30.1 Planning for Migration to VMware

• See Supported Target VMware Platforms. The configurations apply to VMware environments on-premises.

• See Section 2.1.1, Supported Source Workloads For Migration to Non-Cloud Platforms, as appropriate for the target VMware platform.

• See Access and Communication Requirements across Your Migration Network.

• See Section 13.0, Prerequisites for Migration to VMware.

• See Section 22.0, Preparing for Migration of Windows Clusters.

Using Migrate Client

• Target VMware virtual host (automated): See Section 18.4.1, Target Discovery in the Migrate Client.

Using Migrate Web Interface

• Target VMware virtual host (automated): See Section 18.4.2, Target Discovery in the Web Interface using the appropriate credentials:

  • Table 18-6, Options for VMware DRS Cluster Target

  • Table 18-7, Options for VMware DRS Cluster as Hosts Target

  • Table 18-8, Options for VMware ESX Server Target

Using PlateSpin ISO

• Target VMs on VMware virtual host (semi-automated): See Section 18.5, Registering and Discovering Details for Target VMs on Virtual Hosts with PlateSpin ISO.

• Using Migrate Client: See Section 19.6.1, Workload Discovery in the Migrate Client.

• Using Migrate Web Interface: See Section 19.6.2, Workload Discovery in the Migrate Web Interface.

• (For automated migrations only) Using Migrate Agent: See Section 19.7, Registering Workloads and Discovering Details with Migrate Agent.

• vSphere Virtual Machine Administration