This checklist describes end-to-end requirements and configurations needed for migration with vMotion between your on-premises data center and your cloud SDDC.
HCX-based vMotion has a different set of requirements. See Hybrid Migration with VMware HCX Checklist.
Requirement | Description |
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Networking speed and latency | Migration with vMotion requires sustained minimum bandwidth of 250 Mbps between source and destination vMotion vMkernel interfaces, and a maximum latency of 100 ms round trip between source and destination. |
On-premises vSphere version | Your on-premises vSphere installation must be vSphere 6.7U2 or higher. See VMware Knowledge Base article 56991 for more information. |
On-premises DVS version | 6.0 or higher. |
On-premises NSX version | any
Note:
SDDCs configured withNSX do not support hot vMotion to or from on-premises VXLAN encapsulated networks (NSX for vSphere) or Geneve Datacenter Overlay networks (NSX).
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IPsec VPN | Configure an IPsec VPN for 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. |
Direct Connect | Direct Connect over a private virtual interface between your on-premise datacenter and your VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC is required for migration with vMotion. See Using AWS Direct Connect with VMware Cloud on AWS. |
Hybrid Linked Mode | Hybrid Linked Mode is required to initiate migration from the vSphere Client. It is not required to initiate migration using the API or PowerCLI. |
L2 VPN | Configure a Layer 2 VPN to extend virtual machine networks between your on-premises data center and cloud SDDC. Routed networks are not supported. See Configure a Layer 2 VPN and Extended Network Segment in VMware Cloud on AWS Networking and Security. |
VMware Cloud on AWS firewall rules | Ensure that you have created the necessary firewall rules as described in Required Firewall Rules for vMotion. |
On-premises firewall rules | Ensure that you have created the necessary firewall rules as described in Required Firewall Rules for vMotion. |
Virtual machine hardware and settings | Ensure that these requirements are met for virtual machine hardware.
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