Agent based migration of a linux VMware machine on Azure

Question

Hello.

I'm trying to migrate a a debian 11 VM hosted in ESXi to Azure. Since my VM has independent disks, I using agent based migration.

I've install on-premises the Azure Replication application using the guidelines here https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/migrate/vmware/tutorial-migrate-vmware-agent?context=%2Fazure%2Fmigrate%2Fcontext%2Fmigrate-context#set-up-the-replication-appliance

Everything seems to be fine with this installation, I can see the configuration server in a new MigrateVault etc.

When I try to replicate a VM I get errors regarding invalid credentials although I have used the Cspsconfigtool to add credentials for the VM.

Any ideas?

Below you can find some screenshots and the activity log to assist with troubleshooting.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4i84u04yudoxuh93c0qvv/agent_based_replication.zip?rlkey=uwc069rt1n3m32nvc6b8ato6w&dl=0

Thank you in advance,

Kiriaki

Answer 1

Hi Kiriaki Konstantinidou

Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A Platform! Thank you for asking your question here.

The configuration server deployment looks good overall. However, it is failing due to a credentials issue. You are currently using domain credentials, and we suspect that the configuration server is not joined to the domain, which is required for domain credentials to work.

Solution 1: Use Local User Credentials

1. Create a local user on the Source server which you want to Replicate with root privileges.
2. Use the local username in the following format:

             For example, if you create a local user named administrator, use:

               .\administrator

       Do not use: itsak\administrator

Note: Before enabling replication, please try connecting to the source server from the configuration server using PuTTY to confirm that the credentials provided are correct.

 

Solution 2: Join the Server to the Domain

1. Join the configuration server to the domain.
2. Retry the process using domain credentials.

Note: As with Solution 1, please ensure you can connect to the source server via PuTTY from the configuration server to validate the credentials before enabling replication.

Please refer to the below screenshot for your reference

Feel free to reach out if you have any further questions or need additional information—I’m happy to assist!

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