Migration Planning: Public Cloud
As part of the
What-If Analysis function, Migrate is the form you use to fill in the details
of your what-if scenario. You choose where to migrate the workload, then select
the region.
Where You Find
Migration Planning
At the What-If Analysis screen, click
PLAN MIGRATION
in
the Migration Planning: Public Cloud card. When you run a scenario for What If: Migration for
Public Clouds (Not VMC),
VMware Aria
Operations
might
suggest the Public Cloud Instance suitable for the Workload Configuration selected
by you. VMware Aria
Operations
also calculates the cost for that Public Cloud's
instance and displays the same. Option
| Description
|
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SCENARIO NAME | Name of your scenario
|
SELECT CLOUDS | Where do you want to migrate the workload? Options:
The cloud
providers added in the Add Cloud Provider page are also
included in the list. You can select a
maximum of three public clouds at a time for comparison.
Hold the Shift key to select more than one public
cloud provider. |
ADD CLOUD PROVIDERS | You can add or edit the cloud providers and
also edit the rate card of each individual cloud provider.
|
APPLICATION PROFILE /Configure | Using the Application Profile you can
configure the virtual compute resources, like vCPU, memory, and storage.
|
Select Your Workload:
| With the Configure radio button selected,
you can size your migrating workload by defining values for vCPU, memory, and
storage.
|
APPLICATION
PROFILE /Import from existing
VM | Displays the Select VMs button. When
selected, displays the Select VMs workspace, where you can choose one or more
existing VMs to use as templates for your workload. You can filter VMs by name,
tags, vCenter Server, or custom group.
Once you have made
your selections, you return to this screen to enter the quantity of each chosen
VM you want to incorporate as templates into your workload.
|
Import from Custom
Profile | Click the
SELECT CUSTOM PROFILES button to
select one or more Custom Profiles to perform comparative
analysis of capacity and cost across different datacenters
and clusters in your private cloud.In the Select
Custom Profiles dialog box which opens, select from a list
of custom profiles and click the the
> icon to add the custom profile
to the SELECTED list. Click
OK when done. |
Number of VMs (OPTIONAL)/ Quantity | You can optionally choose how many VMs to
spread the workload across.
|
RUN SCENARIO | Click to run the scenario. The system
calculates whether it fits into the location you chose.
|
SAVE | SAVE the scenario.
|
CANCEL | CANCEL the
scenario.
|