VMware migration - AWS Transform
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VMware migration

AWS Transform can help you migrate your VMware environment to Amazon EC2 by using generative AI. This document provides an overview of AWS Transform and of the workflow of the migration process.

Capabilities and key features

AWS Transform offers the following capabilities and key features for migrating your VMware environment to AWS.

  • Three discovery options:

    • Assisted discovery of your VMware environment by using collectors from AWS Application Discovery Service.

    • Use the open-source Export for vCenter tool.

    • Importing independently collected discovery data.

  • AI-driven conversion of your source VMware network configuration to an Amazon VPC network architecture.

  • AI-driven generation of migration plans, including application grouping and suggested migration waves.

  • Rehosting your servers to run natively on Amazon EC2.

AWS Transform supports migrating Windows and Linux servers of supported operating systems. For the full list of supported operating systems, see Supported operating systems in the AWS Application Migration Service User Guide.

AWS Transform VMware migration architecture

This diagram displays an overview of AWS Transform VMware migration architecture.

AWS Transform VMware architecture

Limitations

AWS Transform has the following limitations:

  • If you stop a running migration job, and then ask the agent to restart it, the job will start again from the beginning and you will lose any progress you have made in the job. However, artifacts created in the job before restarting it will still be available.

  • You can specify one target AWS account and one target AWS Region per VMware migration job. To migrate waves to different target accounts or different Regions, create multiple VMware migration jobs, and use the same source account connector for your inventory. For information about the two types of account connectors, see AWS account connectors for VMware migrations.

  • NSX imports are only supported for end-to-end migration jobs.

Important

AWS Transform generates network configurations and migration strategies based on your environment assessment. Review these configurations with stakeholders to ensure that they meet your organization's security, compliance, and business requirements. While AWS Transform provides automated configuration recommendations, you are responsible for validating and adjusting the settings to match your security and compliance needs before proceeding with migration.