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\nWe recently discussed P2V and touched on the advantages of using P2V as a recovery solution. This article takes a closer look at P2V recovery and how BackupAssist can be used to perform a P2V recovery to a Hyper-V guest.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Let’s start with a look at what a recovery is and how a P2V recovery can help you.<\/p>\n

Physical server recovery<\/h2>\n

A recovery is the process by which a server is recovered after its hardware or operating system has failed or the server itself is no longer available. When this happens, a bootable media is used to start the computer (or its replacement) and an image backup is then used to recover the operating system, data and applications. This solution means you need to source and install replacement hardware such as a new disk or a new server. You may even need to find a new physical site.<\/p>\n

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P2V server recovery<\/h2>\n

For a P2V recovery, instead of recovering to new hardware, you recover the physical server to a virtual machine. This means you don’t need to source and install new hardware. Instead you just recover the physical server\u2019s operating system, applications and data\u00a0onto a VM created on your VM host server.<\/p>\n

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BackupAssist as a P2V recovery solution<\/h2>\n

BackupAssist can be used to recover a physical Windows Server to a Hyper-V guest (VM). All you need is a System Protection backup of the server and a bootable RecoverAssist media.<\/p>\n

System Protection backup<\/strong><\/p>\n

BackupAssist\u2019s System Protection creates an image backup and has an option to create a bare-metal backup. This bare-metal image backup can be used to recover a physical server to a Hyper-V guest. To learn more about System Protection backups, see our System Protection user guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

RecoverAssist media<\/strong><\/p>\n

RecoverAssist creates a bootable media that can start both physical servers and virtual machines. When RecoverAssist starts a machine, it loads a recovery menu that is used to access the System Protection backup and perform the recovery. To learn more about RecoverAssist, see our RecoverAssist user guides<\/a><\/p>\n

A simple solution<\/strong><\/p>\n

When you recover to a virtual machine, the recovery will begin straight away. This means the server\u2019s functionality is restored with minimal downtime. You can still use the bootable disk and image backup to recover the physical server that you lost, but that becomes a rebuild process and not a disaster recovery.<\/p>\n

Hyper-V P2V recovery video<\/h2>\n

Now that you’ve seen which of BackupAssist’s features support P2V recovery, you can view the steps required to perform \u00a0a BackupAssist P2V recovery of a Windows Server in this instructional video.<\/p>\n