Overview of on-premises to GCP migration

This overview outlines the general steps required for migrating VMs from vSphere to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using Velostrata 4.2 by Google.

GCP prerequisites

Before beginning a migration to GCP, Cloud Identity and Access Management permissions need to be created.

Set up a VPN

Plan for a secure connection between your on-premises datacenter and GCP. Cloud VPN and Cloud Interconnect are both options you can use to build a secure connection.

Configure Firewall Rules on GCP

Create firewall rules on both GCP and your on-premises or AWS environments.

Set up the Velostrata Manager

The Velostrata Manager on GCP provides a web UI and controls migration operations from GCP. Configure the Velostrata Manager on GCP to continue.

Configure vSphere and set up the Velostrata Backend

To set up vSphere and Velostrata, you must do the following:

  • Create a role
  • Configure the Velostrata On-Premises Backend virtual appliance for vSphere
  • Install the vCenter plugin.

These instructions are on the Deploying the Velostrata Backend page.

Create Cloud Extensions


Prepare your Linux VMs

If you are migrating Linux VMs, install the Velostrata package to reconfigure them for GCP.

Migrate a single VM


Migrate a wave of VMs



Velostrata - Cloud Migration Software for GCP