Enable the VCDA migration option on Public VCF as-a-Service

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Find out how to enable the VMware Cloud Director Availability (VCDA) migration option and manage allowed IP addresses for your organisation

Objective

OVHcloud provides a migration option based on VMware Cloud Director Availability (VCDA) to move your virtual machines to a Public VCF as-a-Service organisation.

This guide explains how to enable this option from your OVHcloud Control Panel, then where to manage allowed IP addresses after activation.

Requirements

  • An active Public VCF as-a-Service organisation.
  • Access to the with administrator rights on the organisation.
  • The public IP address (CIDR /32) of the server hosting your on-premises VCDA appliance.
Info

The IP entered during activation is used to allow your source environment to communicate with the OVHcloud VCDA service.

OVHcloud Control Panel Access

  • Direct link:
  • To access your services: Hosted Private Cloud > Public VCF as-a-Service > Select your VCF service

Instructions

Step 1: Open the Public VCF as-a-Service service

The landing page shows your organisations list. Select the organisation where you want to enable migration.

Public VCF as-a-Service page with the organisations list

Step 2: Start activation

Once inside the organisation, open the dashboard and click Order in the Migration block.

Migration block before activation with the Order button

Step 3: Fill in the first activation form

In the activation form, enter the public IP address of your source server in CIDR /32 format, then click Order.

This operation enables the VCDA migration option on the organisation and adds this IP to the allow list.

VCDA activation form with the public IP field
Warning

Make sure you enter the actual public egress IP used by your on-premises VCDA appliance. An incorrect IP will prevent pairing with the cloud service.

After validation, a confirmation email is sent to you.

Step 4: Use the Migration tab after activation

Once the option is enabled, a Migration tab appears in the organisation interface.

In this tab, you can:

  • add additional service IPs to allow access to OVHcloud infrastructure;
  • view the VCDA service IP deployed on your organisation (useful if you need to allow flows on your source side).
New Migration tab after VCDA activation

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