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Create a VM Migration Assistant Profile

Follow these steps to create a new add-on profile that will be applied to your existing VMO cluster.

Prerequisites​

  • Your Palette account role must have the clusterProfile.create permission to create a cluster profile. Refer to the Permissions documentation for more information.
  • A healthy VMO cluster. Refer to the Create a VMO Profile for further guidance.
    • The VMO cluster must have network connectivity to vCenter and ESXi hosts, and the VMs you want to migrate.

Create the Profile​

  1. Log in to Palette.

  2. From the left Main Menu click Profiles.

  3. Click on the Add Cluster Profile button.

  4. Fill out the basic information and ensure you select Add-on for the type. Click on Next to continue.

  5. Select Add New Pack. In the next window that displays, enter Virtual Machine Migration Assistant in the Filter by name search bar. The pack is in the Spectro Addon Repo registry. Select the pack when it appears.

  6. Palette displays the YAML file in the editor on the right. You can edit the YAML as needed. Review the following service console parameters and adjust to your requirements if needed.

    ParameterDescriptionDefault ValueRequired
    vm-migration-assistant-ui.console.ingress.domainIf choosing Ingress as the service type, specify the domain name that the Ingress resource will use to expose the VM Migration Assistant service console.vm-migration.spectrocloud.devYes
    vm-migration-assistant-ui.console.service.typeChoose how to expose the service console: NodePort / LoadBalancer / Ingress."LoadBalancer"Yes
    vm-migration-assistant-ui.console.service.loadBalancerPortChoose the external port to expose the service console when LoadBalancer is selected."443"Yes
    vm-migration-assistant-ui.console.service.nodePortChoose the external port to expose the service console when nodePort is selected."30443"Yes

  7. Click on Confirm & Create.

  8. In the following screen, click Next.

  9. Click Finish Configuration.

  10. From the Main Menu, choose Clusters and select your VMO cluster.

  11. In the Profile tab, click Add add-on profile (+) and select the newly created profile. Click Confirm.

  12. Click Save to deploy the VM Migration Assistant to your cluster.

Validate​

  1. Log in to Palette.

  2. Navigate to Profiles from the left Main Menu.

  3. Locate the newly created profile in the list.

  4. From the left Main Menu, click Clusters and select your cluster.

  5. In the Overview tab, ensure that the cluster status and health is Running and Healthy.

  6. In the Overview tab, the Services list displays the vm-migration service with a clickable port. Click the port to access the VM Migration Assistant service console. The port number is based on your service console configuration.

Access the VM Migration Assistant Service Console​

You can access the service console based on how you configured the VM Migration Assistant YAML manifest when creating the cluster profile.

The following examples are for each console.service.type:

  • If you configured an Ingress with a domain of vm-migration.mycompany.dev, you can access the service console at https://vm-migration.mycompany.dev.

  • If you configured a NodePort with a nodePort of 30443, you can access the service console at https://<NODE_IP>:30443.

  • If you configured a LoadBalancer with a loadBalancerPort of 443, you can access the service console at https://<LOAD_BALANCER_IP>, where the load balancer IP address is provided by your load balancer solution (such as MetalLB).

Next Steps​

You can now use the VM Migration Assistant to migrate your VMs. Refer to the Create Source Providers guide to start creating your source providers.