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Migrating from On-Premises VMware Cloud Director Availability to the cloud

Migration from on-premises vSphere infrastructure (On-Premises) can be performed from VMware Cloud Director® or VMware vCenter Server®. For vSphere versions 5.5 and 6.0, migration can only be performed through the Cloud Director interface.

  1. Create a new migration.
  2. Configure the migration.

1. Create a new migration

  1. In vCenter, in the Menu menu, select Cloud Availability.
  2. Go to the Outgoing Replications section.
  3. Click ( **New Migration **).

2. Configure the migration

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