Create a Migration Plan and Export
Migration Waves
You
can use
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
to create a migration plan for your workloads. After creating your migration plan, you
export it as part of migration waves and perform the migration in VMware
HCX
.To
enhance your search and filtering capabilities, you can include additional VM
attributes in a CSV file you upload in
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
. In addition to the VM attributes you want
to use, this file must contain the mandatory vc_ip
and
vm_moref
attributes. The vc_ip
attribute value
is the IP address of the vCenter instance where the VM is hosted and the
vm_moref
attribute is the ID of the VM in the vCenter instance.
To retrieve these attributes:- FromVMware Aria Operations for Networksselect your VMs and from the top-right menu clickExport as CSV.
- In theSelected properties (CSV columns)field, clickAdd properties.
- Search for and add theVendor IDandManagerproperties.
- ClickExport.
- Open the exported CSV file. ThevCentercolumn contains the value for thevc_ipproperty and theVendor IDcolumn contains the value for thevm_morefproperty.
Use the comprehensive search, filtering,
and flow analysis capabilities of
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
to identify and select the VMs for your
workload migration. The creation of the migration plan consists of:- Creating the scope for your workload migration. Optionally, you can upload a CSV file with additional VM attributes to further enhance the scoping process.
- Adding the workload of your migration scope to migration waves.
- Organizing your migration waves into mobility groups.
After creating your migration plan in
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
, you export the migration waves as CSV files and import
them to VMware
HCX
where the actual workload
migration is performed.- From the left navigation panel, navigate toand clickCreate Plan.
- Enter a name for your migration plan and clickProceed.
- Add additional VM attributes for your migration plan.
- ClickAdd VM Attributes.
- ClickUploadand select the CSV file you want to use.
- Verify that you are familiar with the content rules and that your CSV file includes the mandatoryvc_ipandvm_morefattributes and clickUpload and Proceed.After uploading the CSV file, you can see a breakdown of the total number of identified VMs, how many of them match or do not match the new attributes, and if there are any errors.
- To continue working on your migration plan, navigate to back toand select your migration plan.
- Create the migration scope.
- Filter the VMs you want to add to your migration plan by using the available attributes or add additional attributes by clickingAdd More.
- After selecting the VMs you want to add to the migration plan, clickAdd to Scope.
- On theNetwork Dependenciestab, you can view any out-of-scope VMs identified as dependencies and add them to the current migration scope.
- On theIn Scopetab, view the VMs that you have currently added to the migration plan.By clicking on theActionsdrop-down, you can remove any VMs you do not want as part of the migration plan or export the migration scope as a CSV file.
- Create migration waves.
- Select the VMs you want to add to a migration wave.You can only add VMs belonging to the same vCenter instance in a specific migration wave. Parts of your workload from different vCenter instances must be included in a separate migration wave.
- From theActionsdrop-down, selectCreate New Migration Wave.
- Enter a name for the migration wave and clickProceed.
- On theNetwork Dependenciestab, move VMs to a different migration wave or delete them from a migration wave.
- On theMigration Wavestab, view the currently created migration waves and their content. You can use theActionsdrop-down to remove VMs from a migration wave.
- Organize your migration waves into mobility groups.
- Select the VMs from your migration wave you want to add to a mobility group.You can add the VMs from a single migration wave to multiple mobility groups.
- Select theActionsdrop-down and clickCreate Mobility Group.
- Enter a name for the mobility group and clickProceed.
- Repeat for all of your migration waves.
- On theNetwork Dependencies, you can view the mobility groups for your VMs and move them to a different mobility group or remove them.
- On theMobility Groupstab, view the currently created mobility groups and move and remove VMs if needed.
- On theExport Migration Wavespage, you see an overview of your migration plan.
- Select a migration wave and click the export button on the right.
- Repeat for all of your migration waves.
You have created a migration plan and exported your
migration waves.
Perform
the workload migration in
VMware
HCX
. For
more information on VMware
HCX
, go to the
official
documentation.