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Before you can perform a test-clone or cut-over on a migrating VM, you must set
the Compute Engine target details that define the landing zone for the VM
on Google Cloud. These details include the Google Cloud project and
network settings, but also includes:
To help you determine the optimal settings for the Compute Engine target,
Migrate to Virtual Machines lets you create asource VM utilization report. This report
displays information about resource allocation and utilization for the source VMs
deployed on your migration source.
When you create a report, you set a time duration (week, month, year) for the
utilization data.
For the specified source VM, the report then displays the following information
calculated over that duration:
Number of vCPUs allocated for the source VM, average CPU usage, and maximum
CPU usage
Allocated memory (GB), average memory usage, and maximum memory usage
Average and maximum network throughput (Kbps)
Average and maximum disk IO rate (Kbps)
You can then use this information to set the Compute Engine target details.
The following is an example report:
Creating a utilization report
To create a report:
Open the Migrate to Virtual Machines page in the Google Cloud console:
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