Server Migrations Using Azure
- Server Migration Expectation
- To perform Server Migrations, Azure has Azure Migrate which provides a central hub to assess and migrate on-premises servers, infrastrucutre and data to Azure
- Azure Migrate also allows us to work with
- Native Azure Migration
- ISV (Independent Service Vendor) => Third Party
- Azure Migration has basically two steps
- Assessment
- Migrate
- The Azure Migrate Supports following migrations
- Servers:
- VM Ware to Azure
- Hyper-V to Azure
- Physical Server to Azure
- Virtual Desktop
- Data
Lab Setup
- Simulated On-premise with Nested Virtualization Azure VM
Setup Azure Migrate Project
- Follow the steps
Create the Nested Virtualiaton Supported VM
- Source Resource Group => Create a resource group called as onpremises
- Source Network Configuration => Create a vnet in this resource group on-premises
- Nested Virtualization is supported in Ds_V3 series. Create a windows 2016 datacenter in this Series
- Now Lets configure the DNS Name
- Login into the create vm using
mstsc -v <public ip/dns>and Wait for the Server Manager to be Launched
- Install Hyper-V Using Server Manager or using Powershell Launched as admin
Install-WindowsFeature -Name HyperV -IncludeManagementTools -Restart
- Nexts Steps:
- Login into the Hyper-V Server
- Create two vms
- Then prepare for migration
