This page indexes my DCM articles by category
AWS Migration
Using the AWS VM Import/Export service to migrate VMs to AWS Part 1 Setup
The AWS VM Import Export service is a relatively straightforward way of migrating an existing VMware VM into the AWS Cloud. This approach is best used for small scale migrations.
Using the AWS VM Import/Export service to migrate VMs to AWS Part 2 ESX
Following on from the AWS side set-up in part 1 we now walk through the migration of an ESX VM into AWS
Using the AWS VM Import/Export service to migrate Hyper-V VMs to AWS
Following on from the above article we look at using the AWS Import/Export Service with Microsoft’s Hyper-V
Introducing the AWS Server Migration Service Part-1 AWS setup
This article introduces AWS’s Server Migration service, an agentless method for bulk loading VMs into AWS. We also go through the initial AWS set-up steps
Using AWS Server Migration Service (SMS) Part-2 VMware
There are lots of tools in the market place to help you move workloads to WS. Amazon’s own free SMS toolset is not so well known. This article looks at using SMS to migrate a VMware VM into AWS.
Using AWS Server Migration Service (SMS) Part-3 Hyper-V
Following on from my previous article about migrating VMware workloads using SMS this article looks at doing the same thing using Hyper-V
The AWS Application Discovery service Part-1 Agentless Setup & Config
In 2016 Amazon released the application Discovery service which is aimed at helping you carry out server and application discovery in preparation for a migration to AWS. In part 1 we look at how to set this up
The AWS Application Discovery service Part-2 Performing discovery
In part 1 we looked at the set-up of the AWS agentless Application Discovery service. In this article we look at using the tool to do some actual discovery
Customising the AWS Discovery Connector VM to allow SSH & SCP
As shipped the AWS Discovery appliance for VMware does not allow SSH logons. This article shows you how to reconfigure the appliance to enable SSH and SCP
DCM Strategy
5 Key considerations when engaging a DCM partner
Many organisations will engage with an experienced third party partner to help them with their DCM. This article looks at five key things to consider when working with a partner.
Structuring your migration activities
How should you break up and organise your migrations. This article looks at some commonly used techniques.
DCM Discovery Phase overview
Discovery is a key phase in most DCM projects. This article looks at what is involved and some of the trade-offs in terms of data collection
Physical Migrations (Lift & Shift) not so straight forward
Many people believe that physical server migration is the most straightforward form of migration. This article looks at some or the risks involved in the approach and suggests some steps to mitigate that risk.
Should you rehearse your migrations?
This brief article looks at the pros and cons of conducting some number of rehearsal migrations prior to going live
DCM Architecture
Coming soon
Discovery tools & Techniques
DCM Discovery Phase overview
Discovery is a key phase in most DCM projects. This article looks at what is involved and some of the trade-offs in terms of data collection
Network Technical
Testing firewall rules with Telnet
In this article I look at how the humble Telnet client software, found on most OSes, can be used to test and troubleshoot Firewall rules
Testing & troubleshooting network bandwidth with iperf
The iperf tool is and open source offering on many platforms that can give accurate network bandwidth data and help with troubleshooting related performance issues
Application network connection “drop outs”
A common problem after either a Datacentre migration or infrastructure and network reconfiguration as a result of a transformation project is that of Application network connection drop outs. For example an application server constantly losing connections to its database server
Migration tools
Coming soon