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Manually create a deployment plan for Amazon EVS

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Log in to the NetApp Workload Factory to access the VMware planning center. From there, you can manually create a deployment plan or migration plan for Amazon EVS that is customized for your needs.

Note that you must have a user name and password to access Workload Factory. If you don't have access, create an account now. See the instructions here.

Create a deployment plan by manually specifying environment requirements

You can manually specify your requirements for virtual machines in Amazon Elastic VMware Service and use customized Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP file systems as external datastores.

Requirements

  • You must have an Amazon Elastic VMware Service subscription.

Steps

  1. Log in to Workload Factory using one of the console experiences.

  2. Optionally, if you accessed Workload Factory from the Workload Factory console, from the VMware workloads tile, select VMware planning center and then select VMware planning center. The VMware planning center is displayed.

  3. Select Manually create EVS plan.

  4. Enter the requirements for your VM environment.

    Note

    Keep in mind the following VM migration performance requirements and recommendations:

    • A minimum storage capacity of 10TiB is recommended for the VM inventory for performance reasons.

    • A minimum throughput is required for the Amazon Elastic VMware Service datastores, depending on the required number of IOPS you specify for this deployment.

    • Depending on the FSx for ONTAP filesystem configuration, a minimum number of external datastores is required for the Amazon Elastic VMware Service environment to reach optimal performance.

  5. When ready, select Review plan to review the migration plan.

  6. Review the plan. Expand each section to view the plan details.

    By default, Workload Factory saves the migration plan to the planning center. You can deselect this option near the top of the page.

  7. Optionally, when you are satisfied with the migration plan, you can download the plan details as a PDF document by selecting Export plan (PDF).

  8. When you are ready to provision the deployment plan, select Provision.

Deploy the VMware workloads recommended FSx for ONTAP file system.