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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, 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.

  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 **).

  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.