vCloud Connector - installation and migration instructions for VM from vCenter to vCloud

To migrate VM from vCenter to vCloud, you must plan to locate the vCloud Connector Server and vCloud Connector Node in the same pattern:

To install vCloud Connector Node, you must create a new machine based on the template of the same name from our public directory. After booting the machine a window will appear where you should click Enter in the login field and change the default vmware password for the admin account, also the link to the web interface for Node management is underlined in the figure:

In the web interface for node management, located on the same site with vcenter, it is necessary to register as shown:

In the web interface, to manage a node located in vCloud, you need to register with vCloud Director by first publishing it to EDGE:

To install vCloud Connector Server, you must create a new machine based on the template of the same name from the VMware support site. After booting the machine, a window will appear where you should click Enter in the login field and change the default vmware password for the admin account, also the link to the web interface for managing the server is underlined in the picture:

In the web interface of vCloud Connector Server, it is necessary to register the server in vcenter:

Add a node located at the same site as the vcenter by specifying vcenter administrator login\password:

Add a node located in vCloud by specifying the login, password of the administrator of the organization:

 If the registration in vcenter was successful, the vCloud Connector icon will appear in vsphere:

In the vCloud Connector interface, you need to add previously configured nodes using the Actions menu:

To migrate the virtual machine, you must turn it off, then select Copy in the Actions menu:

Following the instructions of the wizard, select a target cloud, a directory to temporarily store the template and specify the deployment options: 

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