Google Cloud Migrate for Compute Engine (formerly Velostrata) supports migrating VMs running operating systems in the following table.
Before migrating Linux VMs to Google Cloud, you need to install an additional package that performs reconfigurations. For more information, see preparing Linux VMs.
Note that some VM OSes are supported for offline migration only. In offline migration, disk volumes are copied directly to Google Cloud and streaming data is not supported. For more information, see Using offline migration.
OS | Version | VMware (BIOS) | VMware (EFI) | VMware (EFI with Secure Boot) | AWS | Azure (BIOS) Gen1/2 | Azure (EFI) Gen2 | Comments |
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AWS Linux | Amazon Linux | NA | NA | NA | Yes | NA | NA | Offline migration only. See Preparing Linux VMs for more. Amazon Linux VMs are migrated on a best-effort basis with no post-migration Google Cloud support. |
CentOS | 6.4+ | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
7.X | Yes | Yes* | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes* | ||
8.0 | Yes | Yes* | Yes* | Yes | No | No | ||
Debian | 8.5+ | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
9 | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | ||
RHEL | 6.4+ | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
7.X | Yes | Yes* | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes* | ||
8.0 | Yes | Yes* | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes* | ||
SUSE | 11 SP3+ | Yes | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
12 SP2 | Yes | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||
12 SP3 | Yes | Yes* | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes* | ||
12 SP4 | Yes | Yes* | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes* | For Azure - Due to missing dependencies in the your-kernel-version-azure build of the kernel, an update to your-kernel-version-default is required prior to migration |
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12 SP5 | Yes | Yes* | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes* | For Azure - Due to missing dependencies in the your-kernel-version-azure build of the kernel, an update to your-kernel-version-default is required prior to migration |
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15 | Yes | Yes* | Yes* | Yes | No | Yes* | ||
Ubuntu | 12.04 | Yes | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Offline migration only |
14.04.x LTS | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Requires kernel version 3.13.0-170 or higher for online migration | |
16.04.x LTS | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | ||
18.04.x LTS | Yes | Yes* | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes* | ||
Windows Server** | 2003 SP2 | Yes | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Offline migration only |
2003 R2 | Yes | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Offline migration only | |
2008 R1 (64-bit) | Yes | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Offline migration only | |
2008 R2 (SP1 or higher) | Yes | Yes* | NA | Yes | Yes | Yes* | ||
2012/2012 R2 | Yes | Yes* | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes* | ||
2016 | Yes | Yes* | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes* | ||
2019 | Yes | Yes* | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes* | ||
* Online migration only (offline migration not supported). | ||||||||
** Basic disks only (dynamic disks not supported). |