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.
Offline migration, where disk volumes are copied directly to Google Cloud and streaming data is not supported, has fewer operating system options. For more information, see Using offline migration.
OS | Version | VMware (BIOS) | VMware (EFI) | VMware (EFI with Secure Boot) | AWS | Azure | Comments |
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AWS Linux | Amazon Linux AMI | NA | NA | NA | Yes | NA | Requires manual VM prep. See Preparing Linux VMs for more. |
Amazon Linux 2 | NA | NA | NA | Yes | NA | Requires manual VM prep. See Preparing Linux VMs for more. | |
CentOS | 6.4+ | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
7.X | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Debian | 8.5+ | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | |
9 | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ||
RHEL | 6.4+ | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
7.X | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
SUSE | 11 SP3+ | Yes | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
12 SP2 | Yes | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||
12 SP3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
12 SP4 | 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 For AWS - SUSE 12 SP4 compatibility was added in Migrate for Compute Engine version 4.5.1. |
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15 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Ubuntu | 12.04 | Yes | NA | NA | NA | NA | Offline migration only |
14.04.x LTS | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Requires kernel version 3.13.0-170 or higher for online migration | |
16.04.x LTS | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ||
18.04.x LTS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Windows Server | 2003 | Yes | NA | NA | NA | NA | Offline migration only |
2003 R2 | Yes | NA | NA | NA | NA | Offline migration only | |
2008 R1 (64-bit) | Yes | NA | NA | NA | NA | Offline migration only | |
2008 R2 (SP1 or higher) | Yes | Yes | NA | Yes | Yes | Requires SHA-2 code signing support to be installed on the VM OS (see 2019 SHA-2 Code Signing Support requirement for Windows and WSUS at the Microsoft web site). | |
2012/2012 R2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2016 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2019 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |