Deploying Arcfra Migration Tool using the OVF file

Prerequisites

• To import the OVF virtual machines to the AVE platform, ensure the cluster to deploy Arcfra Migration Tool is already associated with AOC.

• Verify in advance that you obtained OVF files, including files in .ovf format and .vmdk format.

Recommended virtual machine configurations

The recommended configurations for the OVF virtual machine differ depending on the virtualization platform.

• VMware ESXi:

  Follow the Web UI instructions for configuration.

• AVE:

  • vCPU: 6
  • Memory: 6 GiB
  • Disk bus: VirtIO
  • Virtual NIC: at least 1
  • Virtual NIC mode: VirtIO

Procedure

1. If you import the OVF virtual machine to the AVE platform, navigate to the cluster where you intend to deploy Arcfra Migration Tool and open the cluster page. On the cluster page, click + Create in the upper right corner and then select Import VM. You should see the Import VM dialog box.

   If you import an OVF virtual machine to the VMware ESXi platform, navigate to the cluster where you intend to deploy Arcfra Migration Tool and open the cluster page. On the cluster page, click Actions in the upper left corner and then select Deploy OVF Template. You should see the Deploy OVF Template dialog box.

2. Upload the OVF files and import the OVF virtual machine according to the recommended configurations above.

3. After importing the OVF virtual machine, open the virtual machine console and log in to the operating system of Arcfra Migration Tool with the default account root.

4. After logging in, configure the IP and gateway address of each NIC so that the Arcfra Migration Tool virtual machine can connect to the management networks of the source and destination clusters. If you do not manually configure the NICs at this step, the system by default will use DHCP to obtain the network configurations.

   Note:

   • When Arcfra Migration Tool is deployed on the target cluster, it is recommended to configure the IP address and gateway of each NIC by editing the network devices of the imported OVF virtual machine to configure the static IP address and other information for the added NIC.
   • When the ESXi hosts are added to the VMware vSphere cluster using the domain name, you will also need to configure the DNS server in this step and ensure that it can correctly parse the relevant domain addresses. This can also be performed after Arcfra Migration Tool is deployed. For details, refer to the Checking the DNS server section.
   • To accelerate data migration, you can configure a NIC at this step to connect to the storage access network of the ACOS (AVE) cluster. If the Arcfra Migration Tool virtual machine is deployed on the AVE platform, ensure to first add a storage NIC (the VLAN ID of the storage network must be 0), then configure the IP and gateway for each NIC. This step can ensure that Arcfra Migration Tool is connected to the management networks of both the source and destination clusters, as well as to the storage access network of the ACOS (AVE) cluster to accelerate migration.

5. After the network configuration is complete, access the virtual machine IP address in a browser. If the system initialization page is displayed, it indicates that the deployment is successful.

6. Follow the prompts on the page to complete system initialization and log in to Arcfra Migration Tool. For details, refer to the Logging in to Arcfra Migration Tool section.