12.5 Prerequisites for C2C Migration from vCloud to Azure

12.5.1 Deployment for C2C Migration from vCloud to Azure

For migration of workloads from VMware vCloud Director to Microsoft Azure, deploy a PlateSpin Migrate server on premise in your source network. With an on-premise Migrate server, site-to-site VPN gateways are required between the data center and Azure and between the data center and vCloud. Figure 12-6 shows the location of various components in your Azure, vCloud, and data center migration environments and the communications between them.

Figure 12-6 Migrate Server on Premise for Migration from vCloud to Azure

You can alternatively deploy the PlateSpin Migrate server from the Azure Marketplace in the target Azure environment. No VPN is required. You use Migrate Agent to register workloads with the cloud-based Migrate server using secure communications over the public Internet. Use data encryption to secure data for replications over the public Internet. Internet access and public IP addresses are required. Figure 12-7 shows the location of various components in your Azure, vCloud, and data center migration environments and the communications between them.

NOTE:A reboot of the source Windows workload is required when you install, uninstall, or upgrade block-based transfer drivers. A reboot is not required for source Linux workloads.

Figure 12-7 Migrate Server in Azure for Migration from vCloud to Azure with No VPNs

12.5.2 Requirements for Migrating Workloads to Azure

To prepare your target Azure environment, review the following information in Requirements for Migrating Workloads to Azure:

Ensure that the source workload is supported by the target Azure configuration.

12.5.3 Requirements for Migrating Workloads from vCloud to Azure

To use an on-premise Migrate server for migration of workloads from vCloud to Azure:

To use a cloud-based Migrate server for migration of workloads from vCloud to Azure without a VPN:

  • Deploy a PlateSpin Migrate server in the target Azure network environment. Ensure that your non-VPN migration environment meets the Requirements for C2C Non-VPN Migrations.

  • Azure automatically adds the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port (TCP/3389) and Secure Shell (SSH) port (TCP/22) in the Azure Security Group for the source workload VMs. You must manually add other ports to the source workload’s Azure Security Group that are required by PlateSpin Migrate to provide migration services, such as Port 3725 for replication traffic and Port 443 for HTTPS traffic.

  • For information about workload login requirements for migration, see the Windows and Linux source workload login requirements in Table 22-2, Guidelines for Machine Type and Credentials for Source Workloads.

12.5.4 Checklist for Automated Migration from vCloud to Azure

Task

Description

  1. Prepare your network resources.

Figure 12-6, Migrate Server on Premise for Migration from vCloud to Azure

Figure 12-7, Migrate Server in Azure for Migration from vCloud to Azure with No VPNs

Deployment for C2C Migration from vCloud to Azure

  1. Prepare your vCloud migration environment.

Requirements for Migrating Workloads to Azure

  1. Prepare your Azure source workloads for PlateSpin Migrate.

Requirements for Migrating Workloads from vCloud to Azure

  1. Discover target cloud platform.

Target Discovery in the Web Interface

  1. Discover source workloads in vCloud.

    You can optionally register source workloads with the cloud-based Migrate server in Azure using Migrate Agent.

Workload Discovery in the Migrate Web Interface

-OR-

Registering Workloads and Discovering Details with Migrate Agent

  1. Configure target workload migration.

Configuring Migration of a Workload to VMware vCloud Director

  1. Execute migration.

Section 40.0, Executing Workload Migrations