User Guide

This document contains a guide on how to migrate using the Condensa application from Awanio.

Migration Method

There are 2 migration methods in Condensa:

• Hot Migration: Migration of running VMs with minimal downtime (VMware only).
• Cold Migration: VM migration by uploading files exported from their source (OVA, VHD, VHDX) or with the VM powered off in VMware.

Hot Migration

For the hot migration method, there are several steps that must be done:

Enable Changed Block Tracking (CBT)

Important: CBT must be enabled BEFORE creating a snapshot for migration.

1. Log in to your VMware environment, the example below is for ESXi.

2. Power off the VM (if it is running):
   Right-click the VM → Power → Shut Down Guest OS

3. Enable CBT:

   1. Click Edit

   

   2. Click the "VM Options" tab

   3. Expand "Advanced"
      

   4. Click "Edit Configuration"
      

   5. Add the following parameter: ctkEnabled = true then click OK to save
      

   6. Power on the VM

Create a snapshot (MANDATORY after enabling CBT)

1. Right-click the VM → Snapshots → Take Snapshot
   

2. Fill in the Name and Description then click Take snapshot
   

   ⚠️ Important: The snapshot MUST be created AFTER enabling CBT. Snapshots created before CBT is enabled will cause migration failure.

VM Migration with Condensa

Condensa Login

Open the configured Condensa page. The Condensa login page looks like this:

Enter the Awanio administrator user's username and password, then click SIGN IN.

After that, the Migration page will appear.

Provider

Click the Provider tab, then click the Add Provider button.

A form will appear, please fill in the Provider data and click the Create Provider button at the bottom of the form to save.

The provider data will be displayed.

Migration

Create Migration

Click the Migrations tab, then click the Create Migration button.

1. Fill in information such as migration name, description, target organization and project in Awanio, then click Next.
   

2. Select the Provider (and Datacenter for VMware provider options), then click Next.
   

3. Select the VM to be migrated, then click Next
   

4. Review the migration process creation. If it is OK, click Create Migration.
   

5. The migration data will appear in the list with a Preparing status.
   

   2. Start Migration

6. Click the action menu button (three dots on the right side of the data), then select Start Migration.

7. The migration process will start, the status will change to Running, and the progress will increase to 100%.
   

8. After success, the status changes to Success.
   

9. Migration details can be viewed by clicking on the migration name.
   

10. Check the VM on the Awanio Dashboard and make sure it is running well.