Machine migration

You can perform machine migration by recovering its backup to a non-original machine.

The following table summarizes the available migration options.

Backed-up machine type	Available recovery destinations
	Physical machine	ESXi virtual machine	Hyper-V virtual machine	Virtuozzo virtual machine*	Virtuozzo container*	Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure virtual machine*	Scale Computing HC3 virtual machine	RHV/oVirt virtual machine*
Physical machine	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+
VMware ESXi virtual machine	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+
Hyper-V virtual machine	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+
Virtuozzo virtual machine*	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+
Virtuozzo container*	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-
Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure virtual machine*	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+
Scale Computing HC3 virtual machine	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+
Red Hat Virtualization/oVirt virtual machine*	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+

* Only available with the cloud deployment.

For instructions on how to perform migration, refer to the following sections:

• Physical-to-virtual (P2V) – Recovering a physical machine to a virtual machine
• Virtual-to-virtual (V2V) – Recovering a virtual machine
• Virtual-to-physical (V2P) – Recovering a virtual machine or Recovering disks and volumes by using bootable media

Although it is possible to perform V2P migration in the web interface, we recommend using bootable media in specific cases. Sometimes, you may want to use the media for migration to ESXi or Hyper-V.

The media enables you to do the following:

• Perform P2V and V2P migration of a Linux machine containing logical volumes (LVM). Use Agent for Linux or bootable media to create the backup and bootable media to recover.
• Provide drivers for specific hardware that is critical for the system bootability.