Nutanix Move 6.3

Move your workloads with more flexibility and confidence. Nutanix Move 6.3 expands migration destinations, adds support for more platforms and operating systems, and improves migration reliability across common workflows.

New

• Migrate Windows VMs while retaining WINS network settings during ESXi to AHV migrations.

• Migrate virtual machines directly to Projects 2.0.

• Migrate security policies to Projects 2.0 alongside your workloads.

• Move VMs from ESXi to AHV using zero-copy migration with supported external storage.

• Migrate data with support for Federated Files Server.

• Migrate workloads from ESXi and AHV to Nutanix Government Cloud Clusters (GC2) on AWS GovCloud.

• Preserve UEFI and Secure Boot settings when migrating supported VMs between AHV and AWS.

• Use additional external storage arrays, including Dell PowerStore and Pure Storage FlashArray (Everpure).

• Manage migrations with support for Prism Central 7.6.

• Integrate with CyberArk (technical preview) for credential management.

• Migrate a broader range of Windows and Linux operating systems across AHV, AWS, and Azure.

Improvements

• Keep IPv6 settings intact during Windows migrations, including systems running non-English operating systems.

• Complete migration plans even if an individual VM encounters an issue during cutover.

• Sign in reliably with Prism Central IAM group accounts after upgrading Move.

• Configure and edit bandwidth policies without interface errors.

• Improve migration reliability during VMware tag retrieval and cutover operations.

• Remove VMware Tools more cleanly during Windows VM migrations.

• Prevent target VMs from powering on when a source migration has failed.

• Improve IP address retention for VLAN-based networks without IP pools.

• Increase migration reliability for Linux VMs using non-root accounts with sudo privileges.

• Speed up inventory collection for large Hyper-V environments.

• Improve disk mapping accuracy during AWS migrations.

• Provide clearer guidance when AWS permissions are required to preserve Secure Boot settings.

Fixes

• Fixed Windows VM authentication timing issues during AHV-to-AHV migrations.

• Fixed network interface handling during AHV cutover on AOS 7.0.x environments.

• Fixed file server validation issues during Files migrations.

• Fixed database encoding errors during cluster inventory collection.

• Fixed migration failures for large VMware NSX security policies.

Before You Upgrade

• Upgrade in place only from Move 6.0.x, 6.1.x, or 6.2.0.

• Remove any manually installed packages before upgrading.

• Re-register Prism Central IAM integrations after upgrading if using Prism Central 7.5 or later.