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title: "Migrating from On-Premises VMware Cloud Director Availability to the cloud"
sidebar_label: "Migrating from On-Premises VMware Cloud Director Availability to the cloud"
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description: "How to migrate from On-Premises VMware Cloud Director Availability to the cloud via vCenter or Cloud Director"
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# Migrating from On-Premises VMware Cloud Director Availability to the cloud

Migration from an on-premises vSphere infrastructure can be performed from VMware Cloud Director® or VMware vCenter Server®. For vSphere versions 5.5, 6.0, migration can only be performed via the Cloud Director interface.

1. [Create a new migration](#create-new-migration).
2. [Configure the migration](#configure-migration).

## 1. Create a new migration \{#create-new-migration}

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    1. In vCenter, in the **Menu**, select **Cloud Availability**.
    2. Go to the **Outgoing Replications** section.
    3. Click <VMwareDraaSIcon /> ( \*\*New Migration \*\*).
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      Cloud Director
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    To perform a migration from an on-premises installation, the VMware Cloud Director Availability **Allow Access from Cloud** parameter must be enabled. Migration can be performed by a user with administrator rights.

    1. From the [control panel](https://my.selectel.ru/vmware/), open the Cloud Director panel: in the top menu click **Products** → **VMware-based Cloud** → section **Cloud Director**.
    2. In the **More** menu, select **Availability**.
    3. Go to the **Incoming Replications**.
    4. Click **ALL ACTIONS** → **New Migration**.
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## 2. Configure the migration \{#configure-migration}

1. Enter the organization administrator credentials in the `administrator-<s-xxxx>@<s-xxxx>` format, where `<s-xxxx>` is the organization name.
2. In the **vCenter VMs** step, select the virtual machine you want to replicate.
3. In the **Source VMs and vApps** step, click **Select site** in the **Destination Site** field and select the VMware Cloud Director site.
4. In the **Settings** step, set a convenient time for the first synchronization.
5. To save disk space on the remote site, exclude unnecessary disks.
6. If a previously imported copy of the virtual machine being replicated already exists on the remote site, select it to reduce traffic.
7. Wait for the initial data synchronization to complete.
8. Click <VMwareIcon /> ( \*\*Migrate \*\*).
9. Select a network for the virtual machine copy being started on the remote site.
10. Consolidate the virtual machine disks.
11. Configure the virtual machine to power on after migration.
12. To delete a replication task, in the **Outgoing Replications** section select it and in the **ALL ACTIONS** menu select **Delete replication**.

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