Cloud to cloud migration with VMware Cloud Director Availability
Cloud-to-cloud virtual machine migration can be done from one VMware Cloud Director® site to another or within the same Cloud Director from one virtual data center (vDC) to another.
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From control panels open the Cloud Director panel: VMware-based cloud → Cloud Director.
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On the menu. More select Availability.
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Go to the section Outgoing Replications.
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Click (New migration) and select the virtual machine or vApp to migrate.
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In step Source VMs and vApps in the field Destination Site click SELECTE SITE and select a Cloud Director site. This can be:
- another organization, you will need to enter credentials for access to Cloud Director of the organization (login is specified in the format of
administrator-<s-xxxx>@<s-xxxx>
where<s-xxxx>
— organization's name); - another virtual data center in the current Cloud Director.
- another organization, you will need to enter credentials for access to Cloud Director of the organization (login is specified in the format of
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In step Destination VDC and Storage policy select a virtual data center at a remote site and a storage policy.
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Set a convenient time for the first synchronization.
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To save disk space on the remote site, eliminate unnecessary disks.
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If the remote site already has a previously imported copy of the replicated virtual machine, select it to reduce traffic.
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Wait for the initial data synchronization to complete.
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Click (Migrate).
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In step Migrate settings configure settings for the running copy of the virtual machine on the remote site.
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Click Next.
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Check the settings and press Finish.
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To delete a migration task, under Outgoing Replications check it and in the menu ALL ACTIONS select Delete replication.