[VMC] AWS EC2 instances are unsupported with HCX OSAM

Products

• VMware HCX
• VMware Cloud on AWS

Issue/Introduction

To provide explanation and a workaround 

Symptoms:
You may see errors relating to fixup operations failing to perform when attempting to migrate an EC2 instance to VMC using HCX OSAM.

Cause

HCX OSAM currently only supports KVM or Hyper-V for conversion to VMware VMs. When attempting to migrate an EC2 instance to VMC, it will fail at the fixup phase as it is unsupported.

Resolution

The VMware Converter supports EC2 as a source and can be used as a workaround to migrate EC2 instances to VMC.

Additional Information

https://vmc.techzone.vmware.com/resource/designlet-migrating-aws-ec2-instances-vmware-cloud-aws-using-vcenter-converter-64

Impact/Risks:
Although the AWS EC2 instances may be running a supported Guest OS for HCX OSAM, you will not be able to successfully migrate the EC2 to VMC utilizing HCX OSAM.