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Foglight for Virtualization Enterprise Edition 8.9.3 - Foglight for Cloud Migration User Guide

Importing Cloud Models from Portal

To import Cloud models from the portal:
1
In the Cloud Instance pane, click Import From Portal.
The Import Cloud Models From Portal dialog box opens.
2
In the Import Cloud Models From Portal dialog box, select a cloud provider and a region, the instances table refreshes automatically.
3
In the instances table, select the cloud models as needed, and then click Save.
The Cloud Instance table refreshes automatically and imported Cloud instances are added into this table.

Exporting Cloud instances

To export Cloud instances:
1
In the Cloud Instance pane, click Export.
The existing Cloud instances are downloaded as a .csv file automatically.

Running Cloud Model

To run Cloud model:
1
In the Cloud Model view, Select VMs to Model.
Select the VMs that you want to migrate to the Cloud instance, and then click .
2
Add or Import Cloud IaaS Offerings.
3
Set the following fields in Setting. See Settings for more information.
a
Select time range for analysis in the Average Analysis Period area.
b
Specify the values in the Performance vs Cost Saving area.
c
Select Model Type.
d
Set Resource Consumption.
4
Click Run Model.
The Foglight for Cloud Migration runs the analysis and shows recommended values in the Cloud Migration Recommendation pane. For more information, see Recommendation pane.

Recommendation pane

The Recommendation pane locates on the bottom of the Cloud Model view. The default view is listed by Virtual Machine, which includes two sections:

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A summary for the assessed virtual machines.
Lists the total number of virtual machines assessed, the number of Power-on, Power-off, and other status virtual machines, and some cost information.
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A Recommended Migration table.
Indicates how suited a VM is to the modeled IaaS instance. For the values descriptions, see Resource Consumption .
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Export as Excel: Click the button to export the model review result into an Excel file.
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List by function: Click List by to sort the model review result by Virtual Machine or Instance Size.
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List by Virtual Machine view is the default view. Shows the detailed information for the modeling VMs, including Protected Status, Cluster, Recommendation, Cloud, Region, Instance Size, Resource Consumption, and Cost Estimation.
Select the VMs and click Add to Migration Plan. Click Back will return to the Cloud Model view.
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List by Instance Size view sorts the modeling VMs by different instance size. Clicking Review Model in Explore Outcome column, a Recommended Migration Review for the selected instance size view will be displayed.
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Clicking View VMs outside of this model, a new page opens and shows the VMs that are not suitable for the proposed cloud options.
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Clicking Start Over will return to the Cloud Model view.
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Clicking Back will return to the List by Instance Size view.
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Select the VMs and click Add to Migration Plan.
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