to recover physical machines as VMs.

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Backup Export

Export backups in virtual disk formats for migration across platforms

Cross-Platform Migration

Recover vSphere VMs as Hyper-V VMs and vice versa in mixed virtual environments

Physical-to-Virtual Recovery

Recover physical Linux and Windows machines from backups as VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V VMs

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Cross-Platform Recovery in NAKIVO Backup & Replication

Seamless Backup Export

Export backups of VMware vSphere VMs, Microsoft Hyper-V VMs, Amazon EC2 instances and Linux/Windows physical machines in any of three virtual disk formats:

VMDK for VMware vSphere VM disks
VHD for Microsoft Hyper-V VM disks
VHDX for Microsoft Hyper-V VM disks
VMDK for EC2 instance disks

You can then mount these files in a VM on an ESXi or Hyper-V host. Backup export provides a flexible and seamless recovery option for mixed IT environments to ensure uninterrupted workflows and productivity.

Flexible Migration Options

Recover exported backups on different platforms for seamless cross-platform migration:

Convert Linux/Windows physical machines into VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V VMs.
Convert VMware vSphere VMs into Microsoft Hyper-V VMs.
Convert Microsoft Hyper-V VMs into VMware vSphere VMs.

Multiple Use Case Scenarios

Backup Export is a versatile feature that allows you to:

Switch between platforms and recover VMs across hypervisors or convert physical machines into VMs
Comply with regulatory requirements by storing exported backup files offsite for long-term data archival
Perform testing in multiple environments to ensure that backup data can be recovered across platforms without incompatibility issues

“With NAKIVO Backup & Replication, the university saved time and money, while gaining peace of mind. I now spend the majority of my time not on backup administration, but on other IT-related tasks.”.

Edwardson A. Pedragosa Jr., Network Administrator at the Asia-Pacific International University

“NAKIVO’s fast VM backup and VM replication keep our critical VMs running at all times. If our VMware VMs failed, we would only need a couple of minutes to recover with VM failover and failback.”

Noel Peden, Applications Development Supervisor at Boise Cascade

“With NAKIVO Backup & Replication installed on QNAP NAS, the backup is 2.5X faster! We found a professional solution that covers all our needs, saves money, and provides reliability.”

Mickaël Masquelin, IT Department Manager at the IEMN

“With NAKIVO Backup & Replication, every hour that we save on VM backup administration can be translated into cost savings. NAKIVO Backup & Replication is resource-efficient in terms of installation and configuration. NAKIVO Backup & Replication is just what we needed.”

Samuel Riley, IT Manager at MyoKardia

“In NAKIVO Backup & Replication, we found a stable VM backup solution that lets us back up VMs faster and recover VMs in minutes, which is extremely helpful in order to keep our business operations available at all times.”

Steven Schmidt, System Administrator at One World Direct