Veeam Backup & Replication allows you to restore various workloads (VMs, Google VM instances, physical servers, and so on) to Microsoft Azure from backups.

This section describes how to recover (or move) a backup VM to Microsoft Azure.

You must create a cloud credential for the Microsoft Azure Compute Account and Azure storage account before restoring the on-premises VM to Microsoft Azure.

1. Login to the Veeam Backup and Replication Manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup & Replication Console and click Connect.

3. Enter the MFA Confirmation code and click Confirm.

4. On the Home page, select Backup Infrastructure.

5. Right-click Backup Proxies and select Add proxy.

6. Select Azure proxy appliance on the Add Backup Proxy page.

7. Enter the Azure restore proxy appliance name in the Name field on the Name page.

8. Enter the Azure restore proxy appliance description In the Description field and click Next.

9. Click Add in the Credentials field on the Credentials page.

10. Enter the local administrator account username and password and click OK.

11. Keep the default port setting in the Traffic port field and click Next.

12. Select your Azure subscription in the Subscription field on the Subscription page.

13. Select your location in the Location field.

14. Click Next.

15. Select the appliance VM size in the Size field on the VM Size page.

16. Select your storage account in the Storage account field.

17. Click Next.

18. Create or place VM into the existing resource group on the Resource Group page.

19. Keep the default setting in the DNS name label.

20. Click Next.

21. Select the existing virtual network on the Network page in the Virtual network field.

22. Select the existing subnet in the Subnet field.

23. Click Apply.

24. Click Next on the Apply page.

25. Click Finish on the Summary page.

26. Verify that the backup proxy appliance has been added.

27. Select Disk under Backups on the Home page.

28. Expand the backup job and right-click the VM.

29. Select Restore to Microsoft Azure.

30. Select the VM on the Machine page and click Point.

31. Expand the job and select restore point on the Restore Points page.

32. Click OK.

33. Click Next on the Machine page.

34. Select a subscription in the Subscription field on the Subscription page.

35. Select your location in the Location field.

36. Select Use a proxy appliance (recommended) and select a proxy appliance in the field.

37. Click Next.

38. Select the machine in the Machines to restore on the Name page.

39. Click VM Name.

40. Keep or change the VM name and click OK.

41. Click Next on the Name page.

42. Select the VM in the Azure VM Configuration on the VM Size page and click Edit.

43. Select the VM size and storage type and click OK.

Note:

Ensure the Azure data center location supports the VM size.

44. Select the VM in the Azure VM Configuration on the VM Size page and click Disks.

45. Select the virtual disk and click Disk Type.

46. Select Premium SSD under Azure VM disk type and click OK.

Note:

Ensure the Azure VM supports the selected disk type.

47. Click OK on the Disk to Restore page.

48. Click Next on the VM Size page.

49. Select the VM and click Group on the Resource Group page.

50. Create or place VM in the existing resource group and click OK.

51. Click Next on the Resource Group page.

52. Select the VM in the Virtual network on the Network page.

53. Click Network.

54. Select an existing virtual network in the Virtual network field.

55. Select an existing subnet in the Subnet field.

56. Select Do not assign (more secure) in the Public IP field.

57. Click OK.

58. Click Group on the Network page.

59. Select a network security group in the Network security group field and click OK.

60. Click Next on the Network page.

61. Under Content scan, select Scan restore points with your existing antivirus software and click Change on the Source Restore page.

62. Select Veeam Threat Hunter (recommended) in the Signature Detection tab on the Malware Detection Settings page.

63. Select Enable inline entropy analysis in the Encryption Detection tab.

64. Select File system activity analysis and select Indicators of compromise detection in the File Detection tab.

65. Select Update malware definitions automatically in the File Detection tab and click OK.

66. Click Yes on the Enable inline entropy analysis page.

67. Select Abort VM recovery if malware is found on the Secure Restore page.

68. Click Next.

69. Describe the restore reason in the Restore reason field on the Reason page.

70. Click Next.

71. Unselect Power on target VM after restoring on the Summary page.

72. Click Finish.

73. Make sure the restore status is successful.

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