If the migrate to production failed, the failure will bring extended downtime, data loss, overloaded backup repository, and production environment inconsistency, so you need to solve the failure urgently.
In the Veeam Backup & Replication, the instant recovery allows users to quickly restore a virtual machine, but migrate to production after instant recovery may fail. In the case of the Veeam instant recovery migrate to production failed issue, you can analyze the error messages and find the root cause by going to History > Sessions to view the error messages and logs in the Veeam Backup & Replication console.
There are many reasons why Veeam instant recovery migrate to production fails, the following list some common reasons.
👉Insufficient Resources on the Target Host
The production environment lacks enough CPU, memory, or storage for the VM. And it will show “Insufficient free space on the target datastore”.
👉Locked Files or Active Snapshots
VM files are in use by other tasks, for example, snapshots, backup jobs, or hypervisor processes. And it will show “File is locked” or “VM has active snapshots”.
👉Network Issues
Network instability or disconnections between the Veeam Backup server, the backup repository, and the target host/datastore. And it will show “Network communication failed during migration”.
👉Backup Repository Performance Issues
Slow read/write speeds from the repository used during instant recovery. And it will show “Backup repository is overloaded, unable to process requests”.
1. Check Resource Availability: Free up space on the target datastore or migrate other VMs off the host if needed.
2. Remove Active Snapshots or Locked Files: Check for active snapshots or locked VM files in your hypervisor.
In VMware: Use the Snapshot Manager to delete unnecessary snapshots. In Hyper-V: Check the VM settings to ensure no ongoing tasks are locking the files.
3. Ensure Network Connectivity: Test the connection between the backup repository, Veeam server, and the target infrastructure.
Use tools like ping or traceroute to identify network issues to configure firewall rules to allow uninterrupted communication on required ports.
📌Note: There is also another issue with Veeam instant recovery migrate to production is Veeam migrate to production greyed out. This issue may be caused by the user account lacks permissions or the virtual machine being powered off or suspended.
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Step 1. Navigate to Task > Instant Recovery > + New Instant Recovery, there are two choices: Restore from task and Restore from local path. In the following, we take Restore from task as an example.
Step 2. In the Source section, choose the virtual machine and backup version.
Step 3. In the Restore to section, choose the target device.
Step 4. Set the hardware settings for the new virtual machine, including CPU quantity, CPU Cores, and memory size.
Step 5. Click Start Restore to start the instant recovery.
Step 6. Click Start Migration to restore the virtual machine to the production environment after the production environment resumes normal.
🎈Tips: If you choose to Restore from local path in Step 1, when you select the Source, please note that the local image file can only be selected from the ESXi virtual machine JSON file.
Instant recovery ensures that the data can be recovered within a period, but sometimes the migration to production fails after the instant recovery for various reasons. However, this error can be minimized after troubleshooting through Veeam logs.