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pages/hosted_private_cloud/hosted_private_cloud_powered_by_vmware/vcd_migration_use-cases/guide.de-de.md

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title: "VMware Cloud Director - Migrate from VMware vSphere on OVHcloud"
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excerpt: "Find out how to prepare a migration from managed VMware vSphere on OVHcloud to a solution based on a managed VMware Cloud Director (VCD) on OVHcloud environnement"
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Your virtual machines will remain operational during the migration, with no downtime. However, there is a risk that some network packets will be lost during vMotion.
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> [!warning]
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> **Network availability during migration**
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> During the migration, your virtual machines (VMs) are moved using vMotion.
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> Depending on your network topology, some VMs may temporarily lose connectivity:
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> - **Public network (VMNetwork)**: no impact, as the public network is extended to the new infrastructure.
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> - **Private network without inter-VM communication**: no impact.
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> - **Private network with inter-VM communication**: possible brief downtime between VMs during the migration phase, as encapsulation technology changes from VLAN/VXLAN to Geneve.
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> We recommend that you plan accordingly and monitor your environment during the migration.
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This migration should be done with no noticeable impact for most applications, but we recommend that you monitor them closely throughout the process.
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As a reminder, if you decide to switch to the managed VCD on OVHcloud offer, the new prices will not be applied to your existing servers/hosts. We will cover the increase of licensing prices until the migration is complete.
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The planned schedule, which is compatible with these environments during the migration, is as follows:
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| **Waves**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | **Dates** | **Target<br/>Offers** | **NSX** | **vRack** | **Microsoft<br/>(SPLA)** | **Summary of migration compatible environments** |
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| **Waves**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | **From** | **Target<br/>Offers** | **NSX** | **vRack** | **Microsoft<br/>(SPLA)** | **Summary of migration compatible environments** |
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|:---------------------------------:|:----------------------------------:|:---------------------:|:----------:|:-----------:|:-------------------:|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| `Wave 1` | **January 2025<br/>February 2025** | `Standard` |||| - **Without** Microsoft Windows VM license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **Without** NSX<br/>- **Without** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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| `Wave 2` | **March 2025** | `Standard` |||| - **With** Microsoft Windows VM license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **Without** NSX<br/>- **Without** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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| `Wave 3` | **April 2025** | `Advanced` || | | - **With** Microsoft Windows VM license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **With** NSX + vRack support<br/>- **Without** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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| `Wave 2` | **Mid-May 2025** | `Standard` |||| - **With** Microsoft Windows VM license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **Without** NSX<br/>- **Without** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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| `Wave 3` | **Mid-June 2025** | `Advanced` || | | - **With** Microsoft Windows VM license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **Without** NSX<br/>- **Without** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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| `Wave 4` | **May 2025** | `Premium` |||| - **With** Microsoft Windows license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **With** NSX + vRack support<br/>- **With** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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During this process, your data will remain unchanged, except for vSAN Storage. Your IP addresses will also remain unchanged.

pages/hosted_private_cloud/hosted_private_cloud_powered_by_vmware/vcd_migration_use-cases/guide.en-asia.md

