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title: "Cloud-to-cloud migration using VMware Cloud Director Availability"
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description: "How to perform a cloud-to-cloud migration using VMware Cloud Director Availability"
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# Cloud-to-cloud migration using VMware Cloud Director Availability

Virtual machine migration from cloud to cloud can be performed from one VMware Cloud Director® site to another or within a single Cloud Director instance from one virtual data center (vDC) to another.

1. From the [control panel](https://my.selectel.ru/vmware/), open the Cloud Director panel: in the top menu, click **Products** → **VMware-based Cloud** → **Cloud Director \*\*\*\* section**.

2. In the **More** menu, select **Availability**.

3. Go to the **Outgoing Replications \*\*\*\* section**.

4. Click  ( \*\*New migration \*\*) and select the virtual machine or vApp to migrate.<VMwareDraaSIcon />

5. In the **Source VMs and vApps** step, in the **Destination Site** field, click **SELECTE SITE** and select the Cloud Director site. It can be:

   * another organization; you will need to enter credentials for accessing the Cloud Director organization (the login is specified in the format `administrator-<s-xxxx>@<s-xxxx>`, where `<s-xxxx>` is the organization name);
   * another virtual data center in the current Cloud Director.

6. In the **Destination VDC and Storage policy** step, select a virtual data center on the remote site and a storage policy.

7. Set a convenient time for the initial synchronization.

8. To save disk space at the remote site, exclude unnecessary disks.

9. If a previously imported copy of the replicated virtual machine already exists at the remote site, select it to reduce traffic.

10. Wait for the initial data synchronization to complete.

11. Click  ( \*\*Migrate \*\*).<VMwareIcon />

12. In the **Migrate settings** step, configure settings for the virtual machine copy being launched on the remote site.

13. Click **Next**.

14. Verify the settings and click **Finish**.

15. To delete a migration task, in the **Outgoing Replications** section, select it and in the **ALL ACTIONS** menu select **Delete replication**.

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