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Options for Conversion to Google Cloud Platform

When you restore a VM from a different hypervisor to Google Cloud Platform, provide Google Cloud Platform values for the restore operation.

Restore Options

  • Restore as: Select Google Cloud.

  • Destination: Select a Google Cloud Platform hypervisor from the list.

  • Access node: To use a different proxy for the restore, select it from the list.

    When you restore multiple instances or VMs, select Automatic to distribute the workload (instances or VMs) in the restore job across the access nodes (also called proxies) that are assigned for the destination hypervisor.

    First, the instances or VMs are assigned to the access nodes by a zone match. Then, if access nodes are not available in the same zone, the instances or VMs are assigned by a region match. If access nodes are not available in the same region, then the instances or VMs are assigned using the round-robin method.

    The Automatic option to distribute the workload is available for full restore and conversion operations both from streaming backups or IntelliSnap backup copies.

  • If you are restoring multiple VMs, click the All VMs tab to specify configuration values for all destination instances, or click the name of each instance to specify values individually.

    • Instance display name (when restoring an individual instance): Enter the display name for the converted instance.

    You can specify the following values for all instances or for an individual instance:

    • Zone: Browse to select the destination zone.

    • Machine type: Select the machine configuration type to be used for the converted VMs.

    • Network settings:

      • External IP: Select one of the following options:

        - Ephemeral: GCP automatically assigns the IP address.

        - Reserved static IP: Select from a user-defined set of available, reserved IP addresses.

      • Internal IP: Select one of the following options:

        - Ephemeral (Automatic): GCP automatically assigns the IP address.

        - Ephemeral (Custom): Enter a custom IP address.

        - Reserved static IP: Select from a user-defined set of available, reserved IP addresses.

      • Virtual network/subnet: Select the network settings.

  • Sole-tenant nodes: Click Browse to select the nodes or node groups you want to be associated with the restored instance.

    Note

    The Node affinity dialog box lists all available node groups. However, you can only select the node groups that are supported for the specified machine type.

  • Custom metadata: Type the custom or predefined key-value pairs associated with the scripts you want to run when the instance restores.

    The replicated VM will have the key-value pairs in the Custom metadata section on the VM instance details page on the destination VM.

    • For more information about predefined key-value pairs on Linux, go to Using startup scripts on Linux VMs on the Google Cloud documentation website.

    • Power on instances after restore: Start the converted instance automatically after the conversion completes.

    • Unconditionally overwrite if it already exists: Delete an existing instance and replace it with the converted instance.

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