[GCP] How To Migrate VM From VMWare To Google Cloud
Situation
Client Want Migration VM From VMWare To GCP
Before Migrate, What Do You Need ?
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vCenter
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vSphere
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GCP Console
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Enable M4CE API
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You Have Permission To Control These GCP Service
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M4CE, VM, Network,
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Refrence Doc
How To
Step 1 - Download m4c
Instance OVA And Deploy To VMWare
Step 2 - Login To m4c
VM And Use Command Register
# After Login To VM
# Check Status
$ m4c status
# Register To M4CE
$ m4c register
After Register, You Can Use m4c status
To Confirm
admin@migrate-appliance:~$ m4c status
Cloud APIs network connection: Reachable
Registered: True
Appliance connected to migration service
vCenter address: 0.0.0.0
Vsphere user name is: administrator@domain.com
Project: <your-project>
Location: asia-northeast1
Source: M4CE-Name
Data center connector: M4CE-Name-ufqily
Appliance version: 1.1623761021
Service account: <service-account@google.com>
No http proxy configured
Before Migrate If Your VM Is Linux With lvm
Partition Type
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Make Sure Your
boot
Have Enough Space ( > 300 M ) -
Add These Information To System
mkdir -p /etc/google/migrate && ls -la /dev/disk/*/* > /etc/google/migrate/disk-mappings-hints