Article ID: kb00249Last Modified: 16-Oct-2026

Restore VMware Linux Virtual Machine to Azure VM

Requirements

  1. You should configure your Virtual Network and Cloud storage in Azure before restoring a VM. Preparing Azure for Virtual Machine restore.
  2. Linux Distribution and version must be compatible with Azure requirements. Please check Azure supported Linux distributions and versions and General Linux Installation Notes.
  3. If you use several disks in a Linux virtual machine, the boot disk must be the first one in the disk order. The other disks will be imported as non-bootable data disks. Please check the link Manage Azure disks.
  4. If your Linux virtual machine has an assigned static IP address, you should place it into the same subnet to be able to connect to it via the Internet.

Restore Process

  1. Click Restore to Azure VM to execute the Restore Wizard.

  1. Click Next.

  1. Select the storage where VMware Virtual Machine backup is located.

  1. Select "Run restore once" or "Save restore plan".

  1. Select "Restore VMware Virtual Machine".

  1. Select "Latest version" or required version.

  1. Select the virtual machine backup to restore.

  1. Select "Restore as Azure Virtual Machine".

  1. Specify Azure Virtual machine Instance details.

Select the VM size according to your requirements.

Select "Linux" in the Operating System menu.

Click Next.

  1. Specify Temporary Instance. Click Next.

If you store the virtual machine backup in local storage, an internal MinIO server, an internal S3-compatible storage, or an internal OpenStack, and you do not provide external access from the Internet, you cannot use a temporary instance to restore the virtual machine. The temporary instance should have Internet access to the storage with the virtual machine backup.

  1. Specify Azure Virtual Machine Temporary Instance details. Click Next.

  1. Specify encryption password if required. Click Next.

  1. Specify notification options. Click Next.

  1. Review Restore Plan summary. Click Next.

  1. Click Finish.

Check Virtual Machine Health and Connect to VM by SSH

1. Check Virtual Machine Health status

When the restore is successfully completed, you can verify VM Health and Screenshot to make sure that your VM is running properly.

1.1 Go to Your Resource Group -> restored Virtual Machine -> click Resource health, which is in the Support + Troubleshooting group.

Usually, it takes 1-5 minutes to become Available.

1.2 If you selected Boot Diagnostic Storage in the restore wizard, you can get a screenshot of the VM console. Click Boot diagnostics -> Screenshot.

2. Connect to your Linux machine by SSH.

2.1 Go to the Overview tab and copy the public IP address to the clipboard.

2.2 Open a terminal in a Linux OS and check the SSH connection.

ssh userName@publicIP
yes
UserPassword

2.3 Run the Windows PuTTY tool. Insert the public IP address into the Host Name field and click Open.

Accept the host key.

Type username and password.

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