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 Panel, open the Cloud Director panel: VMware-based Cloud → Cloud Director.
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From the More menu, select Availability.
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Go to Outgoing Replications.
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Click (New migration) and select the virtual machine or vApp to migrate.
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In the Source VMs and vApps step, in the Destination Site field, click SELECTE SITE and select the Cloud Director site. It could be:
- another organization, you will need to enter credentials to access the organization's Cloud Director (login is specified in the format
administrator-<s-xxxx>@<s-xxxx>
, where<s-xxxx>
is the organization's name); - another virtual data center in the current Cloud Director.
- another organization, you will need to enter credentials to access the organization's Cloud Director (login is specified in the format
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In the Destination VDC and Storage policy step, select the virtual data center at the remote site and the 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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Press (Migrate).
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In the Migrate settings step, configure the settings for the running copy of the virtual machine at the remote site.
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Press Next.
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Check the settings and press Finish.
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To delete a migration task, under Outgoing Replications, check the box and select Delete replication from the ALL ACTIONS menu.