As part of the import process, VM Import will convert your VM into an Amazon EC2 AMI, which you can use to run Amazon EC2 instances.
If you use the VMware vSphere virtualization platform, you can also use the AWS Management Portal for vCenter to import your VM. To import your images, use the AWS CLI, other developer tools, or console-based Migration Hub Orchestrator templates to import a virtual machine (VM) image from your VMware environment. VM Import/Export is available at no additional charge beyond standard usage charges for Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3.
You can also export imported instances back to your on-premises virtualization infrastructure, allowing you to deploy workloads across your IT infrastructure.
This offering allows you to leverage your existing investments in the virtual machines that you have built to meet your IT security, configuration management, and compliance requirements by bringing those virtual machines into Amazon EC2 as ready-to-use instances. VM Import/Export enables you to easily import virtual machine images from your existing environment to Amazon EC2 instances and export them back to your on-premises environment.
