Migrating from VMware to OCI

[miyu.masuda]

I would like to migrate from VMware to OCI using Veeam. How is this generally done in practice?

[Mildur]

Hi Miyu

For Oracle Cloud VMware Solution, either Replica Jobs or Direct Restore should work (KB4007).

However, for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we currently don’t have any native Backup or Restore integration other than using the Veeam Agent inside the guest VMs.
For migration purposes, you could test taking a backup with the Veeam Agent on a VMware VM and then perform a BMR restore on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) using our Recovery Media — but this will only work if OCI Compute supports booting from ISOs.

I recommend checking out Oracle’s own solution for such migrations: Oracle Cloud VM Migration.

Best,
Fabian