Migration toolkit for virtualization

Migrate your virtual machines safely and quickly to Red Hat OpenShift with minimal downtime.

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Migrate virtual machines at scale to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization

With Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, you can migrate your virtual machines (VMs) from alternative hypervisors at scale. Available as a one-click download in the OpenShift Operator Hub, migration toolkit for virtualization (MTV) provides a suite of tools to migrate your VMs and manage them alongside containers in OpenShift Virtualization.

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With MTV, assess existing VMs, identify critical workloads, and build a migration plan that works for you. Available as a one-click download in the OpenShift Operator Hub, MTV provides a suite of tools to simplify the migration process with minimal downtime and risk.

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Migration toolkit for virtualization, migrations made simple

Mass migration of virtual machines

Supports migration from the following source providers:
- Red Hat Virtualization
- Red Hat OpenStack platform
- Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization remote clusters
- VMware
- Open Virtual Appliances (OVAs)
- Red Hat OpenShift
- Others
Available for download in the OpenShift Operator Hub and integrates into the OpenShift menu structure
Migrate virtual machines at scale to OpenShift Virtualization in a few simple clicks
Accelerate migrations with existing, supported storage systems through the storage offloading functionality
For automated migration of hundreds or more VMs to OpenShift Virtualization, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and MTV can be combined

Why use the migration toolkit for virtualization

Reliable migrations and reduced risk

Automatic, pre-migration validation services to flag compatibility issues and concurrent migration options to accelerate migrations.

Guided migration planning

Navigate a structured, step-by-step workflow to connect source providers, map infrastructure, create plans, and execute the migration.

Minimal downtime

Execute warm migrations for critical workloads so you can keep VMs up and running for the majority of the data transfer.

Using the migration toolkit for virtualization

Add new objects to enable virtualization tasks

Create and manage Linux® and Windows VMs.
Connect to VMs through user interface (UI) and command line interface (CLI) tools.
Importing and cloning existing VMs, including Red Hat Virtualization VMs.
Managing network interface controllers and storage disks attached to VMs.
Live-migrating VMs between nodes.

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