Veeam Recovery Orchestrator support of Microsoft HyperV: important limitations

September 09, 2025 (Last Modified: September 09, 2025)

Veeam Recovery Orchestrator support of Microsoft HyperV: important limitations

The current version (7.2.1) of Veeam Recovery Orchestrator finally supports HyperV (both for *production *and for Recovery Locations).

Now it’s possible to connect HyperV clusters also without SCVMM

Connecting Microsoft Hyper-V Servers - Veeam Recovery Orchestrator User Guide *To collect data about Microsoft Hyper-V infrastructure objects, you must configure connections either to Microsoft…*helpcenter.veeam.com

Currently, there are some caveats to keep in mind, as stated by the official docs

Connecting DataLabs - Veeam Recovery Orchestrator User Guide *To validate your disaster recovery plans without impacting the production infrastructure, you can configure automatic…*helpcenter.veeam.com

***DataLabs ***are the test environment where Recovery Plans can be tested without impact on production. Well, DataLabs are not available on HyperV at the moment. Maybe in next VRO (13?) version? We hope so.

This is the first, importan limitation: on HyperV the Recovery Plans can only RUN, but not be TESTED in a DataLab environment.

Second limitation: you can only use RESTORE Recovery Plans with HyperV.

https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vro/userguide/recovery_plans_overview.html?ver=7.2