Quick start for migrating to Amazon EC2 using the VMware workloads migration advisor
Get started with the VMware migration advisor to move your current infrastructure to Amazon EC2 using Amazon FSx for ONTAP as external NFS datastores.
Before you get started, you should have an understanding of operational modes.
You'll need to set up an account with workload factory and log in using one of the console experiences.
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 or Automate 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.
You can use the Migration advisor VM collector script or RVTools to capture your current VM configurations in order to create a deployment plan. You can also import an existing deployment plan as a template and then modify any required attributes.
Launch the VMware migration advisor and select the VMs that you want to migrate to Amazon EC2 infrastructure using an Amazon FSx for ONTAP file system as external NFS datastores. You can make some modifications before you save the plan.
Deploy the new FSx for ONTAP file system that will provide the datastores for your VMs in your Amazon EC2 infrastructure.