1.2 Understanding Workload Migration

PlateSpin Migrate automates the migration of workloads among physical, virtual machine, and cloud. The supported cloud platforms include Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and VMware vCloud Director.

Figure 1-1 Workload Migration

Table 1-1 Workload Migration Operations

Category of Operation	Migration Infrastructures
Peer-to-peer	Physical to Virtual (P2V) Virtual to Virtual (V2V) Virtual to Physical (V2P) Physical to Physical (P2P)
Cloud	Physical to Cloud (P2C) Virtual to Cloud (V2C) Cloud to Physical (C2P) Cloud to Virtual (C2V) Cloud to Cloud (C2C) NOTE:Supported Cloud platforms include Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and VMware vCloud Director.

Category of Operation

Migration Infrastructures

Peer-to-peer

Physical to Virtual (P2V)
Virtual to Virtual (V2V)
Virtual to Physical (V2P)
Physical to Physical (P2P)

Cloud

Physical to Cloud (P2C)
Virtual to Cloud (V2C)
Cloud to Physical (C2P)
Cloud to Virtual (C2V)
Cloud to Cloud (C2C)

NOTE:Supported Cloud platforms include Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and VMware vCloud Director.

PlateSpin Migrate supports multiple workload types and virtualization platforms. For a more detailed list of supported workloads and infrastructures, see Supported Configurations.