From the HCX Migration interface, you can edit any group, delete groups, initiate and stop migrations, and schedule migrations.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to Services > Migration.

    The Migration Management window displays a summary of Mobility Group information for each site pair. The window displays both forward and reverse migration information.

    Note:

    You can switch between Migration Management (group migration) and Migration Tracking (individual migration) displays at any time using the menu button.

  2. From the Migration Management window, you can edit or delete any group.

    Mobility Group Operation

    Description

    Edit Group

    To display the Workload Mobility window, click this option. From this window, you have several options:

    • Add additional virtual machines to the group.
      Note:

      For Workload Migration for NSX V2T, you can add additional VMs to a group and change configuration settings on a VM only while all VMs in the group are in Draft state. If any one VM in the group begins the migration, you can make no further changes to any of the VMs that are members of that group.

    • Change the default migration profile for the group. Not supported for Workload Migration for NSX V2T.

    • Change the migration profile of individual virtual machines. Not supported for Workload Migration for NSX V2T.

    • Delete a specific virtual machine from the group. For Workload Migration for NSX V2T only when all workloads are in Draft state.

    • Restart failed or canceled migrations.
      Note: For Workload Migration for NSX V2T, you can retry failed or canceled migrations by adding them to a new group.

    Delete Group

    To delete a group entry, click this option. You can delete a group only when all entries in the group are in the Draft state.
  3. To show information about all members of the group, expand the group.

    The system displays a list of virtual machines in a group with their migration status.

  4. From the expanded group, you can also start, cancel, schedule, or archive one or more selected migrations.

    Mobility Group Operation

    Description

    Go

    Validates your virtual machine migration selections and then prompts you to start the migration. After the migration starts, the migration progress changes with each phase of the migration.

    Schedule

    Provides an option to reschedule a switchover for the migration. You can schedule Bulk, Replication Assisted vMotion (RAV), or OS Assisted Migration (OSAM) migrations. You cannot schedule vMotion or Workload Migration for NSX V2T.

    Cancel

    Cancels a migration that is in progress. For information about the effects of canceling an OSAM migration, see Canceling a Migration with HCX.

    For information about cleaning up failed or canceled migrations, see Managing Failed or Canceled Migrations.

    Archive

    Clears the migration entry from the display. Use the Archive option to clear failed, canceled, and completed migration activity. Clearing the migration history updates the HCX Dashboard migration counters but does not remove the migration-related details from the HCX log files.

    Force Cleanup

    Following a failed or canceled migration, you can use Force Cleanup to clear internal operations and processes from source and destination sites. For information, see Managing Failed or Canceled Migrations.

    Force Power-off

    For Bulk migration only, this option allows for powering off a source virtual machine if the guest shutdown fails during switchover. Not supported for Workload Migration for NSX V2T.