Migration Planning: VMware 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: VMware Cloud
tile.
When you run a scenario for What If: Migration for VMware Cloud,
VMware Aria Operations
might suggest the right cloud Instance suitable for the Workload Configuration selected by you.
VMware Aria Operations
also calculates the cost for that VMware Cloud's instance and displays the same.
Migrate Options
Option
Description
SCENARIO NAME
Name of your scenario
SELECT CLOUDS
Where do you want to migrate the workload?
Options:
  • VMware Cloud on AWS
  • Azure VMware Solution (AVS)
  • Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE)
  • Oracle Cloud VMware Solution (OCVS)
  • VMware Cloud on Dell EMC (VMCD)
You can select regions for the above cloud options.
CLUSTER SETTINGS
Specify the following cluster details:
  • Enter the
    Instance Type
    .
  • Enter the
    Slack Space
    in percentage.
  • Enter the
    Steady state CPU headroom
    in percentage.
APPLICATION
PROFILE
/
Configure
Using the Application Profile you can configure the virtual compute resources, like vCPU, memory, and storage.
Select Your Workload:
  • CPU
  • Memory
  • Disk Space
With the Configure radio button selected, you can size your migrating workload by defining values for vCPU, memory, and storage.
Expected Utilization
Specify the expected utilization or Click
ADVANCED CONFIGURATION
and specify the values for the following:
  • CPU
  • Memory
  • Disk Space
  • Disk Space Provisioning
    - Select either Thin or Thick.
Annual Projected Growth
Specify the annual growth rate so that the system adjust the scenario calculations or click
ADVANCED CONFIGURATION
and specify the values for the following:
  • CPU
  • Memory
  • Disk Space
Number of VMs (OPTIONAL)
You can optionally choose how many VMs to spread the workload across.
Additional vSAN configuration
Select
Account for Swap Space
to reserve swap space for any unreserved virtual machine memory.
  • Select the
    Host failures to tolerate value
    from the drop-down list.
  • Select the
    Fault Tolerance Method
    , the options are RAID -1 and RAID-5.
  • Select the
    Dedup
    value from the drop down list.
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.
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.

VMware Cloud on AWS Assessment - Results

The scenario results are displayed when you run the scenario. You can view the recommendation which provides details about the number of hosts required for the VMware Cloud. You can also view the Total Cost associated with the recommended VMware Cloud for 3 years subscription and the Total Capacity Usage details for CPU, memory and disk space.
For VMware Cloud on AWS Assessment, you can edit the following options.
  • Edit Configuration
    - you can edit the change in Reserved Capacity CPU, Reserved Capacity Memory, Fault Tolerance, and RAID Level values and save the values to the original configuration.
  • Change Plan
    - you can use the
    Choose Plan
    option to change your subscription plan, the available options are one-year plan, three-year plan, or Pay-As-You-Go.
  • Edit Discount
    - you can use the edit discount option to specify the discount value, the total cost for the subscription is equal to the actual utilization cost minus the discount percentage.