This pattern describes how to migrate a virtual machine (VM) from a non-vSphere environment to VMware Cloud on Amazon Web Services (AWS) by using OS Assisted Migration (OSAM).
OSAM is part of VMware Hybrid Cloud Extension (HCX), which is included with VMware Cloud on AWS. You can use OSAM to migrate a non-vSphere environment such as VMware KVM or Hyper-V to VMware Cloud on AWS. OSAM uses Sentinel software, which you install on a Windows or Linux guest VM to assist in replicating the VM from your on-premises environment to a Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) on VMware Cloud on AWS.
This pattern explains how to enable OSAM, install Sentinel software on a Windows VM, connect and register with an HCX Sentinel Gateway (SGW) appliance at the source site, and establish a forwarding connection with an HCX Sentinel Data Receiver (SDR) appliance at the destination site to initiate migration.
