docs(ins): add documentation vmware migration #4902
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| scw block snapshot import-from-object-storage bucket=<my_bucket> key=<my-qcow2-file-name.qcow2> name=<my-imported-snapshot> size=<size-in-GB> | ||
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| 2 . Create a volume from the snapshot: |
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We are not creating a volume at this stage but a Scaleway Image
=> Create a Scaleway Image from the snapshot
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| - Disk configuration (number, size, type) | ||
| - Network configuration (number of NICs, type) | ||
| - Boot type (BIOS or UEFI) |
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Add a warning here that only UEFI is compatible with Scaleway Instances
| Identify the virtual machines (VMs) to migrate on your VMware plattform: | ||
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| - Network configuration (number of NICs, type) |
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If multiple NIC are needed, several Private network can be later added to the instance.
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| Identify the virtual machines (VMs) to migrate on your VMware plattform: | ||
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| - Disk configuration (number, size, type) |
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If multiple disks are present, do the same steps to create several snapshot and group them as a single Scaleway image.
| 3. Create the server from the image: | ||
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| scw instance server create image=<image-id> type=<commercial-type> |
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(At this step, add the "optional" private network attachement)
| modprobe nbd | ||
| qemu-nbd -c /dev/nbd0 <vm_name>.qcow2 | ||
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| Make any changes (e.g., install cloud-init, remove VMware tools). |
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Add in the list of potential changes "add VirtIO drivers"
| posted: 2024-04-29 | ||
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| - compute | ||
| tags: instance type production vmware esxi migratio |
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typo "migratio" vs "migration"
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Documentation migration VMware virtual machine -> Scaleway Instance