Managing Agent Dependencies
In Oracle Cloud Migrations, an agent dependency is a third-party package that the remote agent appliance needs for its operation.
To generate snapshots for VMware VM disks, the VMware replication plugin requires the agent dependency, which is a VMware library named Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK).
VDDK isn't included in the remote agent appliance software package because of licensing restrictions of the third-party package. Therefore, you can add agent dependencies to a source environment as third-party library dependencies to the remote agent appliance.
You can download VDDK from the third-party library provider (VMware), and then make it available to the remote agent appliance by uploading them to a preconfigured object storage bucket.
The agent dependency service supports the installation of the following third-party library:
| Plugin | Third-party Library |
|---|---|
| Replication | VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) |
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Create a source environment. See Creating an Environment.
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Install the remote agent appliance VM on a vCenter server and register the agent in an Oracle Cloud Migrations environment. For more information, see:
- Download the VDDK 7.0U2 version and upload it to an object storage bucket that is accessible to remote agent appliances.
- VDDK 7.0U2 is the only supported version for Oracle Cloud Migrations. Later versions of VDDK are not acceptable at this time.
- Download the library from VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK).
- Verify that the name of the downloaded file is
VMware-vix-disklib-7.0.2-17696664.x86_64.tar.gz.
Name Version Size MD5 Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 7.0U2 20.20MB ce2c7c15ec83024500284ddf613d47a4 Note
VDDK 7.0U2 supports VMware vSphere version 6.5, 6.7, 7.0, and 8.0.For information regarding VMware's VDDK-vSphere compatibility policy, see Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 7.0 release notes.