VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture

Virtual machine migration process

With the connector, vCenter can migrate a VM to Amazon EC2. The connector can migrate a maximum of four VMs concurrently.

You can't create a migration task while the connector is updating.

The following steps explain how you can migrate a virtual machine to Amazon EC2:

1. Click Home and then click VMs and Templates in vCenter console.
2. Select the virtual machine.
3. Right-click the VM, and then click Migrate VM to EC2. If your administrator did not give you permission to migrate VMs, then you will see a message to ask your administrator to give you permission.
4. Proceed with the aforementioned migration form as follows:

• • Select the operating system running on the VM.
  • Select the appropriate region and environment ...