Prerequisites for migrating Linux VMs using Google Cloud processing clusters

This topic describes the prerequisites for using Migrate to Containers to migrate Linux VMs using processing clusters running in Google Cloud.

Confirm your workloads are compatible

Compatible OSes

Check that your workloads run an operating system supported by Migrate to Containers.

Supported VM source platforms

Migrate to Containers supports migrating VMs from the following source platforms:

• Compute Engine
• VMware vSphere
• Amazon EC2
• Azure

Set up Migrate for Compute Engine (if needed)

If you'll be migrating from VMware, Amazon EC2, or Azure, set up Migrate for Compute Engine to facilitate the control and data planes for the remote sources.

Note: For this Migrate to Containers release, the supported and recommended version of Migrate for Compute Engine is version 4.11.

Get to know the migration best practices

Make your migration experience more efficient by reading the best practices for planning a migration.

Next Steps

• Enabling Google services and configuring service accounts