24.3 X2P Workflow for VMs

To migrate a workload to a VM on a virtual host:

1. Use the native interface of the required virtualization platform to set up the target virtual machine with guest operating system type and version settings that match your source workload, in accordance with the features and capabilities of the target virtualization platform.

2. Begin booting the newly created virtual machine by using the appropriate PlateSpin ISO image, load the appropriate driver, if needed, then continue the boot process.

   This special boot process discovers and registers the target virtual machine as a PlateSpin Migrate physical machine target. See Registering and Discovering Details for Target VMs on Virtual Hosts with PlateSpin ISO.

3. Use the PlateSpin Migrate Client to create and execute an X2P migration job.

4. Upon completion of the migration job, install virtualization enhancement software specific to the target virtualization platform.