VM Import/Export – converter tool

VM Import/Export – converter tool

-      https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vm-import/latest/userguide/what-is-vmimport.html

-      VM Import tool can be used to migrated machines in off VMWare, MS Hyper-V, Citrix XEN VM etc. onto EC2 – create EC2 AMI
-      VM Export is only for EC2's that were originally imported, not for EC2's launched from AWS AMI's

-      Supported through API and CLI, not console

-      AWS VM Converter, plugin for vmware vCenter – a 3^rd party VM image file is loaded into S3, converter converts into AMI