Migration & Portability · MIG-01

Migrate a VMware VM into STRATUM

Move an existing VMware guest into STRATUM by exporting it as OVF, converting it with STRATUM Migrate, and importing the resulting Arsenal bundle.

OVERVIEW

Overview

Export a VM from VMware ESXi/vSphere to OVF.

Run STRATUM Migrate on the OVF to create an Arsenal bundle, then import the resulting bundle through Arsenal.

PROCEDURE

Procedure

STEP 01

Download STRATUM Migrate

Download the prebuilt STRATUM Migrate binary for the target platform from the official GitHub Releases page. Customers do not need to clone the source repository or compile the tool before migrating a VM.

DOWNLOAD STRATUM MIGRATE FROM GITHUB RELEASES →

STEP 02

Export Vmware VM To Ovf

Export the source VMware VM as OVF from ESXi/vSphere. Keep the OVF and referenced virtual disks together for conversion.

STEP 03

Convert Ovf To Arsenal Bundle

Run STRATUM Migrate against the exported OVF to create the Arsenal bundle, then import that bundle into STRATUM Arsenal.

Commands

Use the current stratum-migrate release for your architecture and install qemu-img where required. Review the migration report before importing the Arsenal bundle.

shell

# Example: keep the OVF together with its referenced virtual disks
ls /tmp/mission-system/

# Run the downloaded binary against the OVF
./stratum-migrate-x86_64 --backend qemu-img --disk-bus scsi \
  --report mission-system-migration.json /tmp/mission-system/

# Confirm that the bundle was written
ls -lh *.stratumarsenal

RESULT

The outcome you should see

The converted workload imports into Arsenal and is available as STRATUM content rather than remaining tied to the VMware export.