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title: "VMware Cloud Director - Migrate from VMware vSphere on OVHcloud"
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excerpt: "Find out how to prepare a migration from managed VMware vSphere on OVHcloud to a solution based on a managed VMware Cloud Director (VCD) on OVHcloud environnement"
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Your virtual machines will remain operational during the migration, with no downtime. However, there is a risk that some network packets will be lost during vMotion.
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> [!warning]
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> **Network availability during migration**
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>
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> During the migration, your virtual machines (VMs) are moved using vMotion.
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> Depending on your network topology, some VMs may temporarily lose connectivity:
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> - **Public network (VMNetwork)**: no impact, as the public network is extended to the new infrastructure.
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> - **Private network without inter-VM communication**: no impact.
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> - **Private network with inter-VM communication**: possible brief downtime between VMs during the migration phase, as encapsulation technology changes from VLAN/VXLAN to Geneve.
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>
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> We recommend that you plan accordingly and monitor your environment during the migration.
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This migration should be done with no noticeable impact for most applications, but we recommend that you monitor them closely throughout the process.
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As a reminder, if you decide to switch to the managed VCD on OVHcloud offer, the new prices will not be applied to your existing servers/hosts. We will cover the increase of licensing prices until the migration is complete.
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The planned schedule, which is compatible with these environments during the migration, is as follows:
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| **Waves**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | **Dates** | **Target<br/>Offers** | **NSX** | **vRack** | **Microsoft<br/>(SPLA)** | **Summary of migration compatible environments** |
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| **Waves**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | **From** | **Target<br/>Offers** | **NSX** | **vRack** | **Microsoft<br/>(SPLA)** | **Summary of migration compatible environments** |
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|:---------------------------------:|:----------------------------------:|:---------------------:|:----------:|:-----------:|:-------------------:|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| `Wave 1` | **January 2025<br/>February 2025** | `Standard` |||| - **Without** Microsoft Windows VM license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **Without** NSX<br/>- **Without** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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| `Wave 2` | **March 2025** | `Standard` |||| - **With** Microsoft Windows VM license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **Without** NSX<br/>- **Without** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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| `Wave 3` | **April 2025** | `Advanced` || | | - **With** Microsoft Windows VM license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **With** NSX + vRack support<br/>- **Without** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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| `Wave 2` | **Mid-May 2025** | `Standard` |||| - **With** Microsoft Windows VM license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **Without** NSX<br/>- **Without** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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| `Wave 3` | **Mid-June 2025** | `Advanced` || | | - **With** Microsoft Windows VM license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **Without** NSX<br/>- **Without** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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| `Wave 4` | **May 2025** | `Premium` |||| - **With** Microsoft Windows license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **With** NSX + vRack support<br/>- **With** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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During this process, your data will remain unchanged, except for vSAN Storage. Your IP addresses will also remain unchanged.

pages/hosted_private_cloud/hosted_private_cloud_powered_by_vmware/vcd_migration_use-cases/guide.en-au.md

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title: "VMware Cloud Director - Migrate from VMware vSphere on OVHcloud"
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excerpt: "Find out how to prepare a migration from managed VMware vSphere on OVHcloud to a solution based on a managed VMware Cloud Director (VCD) on OVHcloud environnement"
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> [!primary]
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Your virtual machines will remain operational during the migration, with no downtime. However, there is a risk that some network packets will be lost during vMotion.
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> [!warning]
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> **Network availability during migration**
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>
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> During the migration, your virtual machines (VMs) are moved using vMotion.
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> Depending on your network topology, some VMs may temporarily lose connectivity:
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>
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> - **Public network (VMNetwork)**: no impact, as the public network is extended to the new infrastructure.
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> - **Private network without inter-VM communication**: no impact.
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> - **Private network with inter-VM communication**: possible brief downtime between VMs during the migration phase, as encapsulation technology changes from VLAN/VXLAN to Geneve.
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>
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> We recommend that you plan accordingly and monitor your environment during the migration.
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This migration should be done with no noticeable impact for most applications, but we recommend that you monitor them closely throughout the process.
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As a reminder, if you decide to switch to the managed VCD on OVHcloud offer, the new prices will not be applied to your existing servers/hosts. We will cover the increase of licensing prices until the migration is complete.
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The planned schedule, which is compatible with these environments during the migration, is as follows:
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| **Waves**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | **Dates** | **Target<br/>Offers** | **NSX** | **vRack** | **Microsoft<br/>(SPLA)** | **Summary of migration compatible environments** |
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| **Waves**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | **From** | **Target<br/>Offers** | **NSX** | **vRack** | **Microsoft<br/>(SPLA)** | **Summary of migration compatible environments** |
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|:---------------------------------:|:----------------------------------:|:---------------------:|:----------:|:-----------:|:-------------------:|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| `Wave 1` | **January 2025<br/>February 2025** | `Standard` |||| - **Without** Microsoft Windows VM license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **Without** NSX<br/>- **Without** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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| `Wave 2` | **March 2025** | `Standard` |||| - **With** Microsoft Windows VM license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **Without** NSX<br/>- **Without** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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| `Wave 3` | **April 2025** | `Advanced` || | | - **With** Microsoft Windows VM license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **With** NSX + vRack support<br/>- **Without** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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| `Wave 2` | **Mid-May 2025** | `Standard` |||| - **With** Microsoft Windows VM license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **Without** NSX<br/>- **Without** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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| `Wave 3` | **Mid-June 2025** | `Advanced` || | | - **With** Microsoft Windows VM license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **Without** NSX<br/>- **Without** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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| `Wave 4` | **May 2025** | `Premium` |||| - **With** Microsoft Windows license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **With** NSX + vRack support<br/>- **With** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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During this process, your data will remain unchanged, except for vSAN Storage. Your IP addresses will also remain unchanged.

