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Azure Migrade : tool for OnPrem VM requirements
FredFR92 For the first question, you can perform discovery and assessment using the Azure Migrate Server Assessment tool. It will provide recommendations for readiness in Azure. Once you have performed the assessments, you use the Azure Migrate agentless VMware migration method. When you start this process, you can apply the recommendations from assessment to all the VMs that you intend to migrate together. Here also, as second validation, we will show you which VMs are ready for migration.
For the second question, today, Azure Migrate doesn’t support failover cluster.
Having said that, Azure Migrate replicates all disks as seen on the VM. In a WSFC environment, if the shared disk is seen on only one of the nodes, it will be replicated. But if shared disk is active on multiple nodes, you will see data integrity issues.
For FCI with shared disks, you can stand up the SQL server in Azure, or you can use Managed Instance, and then copy over the database using the Database Migration Service tool
To summarize there is no assessment software. Or you have to provision an Azure Migrate appliance, or you have to fill Excel file with some of the requirements related to the target VM sizing.
I think people are less interested by the sizing than if they can migrate or not, because the sizing is not a problem on public cloud and you can scale-up or scale-down easily.
Regarding my second question, we are not using shared cluster disk but just FC storage for a very old SAP system having some specific software we cannot reinstall. Consequently, we cannot make the migration with a database export/import or replication, because it will not migrate the specific software.
It doesn't matter.
Thanks for your feedback
Regards
Fred
MicrosoftFredFR92 If you don't want to perform an assessment, you can deploy the Azure Migrate appliance and go directly to the Server Migration tool. When you click on Replicate on the tile, you will see a column 'Azure VM readiness' If that column shows a green tick corresponding to the VM you intend to migrate, it means, the VM can be migrated to Azure. Please refer to the pic for reference.
It will not solve the FC restriction.
However, I will advise sales team to integrate this Azure Migrate appliance in cost and planning for coming migration projects.
Thanks