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.Option | Description |
---|---|
SCENARIO
NAME | Name of your scenario |
SELECT
CLOUDS | Where do you want to migrate the workload? Options:
You can select
regions for the above cloud options. |
CLUSTER SETTINGS | Specify the following cluster details:
|
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. |
Expected
Utilization | Specify the expected utilization or Click
ADVANCED CONFIGURATION and specify the
values for the following:
|
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:
|
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.
|
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 theChoose Planoption 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.