Limitations of Recovering Data

The following considerations apply to VDDK backups:

VMware Converter cannot be used to recover backup data.
ESX Server 3.5 and ESX Server 4.0 can be used to recover VM data that was backed up using ESX Server 3.5.
ESX Server 3.5 cannot be used to recover VM data that was backed up using ESX Server 4.0.
The recovery process does not require free disk space on the backup proxy system.