This invention relates to a method, system and computer program product for restoration of a real hardware server or a Virtual Machine server from hibernation. The method starts with running the execution environment on the hardware platform and suspending the execution environment and storing a state of the execution environment; then updating the stored state with drivers corresponding to a new hardware platform; then restoring an updated state on the computing system on the new hardware platform; then continuing operation of the execution environment on the new hardware platform. The state of execution environment includes operating memory state and nonvolatile storage stage.