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VMware Cloud on AWS/L2VPN-vMotion-OnPrem-to-VMC.ps1

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 	.NOTES
     PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS REQUIRES L2 Stretch Network between your on-prem environment and VMC. Without the Layer2 VPN, vMotion will not work.
-#>
-# ------------- VARIABLES SECTION - EDIT THE VARIABLES BELOW ------------- 
-$destinationvCenter = "vcenter.sddc-52-35-57-20.vmc.vmware.com"
-$destinationvCenterUser = "brian"
-$destinationvCenterPassword = ''
-$DestinationResourcePool = "Compute-ResourcePool"
-$DestinationPortGroup = "L2-Stretch-Network"
-$DestinationDatastore = "WorkloadDatastore"
-$DestinationFolder = "Workloads"
 
-$SourcevCenter = "vcsa-tmm-02.cpbu.lab" # This is your on-prem vCenter
+    .Example
-$SourcevCenterUser = "brian"
+    # ------------- VARIABLES SECTION - EDIT THE VARIABLES BELOW ------------- 
+    $destinationvCenter = "vcenter.sddc-52-53-75-20.vmc.vmware.com"
+    $destinationvCenterUser = "clouduser@cloud.local"
+    $destinationvCenterPassword = 'VMware1!'
+    $DestinationResourcePool = "Compute-ResourcePool"
+    $DestinationPortGroup = "L2-Stretch-Network"
+    $DestinationDatastore = "WorkloadDatastore"
+    $DestinationFolder = "Workloads"
+
+    $SourcevCenter = "vcsa-tmm-02.utah.lab" # This is your on-prem vCenter
+    $SourcevCenterUser = "administrator@vsphere.local"
+    $SourcevCenterPassword = "VMware1!"
+
+    # This is an easy way to select which VMs will vMotion up to VMC. The Asterisk
+    # acts as a wildcard
+    $VMs = "BG_Ubuntu_*"
+#>
+
+# ------------- VARIABLES SECTION - EDIT THE VARIABLES BELOW ------------- 
+$destinationvCenter = "" # This is your VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC
+$destinationvCenterUser = ""
+$destinationvCenterPassword = ''
+$DestinationResourcePool = "" # Name of the resource pool where the VM will be migrated to
+$DestinationPortGroup = "" # Portgroup name that the VM will be connected to
+$DestinationDatastore = "" # Name of the vSAN datastore
+$DestinationFolder = "" # VM folder where the VM will reside
+
+$SourcevCenter = "" # This is your on-prem vCenter
+$SourcevCenterUser = ""
 $SourcevCenterPassword = ""
 
 # This is an easy way to select which VMs will vMotion up to VMC.
-$VMs = "BG_Ubuntu*"
+$VMs = "" 
 # ------------- END VARIABLES - DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE ------------- 
 
+# Connect to VMC Server
 $destVCConn = Connect-VIServer -Server $destinationvCenter -User $destinationvCenterUser -Password $destinationvCenterPassword
+
+# Connect to On-Prem Server
 $sourceVCConn = connect-viserver $SourcevCenter -User $SourcevCenterUser -Password $SourcevCenterPassword
+
+# Start numbering for status updates
 $i = 1
+
+# Count total VMs selected to move
 $CountVMstoMove = (Get-VM $VMs -Server $sourceVCConn).Count
+
+# For each VM Get the necessary information for the migration
 foreach ($VM in (get-VM $VMs -Server $sourceVCConn)) {
+
+# Get the network adapter information
 $networkAdapter = Get-NetworkAdapter -VM $vm -Server $sourceVCConn
 
+# Get the destination resource pool
 $destination = Get-Resourcepool $DestinationResourcePool -Server $destVCConn
+
+# Get the destination portgroup
 $destinationPortGroup = Get-VDPortgroup -Name $DestinationPortGroup -Server $destVCConn
+
+# Get the destination datastore
 $destinationDatastore = Get-Datastore $DestinationDatastore -Server $destVCConn
+
+# Get the destination folder
 $folder = get-folder $DestinationFolder -server $destVCConn
 
+# Write updates as each VM is being migrated
 Write-host "($i of $CountVMsToMove) Moving " -NoNewline
 Write-host "$($VM.name) " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Yellow
 Write-host "from " -NoNewline
 Write-host "($SourcevCenter) " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Yellow
 Write-host "to " -NoNewline
 Write-host "($DestinationvCenter) " -ForegroundColor Yellow
+
+# The actual vMotion command along with a measurement to time the duration of the vMotion
 $Duration = Measure-Command {Move-VM -VM $vm -Destination $destination -NetworkAdapter $networkAdapter -PortGroup $destinationPortGroup -Datastore $destinationDatastore -InventoryLocation $folder | Out-Null}
+
+# Write the completion string
 Write-host "    ($i of $CountVMsToMove) Move of $($VM.name) Completed in ($Duration) Minutes!" -ForegroundColor Green
+
+# Increase our integer by one and move on
 $i++
 }
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