pages/hosted_private_cloud/hosted_private_cloud_powered_by_vmware/vcd_migration_use-cases/guide.en-ca.md

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title: "VMware Cloud Director - Migrate from VMware vSphere on OVHcloud"
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excerpt: "Find out how to prepare a migration from managed VMware vSphere on OVHcloud to a solution based on a managed VMware Cloud Director (VCD) on OVHcloud environnement"
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updated: 2025-04-23
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> [!primary]
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Your virtual machines will remain operational during the migration, with no downtime. However, there is a risk that some network packets will be lost during vMotion.
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> [!warning]
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> **Network availability during migration**
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>
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> During the migration, your virtual machines (VMs) are moved using vMotion.
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> Depending on your network topology, some VMs may temporarily lose connectivity:
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>
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> - **Public network (VMNetwork)**: no impact, as the public network is extended to the new infrastructure.
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> - **Private network without inter-VM communication**: no impact.
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> - **Private network with inter-VM communication**: possible brief downtime between VMs during the migration phase, as encapsulation technology changes from VLAN/VXLAN to Geneve.
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>
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> We recommend that you plan accordingly and monitor your environment during the migration.
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This migration should be done with no noticeable impact for most applications, but we recommend that you monitor them closely throughout the process.
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As a reminder, if you decide to switch to the managed VCD on OVHcloud offer, the new prices will not be applied to your existing servers/hosts. We will cover the increase of licensing prices until the migration is complete.
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The planned schedule, which is compatible with these environments during the migration, is as follows:
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| **Waves**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | **Dates** | **Target<br/>Offers** | **NSX** | **vRack** | **Microsoft<br/>(SPLA)** | **Summary of migration compatible environments** |
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| **Waves**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | **From** | **Target<br/>Offers** | **NSX** | **vRack** | **Microsoft<br/>(SPLA)** | **Summary of migration compatible environments** |
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|:---------------------------------:|:----------------------------------:|:---------------------:|:----------:|:-----------:|:-------------------:|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| `Wave 1` | **January 2025<br/>February 2025** | `Standard` |||| - **Without** Microsoft Windows VM license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **Without** NSX<br/>- **Without** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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| `Wave 2` | **March 2025** | `Standard` |||| - **With** Microsoft Windows VM license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **Without** NSX<br/>- **Without** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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| `Wave 3` | **April 2025** | `Advanced` || | | - **With** Microsoft Windows VM license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **With** NSX + vRack support<br/>- **Without** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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| `Wave 2` | **Mid-May 2025** | `Standard` |||| - **With** Microsoft Windows VM license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **Without** NSX<br/>- **Without** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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| `Wave 3` | **Mid-June 2025** | `Advanced` || | | - **With** Microsoft Windows VM license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **Without** NSX<br/>- **Without** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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| `Wave 4` | **May 2025** | `Premium` |||| - **With** Microsoft Windows license (SPLA) provided by OVHcloud<br/>- **With** NSX + vRack support<br/>- **With** High performance storage (vSAN) |
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During this process, your data will remain unchanged, except for vSAN Storage. Your IP addresses will also remain unchanged.

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