Accelerating VMware migrations with AWS Transform and MGN replication agent installation automation | Amazon Web Services

Accelerating VMware migrations with AWS Transform and MGN replication agent installation automation | Amazon Web Services

Migrating hundreds of servers from an on-premises VMware environment to AWS involves coordinating across teams, accounts, and tools. You need to set up your target environments, plan waves, deploy replication agents, monitor their progress, run tests, and perform cutover, often across multiple AWS accounts. Each step can be challenging on its own, requiring careful planning and coordination throughout to make the migration successful.

AWS Transform brings these steps together into a single, AI-assisted rehost (lift-and-shift) workflow. It builds on the capabilities of AWS Transform for VMware for orchestrating the full migration lifecycle, with conversational AI guidance at each step of the process.

If you’ve already used AWS Transform for VMware, you might be familiar with the experience. Here’s a quick recap of the workflow:

  1. Discovery: AWS Transform analyzes your source environment
  2. Migration planning: You share your migration…