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Migrate VMware virtual machines (VMs) to Amazon EC2 with the AWS Application Migration Service Replication Agent

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This article provides a step-by-step guide for migrating VMware virtual machines (VMs) to Amazon EC2 using the AWS Application Migration Service Replication Agent. It covers the following key points:

Specifically, the article covers:

  • Solution architecture overview
  • Implementation steps, including prerequisites, setting up VPC endpoints, creating post-launch actions to remove VMware Tools, adding source servers and installing agents, launching test and cutover instances, and finalizing the cutover
  • Cleaning up resources after migration
  • Conclusion highlighting the benefits of using the AWS Application Migration Service for VMware to EC2 migrations
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