Tutorial

How to Use Migration Assessment

This tutorial covers two methods to assess your VMware environment for migration to OpenShift Virtualization.

Choose your assessment method:

RVTools Flow - Upload an existing RVTools Excel export for instant assessment
Discovery Agent Flow - Deploy an OVA to vCenter for live discovery

RVTools Flow

Upload an existing RVTools export file for instant assessment. Watch the video tutorial below:

Prerequisites: RVTools File Requirements

Before uploading your RVTools export, ensure your Excel file meets the following requirements. The migration assessment tool validates your RVTools export and will report errors or warnings based on what’s present.

Hard Requirements (Errors)

If these are missing, the upload will fail. All of these reside in the vInfo sheet:

Requirement	Why?
vInfo sheet must have at least 1 row	No VMs means there is no inventory to plan
Column VM ID must not be null/empty	Used as the primary unique identifier for VMs
Column VM (Name) must not be null/empty	Used to identify and display the VM
Column CLUSTER must not be null/empty	Used to group VMs by clusters

Soft Requirements (Warnings)

The following sheets are checked, but if they are empty or missing, the tool will only issue a warning. The inventory will still be built, but specific data points will be blank:

Sheet	Impact if Missing
vHost	Host-related info will be unavailable
vDatastore	Storage/datastore info will be missing
vNetwork	Network configuration details will be missing
vCPU	Detailed CPU metrics (like core counts) will be missing
vMemory	RAM allocation details will be missing
vDisk	Disk size and provisioning data will be missing
vNic	Network interface details (IPs/MACs) will be missing

Export your RVTools data with all sheets enabled to ensure the most comprehensive migration assessment.

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Discovery Agent Flow

Deploy a discovery agent to your vCenter for live environment analysis. Watch the video tutorial below:

Watch the Demo