Hybrid Cold Migration Checklist

This checklist describes end to end the requirements and configurations needed for cold migration between your on-premises data center and your cloud SDDC.

See VMware Knowledge Base article 2106952 for more information.


Requirement	Description
On-premises vSphere version	vSphere 6.5 patch d and later
On-premises vSphere version	vSphere 6.0 update 3 and later
On-premises virtual switch configuration	Standard switches, vSphere Distributed Switch 6.0, or vSphere Distributed Switch 6.5
IPsec VPN	Configure an IPsec VPN to the management gateway. See Configure a VPN Connection Between Your SDDC and On-Premises Data Center in the VMware Cloud on AWS Networking and Security guide.
Hybrid Linked Mode	Hybrid Linked Mode must be configured before you can use the vSphere Client to initiate migration. It is not required if you're using API or PowerCLI.
VMware Cloud on AWS and on-premises firewall rules	Ensure that you have created the necessary firewall rules as described in Required Firewall Rules for Cold Migration.
On-premises DNS configuration	Ensure that your on-premises DNS server can correctly resolve the address for the cloud vCenter.