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Is there any way I can restore/convert backup from XEN VM to ESXi? When I tried to create "conversion plan", I can only see the ESXi agents. 

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Aldous

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Hello Aldous,

thanks for posting this question on Acronis forums!

Since for XEN VMs is only a backup inside of a guest OS supported, then you can convert/restore such backup into a VM Ware VM.

However, please pay attention to the following limitations list:

  • Agent for Windows, Agent for VMware (Windows), and Agent for Hyper-V cannot convert backups stored on NFS.
  • Backups stored on NFS or on an SFTP server cannot be converted in a separate conversion plan.
  • Backups stored in Secure Zone can be converted only by the agent running on the same machine.
  • Backups that contain Linux logical volumes (LVM) can be converted only if they were created by Agent for VMware or Agent for Hyper-V, and are directed to the same hypervisor. Cross-hypervisor conversion is not supported.
  • When backups of a Windows machine are converted to VMware Workstation or VHDX files, the resulting virtual machine inherits the CPU type from the machine that performs the conversion. As a result, the corresponding CPU drivers are installed in the guest operating system. If started on a host with a different CPU type, the guest system displays a driver error. Update this driver manually.

Please read the respective documentation chapter for more details here