Now that our Nutanix Move virtual machine is deployed, it is time to configure our second cluster to migrate: Microsoft Hyper-V.

Creating a Move account on Hyper-V

In the same spirit as for ESXi, in order not to use the “administrator” account of the server or domain and to respect good security practices, I created a user dedicated to Nutanix Move on my Hyper-V cluster.

Once connected to my cluster, right-click on the “Start > Computer Management” button:

Click on “Local Users and Groups > Users” in the Action menu click on “New User” and fill in the necessary fields:

Then, in “Local Users and Groups > Groups”, add the previously created account to the “Administrators” group:

The service account dedicated to Nutanix Move is created on the Hyper-V cluster, now let’s add the cluster on the Nutanix Move side.

Installing the Move Agent

Before you can add your Hyper-V cluster to Nutanix Move, it is imperative to install the Move Agent.

To download it, go to the following URL: https://MOVE-IP/downloads/agents/move-agent-installer.exe by replacing “MOVE-IP” with the IP address you assigned to Nutanix Move.

Once the executable is downloaded, move it to the directory of your choice, for my part I put it at the root of the hard drive. You must then open a Powershell command prompt in administrator mode and run the following command:

move-agent-installer.exe -o install -ip MOVE-IP -u USER

Always replacing MOVE-IP with the IP address of your Nutanix Move and USER with the login of the service account dedicated to Move previously created:

PS C:> .\move-agent-installer.exe -o install -ip 192.168.2.240 -u move
Enter password for user [move]:

Hyper-V host pre-checks results:

OS validation successful: [Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Standard Evaluation]

Firewall: Inbound port [8087] is open

Service state: [Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management] is running

Service install successful. Please check logs at [C:\Users\move\Nutanix\Move.7.0\logs].
PS C:>

Adding the Hyper-V cluster on Nutanix Move

To add the Hyper-V environment on Nutanix Move, you need to connect to the Move interface and click on the “+ Add Environment” button on the home page:

In the window that appears, you must:

• 1 – select the Microsoft Hyper-V environment type
• 2 – name the environment that you are adding
• 3 – enter the IP address of the cluster or server if there is only one node
• 4 – enter the username and password of the service account created on Hyper-V

Click “Add” and wait while the cluster is added. You may encounter an error regarding WinRM while adding the cluster. If this is the case, connect to the Hyper_V cluster and type the following powershell command:

winrm quickconfig

If you followed all the steps, your cluster will appear in the list on the left of the Nutanix Move interface:

Official documentation: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Nutanix-Move-v5_4:top-upload-vddk-library-t.html