MIGRATE WINDOWS VM FROM HYPER-V TO AWS

 

In this blog, we will show you the Migrate Windows VM from Hyper-V to AWS

 

ENVIRONMENT OVERVIEW

 

• We have installed Hyper-V Role on windows 2016 server in our Lab environment.

 

• Also, we have created an external V-switch which will provide internet access to the Hyper-V VMs.

 

 

DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL SMS CONNECTOR

 

• Open the web browser and download the SMS connector from the below URL.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/sms-connector/AWS-SMS-Connector-for-SCVMM-HyperV.zip

 

• Extract the files to the desired drive.

 

 

IMPORT SMS CONNECTOR VM IN HYPER-V

 

• Open the Hyper-V snap-in and click on the Import Virtual Machine.

 

• A new popup window will show up. Click Next to continue.

 

• Provide the SMS connector folder which we extracted earlier.

 

• Select the Virtual Machine from the list.

 

• Select the Copy the virtual machine (create a new unique ID) option.

 

• You can choose the different file location to store the VHD files or leave defaults.

 

 

• Select the correct external virtual switch from the drop-down list.

 

• Review the settings and click on the Finish button.

 

CONFIGURING AWS SMS CONNECTOR

 

• Power on the SMS Connector VM.

 

• After a few seconds, the system will prompt for login credentials.

 

• Type the username as ec2-user and password as ec2pass.

 

• Run the sudo setup.rb command to display the configuration menu. Type ec2pass as a password when it prompts.

 

• Type 2 to reconfigure the network settings on this VM.

 

• Again type 2 to setup static IP.

 

• Provide the IP information for this VM.

 

 

• IP has been configured successfully.

 

INSTALLING HYPER-V CONFIGURATION SCRIPT

 

• Download the Hyper-V Configuration script from this URL https://s3.amazonaws.com/sms-connector/aws-sms-hyperv-setup.ps1 and save it in a folder.

 

• Open the PowerShell window and type the below command to verify the MD5 Hash.

Get-FileHash aws-sms-hyperv-setup.ps1 -Algorithm MD5

 

• Use the below command to validate the SHA256.

Get-FileHash aws-sms-hyperv-setup.ps1 -Algorithm SHA256

 

• Download the below files and compare the above MD5 and SHA256 values.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/sms-connector/aws-sms-hyperv-setup.ps1.md5

https://s3.amazonaws.com/sms-connector/aws-sms-hyperv-setup.ps1.sha256

 

 

• Also, we need to check the digital signature of aws-sms-hyperv-setup.ps1 file and make sure it’s signed for AWS.

 

• We set the execution policy to unrestricted in our demo environment to execute the PowerShell Scripts.

set-executionpolicy unrestricted

 

• Now, execute the aws-sms-hyperv-setup.ps1 file. We select the option 1 as per our Lab environment.

 

• Provide the IP address of the SMS connector VM.

 

• Provide the username which has administrator permission for Hyper-V. Also, allow the script to make changes in windows system configuration.

 

• Script completed successfully.

 

 

CONFIGURING HYPER-V SMS CONNECTOR

 

• Browse the AWS SWS Connector VM IP through a web browser. Click on Get started now.

 

• Review the License Agreement and click Next.

 

• Provide a password for the management console.

 

• Verify the network configuration information.

 

• In the Log Log Uploads and Upgrades page, select Upload logs automatically & AWS Server Migration Service auto-upgrade checkboxes.

 

• Select the region where our migrated VMs to be located.

 

• For AWS credentials, we have created a new user and its members of ServerMigrationConnector & ServerMigrationServiceRole roles.

 

• Provide Access & Secret key of that server in the relevant section.

 

• You can create a new Access & Key through the IAM console. Go to users section and click on the specified username the switch to security credentials.

 

 

• You can create a new access key by clicking the create button.

 

 

• Choose the VM Manager Type.

 

• Provide the Hyper-V Host login credentials.

 

• Then type the IP of Hyper-V Host and Click on the Verify cert button.

 

• It will popup a new window, click on the Trust button.

 

• Make sure that you have selected Ignore Minor Errors

 

• AWS SMS connector configuration completed successfully.

 

 

CREATING IAM ROLE FOR SMS

 

• Open AWS console and search for the IAM service.

 

• Then click on Roles – Create Role option.

 

 

• Select the SMS service and move to the permission page.

 

• Make sure that Server Migration Service Role has been added to the list.

 

• We leave the tags as default.

 

• Provide a name and description for this role and click on Create Role.

 

• The new role created successfully.

 

MIGRATE WINDOWS VM HYPER-V TO AWS

 

• Go to Server Migration Service (SMS) and click on the connectors link.

 

 

• You will able to see our connector appliance that was installed in our on-premises environment.

 

• Click on the Import server catalog to get the list of VMs which are available in the Hyper-V host.

 

• After a few seconds, you will get the list of available VMs in your on-prem environment.

 

 

• Select the server to migrate to AWS and click on Create Replication Job.

 

• Desire the License type from the drop-down list and click Next.

 

• Select the Replication Job Type & Start replication run settings based on your requirements.

 

• Provide the IAM role name which we created earlier and click on Next.

 

• Click on the create button to start the Migration process.

 

• Once the migration is completed, a new AMI will be available under the images section.

 

 

REFERENCE

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/server-migration-service/latest/userguide/HyperV.html

 

Thanks for reading this blog. We hope it was useful for you to learn the steps to migrate Windows VM from Hyper-V to AWS.