Migration Coordinator – Selecting the migration mode
Migration Coordinator is a fully supported free tool, that is built into NSX Data Center, that is designed to help customers migrating from NSX for vSphere to NSX (aka NSX-T). NSX-T 2.4, was the first release, about three years back, to introduce Migration Coordinator with couple of modes to enable migrations. Today, migration coordinator supports over 10 different ways to migrate from NSX for vSphere to NSX.
The last three blogs in this series covered the various modes available along with the pros and cons of each mode.
- Migration Coordinator: Approaches and Modes
- Migration Coordinator – In Place Migration Modes
- Migration Coordinator – Lift and Shift Migration Modes
This blog will focus on selecting the migration mode based on your requirements.
Terms, Tools and Modes
Before digging into how to go about selecting the right mode for the migration, let’s take a quick look at some of the terms, tools and high-level view of the modes available for migration, when leveraging Migration Coordaintor.
The following table summarizes some of the key terms used in regard to migrations:
Terms | Description |
In-place | Migrate using the same hardware |
Lift and Shift | Migrate to either new or repurposed hardware. |
DFW Only | Only Continue reading |