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Quick start for migrating to Amazon EVS using the VMware workloads migration advisor

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Get started with the VMware migration advisor to move your current infrastructure to Amazon EVS using Amazon FSx for ONTAP as external NFS datastores.

Before you get started, you should have an understanding of operational modes.

One Log in to workload factory

You'll need to set up an account with workload factory and log in using one of the console experiences.

Two Add AWS credentials and permissions to your account

You can use workload factory in Basic mode without adding credentials to access your AWS account. Adding AWS credentials to workload factory in either read-only or read/write mode gives your workload factory account the permissions needed to create and manage FSx for ONTAP file systems, and to deploy and manage workloads within Amazon EC2.

Learn how to add credentials and permissions.

Three Create a deployment plan using the VMware migration advisor

Launch the VMware migration advisor and manually configure the VM environment you want to create on Amazon Elastic VMWare Service infrastructure using an Amazon FSx for ONTAP file system as external NFS datastores.

Learn how to use the VMware migration advisor to create a deployment plan.

Four Deploy the recommended FSx for ONTAP file system

Deploy the new FSx for ONTAP file system that will provide the datastores for your VMs in your Amazon EC2 infrastructure.

Learn how to deploy your new FSx for ONTAP file system.