Guidance for Migrating VMware Virtual Machines to Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS

Overview

This implementation guide provides a step-by-step process for migrating VMware virtual machines to Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) using the Nutanix Move tool. Additionally, it will outline relevant use cases and Nutanix product mappings to build a business case for the migration.

NC2 provides hybrid cloud simplicity by extending on-premises workloads to Amazon Web Services (AWS) without any refactoring or any code changes to your apps. The innovative Nutanix architecture gives the flexibility and freedom to move applications, workloads, and software licenses wherever they are required, either on premises or in AWS. NC2 on AWS is an extension of the Nutanix Cloud platform now running on Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (Amazon EC2) bare-metal instances or Amazon EC2 dedicated hosts. With NC2, you can accelerate your workload migration to AWS and get your on-premises applications to the cloud faster. Additionally, you can also choose from pay-as-you-go (PAYG) or commitment-based subscription plans for flexible consumption.

Use Cases

The following are the benefits of having Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS:

●      Lift and shift: Move applications to AWS or consolidate your data centers. No need to re-architect applications. Simply “lift and shift'' them without any change, saving significant costs and time investments. NC2 enables the over-provisioning of physical to virtual cores, optimizing both costs and Microsoft licensing. This feature ensures that you can make the most of your physical resources, maximize density on each host, while adhering to licensing requirements.

●      On-demand elasticity: Quickly scale capacity or expand to different geographical regions in minutes by using AWS infrastructure to support changing demands.

●      Business continuity: Use the global infrastructure of AWS for high availability and disaster recovery without the complexity arising from managing a secondary data center or a stand-alone disaster recovery solution.

●      Cloud-native services: Modernize on-premises applications with direct access to AWS services like artificial intelligence, machine learning, analytics, and more to advance your digital initiatives.