Migrate for Compute Engine supports migrating VMs running the operating systems shown in the following table.
| OS | Version | VMware | Default license | License option | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CentOS | 6.0 - 6.10 | Yes | N/A | N/A | |
| 7.0 - 7.9 | Yes | N/A | N/A | ||
| 8.0 - 8.5 | Yes | N/A | N/A | ||
| Debian | 8.0 - 8.11 | Yes | N/A | N/A | |
| 9.0 - 9.13 | Yes | N/A | N/A | ||
| 10.0 - 10.10 | Yes | N/A | N/A | ||
| 11.0 | Yes | N/A | N/A | ||
| Oracle Linux | 6.0 - 6.10 | Yes | N/A | N/A | Requires kernel-uek version of at least 4.1.12-37.4.1 |
| 7.0 - 7.9 | Yes | N/A | N/A | ||
| 8.0 - 8.4 | Yes | N/A | N/A | ||
| RHEL | 6.0 - 6.10 | Yes | BYOL | PAYG | |
| 7.0 - 7.9 | Yes | BYOL | PAYG | ||
| 8.0 - 8.5 | Yes | BYOL | PAYG | ||
| SLES | 11 SP3-SP4 | Yes | BYOL | PAYG | |
| 12 SP2-SP5 | Yes | BYOL | PAYG | ||
| 15 SP0-SP3 | Yes | BYOL | PAYG | ||
| Ubuntu | 14.04.0 - 14.04.6 | Yes | N/A | N/A | |
| 16.04.0 - 16.04.7 | Yes | N/A | N/A | ||
| 18.04.0 - 18.04.5 | Yes | N/A | N/A | ||
| 20.04 | Yes | N/A | N/A | ||
| 20.10 | Yes | N/A | N/A | ||
| 21.04 | Yes | N/A | N/A | ||
| Windows Server | 2008 R2 SP1 | Yes | PAYG | BYOL | |
| 2012 | Yes | PAYG | BYOL | ||
| 2012 R2 | Yes | PAYG | BYOL | ||
| 2016 | Yes | PAYG | BYOL | ||
| 2019 | Yes | PAYG | BYOL | ||
| 2022 | Yes | PAYG | BYOL | ||
| Windows Client | 7 SP1 (x86 and x64) | Yes | BYOL | N/A | |
| 8 (x86 and x64) | Yes | BYOL | N/A | ||
| 8.1 (x86 and x64) | Yes | BYOL | N/A | ||
| 10 (x86 and x64) | Yes | BYOL | N/A | BitLocker Drive Encryption not supported |
Licensing
Compute Engine supports pay as you go (PAYG) licenses and bring your own licenses (BYOL). The default license type for migrated VMs is assigned by Migrate for Compute Engine based on the migrated OS. See the table above for details.
If the operating system supports multiple license types, you can change the license type when you configure the target Compute Engine instance. See Configuring the target for a migrated VM for more information.
Support for encrypted disks
Migrate for Compute Engine does not support software encrypted disks because they cannot be read without a key. Specifically, Windows 10 and later systems can use BitLocker Drive Encryption. Systems on which the boot drive is encrypted using BitLocker are not supported by Migrate for Compute Engine.