How-to Guides

Getting started

• Getting started with Migrate for Compute Engine

  High level guidance for starting your migration with Google Cloud Migrate for Compute Engine (formerly Velostrata).

Configuring Google Cloud

• Configuring Google Cloud

  Initial configuration of Google Cloud for migration (recommended).

• Configuring Google Cloud manually

  Manual configuration of Google Cloud for migration.

Configuring the Migrate for Compute Engine Manager

• Configuring the Migrate for Compute Engine Manager

  Configuring the Migrate for Compute Engine Manager to work with Google Cloud.

Migrate on-premises VMs to Google Cloud

• Overview of on-premises to Google Cloud migration

  Migrate VMs to Google Cloud.

• Deploying the Migrate for Compute Engine on-premises backend

  Deploy and configure the Migrate for Compute Engine backend.

• Running and Migrating VMs

  Use the optional vCenter plug-in to start running or migrating individual VMs to Google Cloud.

• Migrating on-premises storage to Google Cloud

  Migrate on-premises storage to Google Cloud.

• Powering on, restarting, or shutting down a VM

  Control VMs during a migration.

• Reconfiguring a VM

  Change the VM's instance type and storage policy using the Reconfigure Cloud Instance.

• Detaching a VM

  Prepare the VM for detach from Migrate for Compute Engine.

• Moving a VM back on-premises

  Moving a VM back to its source, and considerations on VM behaviors and storage.

Migrate AWS to Google Cloud

• Overview of AWS to Google Cloud migration

  General steps required for migrating VMs from AWS EC2 to Google Cloud.

• Migrate for Compute Engine AWS prerequisites

  Prepare to migrate your AWS EC2 instances to Google Cloud.

• Configuring AWS as a source

  Use AWS as a source for migrating VMs to Google Cloud.

• Migrating AWS VMs to Google Cloud

  Migrate VMs from AWS to Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud) using Migrate for Compute Engine.

Migrate Azure to Google Cloud

• Overview of Azure to Google Cloud migration

  General steps required for migrating VMs from Azure to Google Cloud.

• Migrate for Compute Engine Prerequisites for migrating Azure VMs to Google Cloud

  Prepare to migrate your Azure VM instances to Google Cloud.

• Configuring Azure as a source

  Use Azure as a source for migrating VMs to Google Cloud.

• Migrating Azure VMs to Google Cloud

  Migrate VMs from Azure to Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud) using Migrate for Compute Engine.

Using Cloud Extensions

• Setting up a Cloud Extension

  General steps for creating a Cloud Extension, which connects Google Cloud to your source VMs.

• Setting up an HTTP(S) proxy

  Configure a secure proxy for migration information.

• Stopping, starting, and reconfiguring a Cloud Extension

  Controlling a Cloud Extension.

• Repairing a Cloud Extension

  Fixing issues with Cloud Extensions, such as connectivity loss.

• Deleting a Cloud Extension

  Deleting a Cloud Extension.

Networking

• Using multiple IP addresses

  IP considerations and using multiple IP addresses with Migrate for Compute Engine.

• Using external DNS

  Configuring Google Cloud and Migrate for Compute Engine to support external DNS.

• Setting migration bandwidth throttling

  Prevent network saturation for storage migration by throttling bandwidth usage.

Organizing migrations with waves

• Overview of migration waves

  Migrate for Compute Engine subdivides a migration sprint into a series of Waves, which group the VMs that run your application into batches for migration.

• Creating and modifying runbooks

  Create runbooks, which define the VMs in a wave.

• Creating new waves

  Create waves to organize and run your migrations.

• Creating and aborting jobs

  Migrate for Compute Engine defines a job as an operation performed on a group of VMs defined in a runbook.

• Rightsizing instances in a wave

  Choose the right size of VMs to migrate to, or use one of Migrate for Compute Engine's rightsizing methods to choose for you.

• Monitoring waves, runbooks, and jobs

  Monitoring wave status and view logs for your migration.

• Migrating to sole-tenant nodes and Windows BYOL

  Migrate to sole-tenant nodes and supporting Bring your own Windows licenses.

Testing migrated workloads

• Creating a test clone

  Test your migration by creating a test clone.

• Deleting a test clone

  Delete your test clones after use.

Monitoring Migrate for Compute Engine

• Monitoring overview

  Monitoring your Migrate for Compute Engine environment.

• Using Cloud Monitoring

  Use Monitoring to monitor your Migrate for Compute Engine environment.

• Viewing Cloud Logging logs

  Use Cloud Logging to view logs from your Migrate for Compute Engine environment.

• Alarms and events

  Types of alarms and how they display in Migrate for Compute Engine.

• Monitoring the Cloud Extension

  Monitor the current run state of the Cloud Extension.

• Viewing a cloud instance's console log

  View the console log of a VM running on Google Cloud from vCenter or the Wave UI.

• Disabling Cloud Monitoring

  Disabling Cloud Monitoring in Migrate for Compute Engine.

Automating migration tasks

• Installing the PowerShell module

  Downloading, installing, and using the PowerShell module for Migrate for Compute Engine.

Additional preparations for VMs and servers

• Adaptation scripts overview

  Customization / adaptation scripts to allow your VMs operate properly within the constraints of their new environment.

• Windows adaptations

  Windows adaptation scripts that Migrate for Compute Engine provides.

• Linux adaptations

  Linux adaptation scripts that Migrate for Compute Engine provides.

• Preparing Linux VMs

  Required customizations and adaptations for Linux VMs migrating to Google Cloud.

• Migrating physical servers

  Migrating physical servers has the same prerequisites as migrating VMware VMs.

• Using offline migration

  Migrate for Compute Engine enables you to migrate workloads with operating systems that are not currently supported by Migrate for Compute Engine's streaming technology using offline migration.

• Using premium OS licenses

  Google Cloud Platform supports premium enterprise Linux distributions such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or SuSE Linux Enterprise (SLES).

Uninstalling Migrate for Compute Engine

• Uninstalling Migrate for Compute Engine

  Uninstalling Migrate for Compute Engine.