What's new with BlueXP workload factory for VMware
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Learn what's new with the VMware Cloud migration advisor component of workload factory.
1 December 2024
Amazon EC2 migration advisor improvements
This release of BlueXP workload factory for VMware features several improvements to the migration advisor experience:
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Data collection: BlueXP workload factory for VMware supports the ability to collect data for a specific time period when you use the migration advisor.
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VM selection: BlueXP workload factory for VMware now supports selecting VMs that you want to include in your migration deployment.
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Quick vs. Advanced experience: When you use the migration advisor, you can now choose a quick migration experience, using RVtools, or the advanced experience, which uses the migration advisor data collector.
3 November 2024
VMware migration advisor data reduction ratio help
This release of Workload Factory for VMware features a data reduction ratio assistant. The data reduction ratio assistant helps you decide which ratio is best for your VMware inventory and storage estate when preparing for AWS cloud onboarding.
19 September 2024
VMware migration advisor enhancements
This release of workload factory for VMware features functionality and stability enhancements as well as the ability to import and export migration plans when using the VMware migration advisor.
Create a deployment plan for Amazon EC2 using the migration advisor == 1 September 2024
Migrate to Amazon EC2
Workload factory for VMware now supports migration to Amazon EC2 using the VMware migration advisor.
7 July 2024
Initial release of workload factory for VMware
The initial release includes the capability to use the VMware migration advisor to analyze your current virtual machine configurations in on-premises vSphere environments and generate a plan to deploy recommended VM layouts to VMware Cloud on AWS and use customized Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP file systems as external datastores.