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Cloud to cloud migration with VMware Cloud Director Availability
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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.

  1. From control panels open the Cloud Director panel: VMware-based cloudCloud Director.

  2. On the menu. More select Availability.

  3. Go to the section Outgoing Replications.

  4. Click (New migration) and select the virtual machine or vApp to migrate.

  5. 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.
  6. In step Destination VDC and Storage policy select a virtual data center at a remote site and a storage policy.

  7. Set a convenient time for the first synchronization.

  8. To save disk space on the remote site, eliminate unnecessary disks.

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

  10. Wait for the initial data synchronization to complete.

  11. Click (Migrate).

  12. In step Migrate settings configure settings for the running copy of the virtual machine on the remote site.

  13. Click Next.

  14. Check the settings and press Finish.

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