Veeam Backup & Replication – Feature vs Hypervisor Comparison

🔍TL;DR:

This article provides a breakdown of supported features per hypervisor for Veeam Backup & Replication.

With more customers and service providers looking at life after VMware, interest in alternative hypervisors is continuously growing. The landscape is shifting for service providers, especially with the recent changes announced by Broadcom in relation to the VCSP program. I’ve been getting more questions from partners about how VBR features stack up if they are to move away from VMware and without digging through pages of user guides, it’s not always clear how support for features with the future platform compares with what you have today.

This came up in a recent conversation with a partner, and I realized there wasn’t a simple, go-to resource available. So, I put together this side-by-side comparison table to give anyone considering re-platforming, or just exploring options, a clearer picture. If you’re thinking about making a change, hopefully this helps you plan your next move with a bit more confidence.

Veeam Backup & Replication

Hypervisor Feature Comparison

All hypervisors shown — last updated VBR 13.0.1

Legend:  Supported  Not supported SOON Coming soon / planned

⚠ Information is believed accurate at time of publishing. Always verify from the official Veeam documentation. Feature data will be updated as new VBR versions release.

Feature / Capability VMware vSphere Hyper-V Nutanix AHV oVirt / KVM Proxmox VE Scale HyperCore HPE Morpheus
Plugin Version 13.0.1 13.0.1 13.9.0.212 13.7.0.473 13.3.0.237 13.3.0.81 13.1.0.271
Build Number 13.0.1.2067 13.0.1.2067 13.0.1.2067 13.0.1.1071 13.0.1 13.0.1 13.0.1.2067
Release Number 9 7 3 3 1
Backup
Backup VMs
VeeamZIP Backups
Backup Copies
Application-aware Backup SOON
Guest File Indexing SOON
In-line Scanning SOON
Replication
VM Replication SOON
CDP Replication
Recovery
Restore to source hypervisor
Instant Recovery to source hypervisor SOON
Instant Recovery to supported hypervisors & hyperscalers
Cross-platform Restore from VMware/Hyper-V
Cross-platform Restore from other hypervisors
Restore from Veeam Agent Backups
Application Item Restore SOON
File-level Recovery (files & folders)
Restore Virtual Disk
Publish Disk
Instant Disk Recovery SOON
Export Disk
Restore oVirt VM disks → attach to oVirt VM
Restore Nutanix AHV disks → attach to oVirt VM
Restore Proxmox VE disks → attach to oVirt VM
Restore Azure/AWS/GCP disks → attach to oVirt VM
Restore VMware/Hyper-V disks → attach to oVirt VM
Recovery Verification
Full Recoverability Testing (SureBackup + DataLab)
Backup Verification and Content Scan SOON

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