Cross-hypervisor live recovery of virtual machines

A networked information management system comprising:

• a primary storage device configured to store data associated with one or more virtual disks;
• a secondary storage device configured to store copies of the data associated with the one or more virtual disks;
• and
• a destination computing device comprising physical hardware and associated with a destination storage device, wherein the destination computing device is configured to:
• cause virtual machine data associated with a first virtual disk on the primary storage device to be stored onto the secondary storage device, wherein the first virtual disk is associated with a first disk identifier;
• receive a request from a client computing device to restore the virtual machine data stored in the secondary storage device onto the destination storage device;
• cause a second virtual disk to be created in a temporary storage device, wherein the second virtual disk is associated with a second disk identifier is accessible via a virtual network path;
• cause a virtual machine to be created, wherein the virtual machine is configured to access the second virtual disk via the virtual network path;
• generate a mapping of the second disk identifier associated with the second virtual disk to the first disk identifier associated with the first virtual disk;
• prior to loading at least some of the virtual machine data from the secondary storage device onto the second virtual disk, cause the virtual machine to be booted up;
• and
• cause the second virtual disk to be moved from the temporary storage device to the destination storage device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one computing device comprising one or more processors and computer memory, cause the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:

• causing virtual machine data associated with a first virtual disk on the primary storage device to be stored onto the secondary storage device, wherein the first virtual disk is associated with a first disk identifier;
• receiving a request from a client computing device to restore the virtual machine data stored in the secondary storage device onto the destination storage device;
• causing a second virtual disk to be created in a temporary storage device, wherein the second virtual disk is associated with a second disk identifier is accessible via a virtual network path;
• causing a virtual machine to be created, wherein the virtual machine is configured to access the second virtual disk via the virtual network path;
• generating a mapping of the second disk identifier associated with the second virtual disk to the first disk identifier associated with the first virtual disk;
• prior to loading at least some of the virtual machine data from the secondary storage device onto the second virtual disk, causing the virtual machine to be booted up;
• and
• causing the second virtual disk to be moved from the temporary storage device to the destination storage device.