Performing Cross-Platform Recovery

With the Cross-Platform Recovery feature of NAKIVO Backup & Replication, you can export backups to standard formats that are compatible with various platforms. The following formats are supported:

• VMDK for disk(s) of VMware VMs, Proxmox VE VMs, Nutanix AHV VMs, and AWS EC2 instances

• VHD and VHDX for disk(s) of Hyper-V VMs and Nutanix AHV VMs

• RAW and QCOW2 for disk(s) of Proxmox VE VMs

To export your backup for subsequent recovery on the same platform or a different one, use the Backup Export Wizard in NAKIVO Backup & Replication. Refer to Feature Requirements for the supported scenarios for cross-platform recovery.

NAKIVO Backup & Replication does not run VM preparation when exporting the backups into a specific format. If you plan to import the VM into a different platform and VM preparation is required, prepare your VM in advance.

This section includes the following topics:

• Opening Backup Export Wizard
• Backup Export Wizard: Backups
• Backup Export Wizard: Disks
• Backup Export Wizard: Options
• Backup Export Wizard: Finish