> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.nxtsight.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# nxtMove Admin Guide

> Operator-facing reference for running the NxtSight Migration Suite — architecture, prerequisites, credentials, network ports, storage back-ends, and capacity planning.

## Overview

The Admin Guide is for operators who install, configure, and run nxtMove
(NxtSight Migration Suite) for their organization. It covers the pieces that sit
behind the end-user migration experience — service architecture, source
credential design, network access, storage back-ends, and capacity planning.

<Note>
  If you are looking for the workflow to actually migrate a workload, start in
  the [User Guide](/services/migration/user-guide).
</Note>

<Warning>
  nxtMove requires network access from the migration workers to both the source
  hypervisor API and the NxtSight platform services. Review the
  [Network Ports](/services/migration/admin-guide/network-ports) page before
  onboarding a new source environment.
</Warning>

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## Topics

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Architecture" icon="network" href="/services/migration/admin-guide/architecture" color="#0b5ed7">
    How nxtMove is structured, how workload data flows, and how it integrates with
    the rest of the NxtSight platform.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Prerequisites" icon="clipboard-check" href="/services/migration/admin-guide/prerequisites" color="#0b5ed7">
    Platform, project, quota, and identity prerequisites operators must meet
    before onboarding a new source.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Source Credentials" icon="key" href="/services/migration/admin-guide/source-credentials" color="#0b5ed7">
    How source credentials are stored, rotated, and scoped. Includes the
    recommended least-privilege role for VMware sources.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Network Ports" icon="plug" href="/services/migration/admin-guide/network-ports" color="#0b5ed7">
    Which ports must be reachable between nxtMove, source environments, NxtSight
    services, and target guests.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Storage Back-ends" icon="database" href="/services/migration/admin-guide/storage-backends" color="#0b5ed7">
    How nxtMove writes migrated disk data into NxtSight Block Storage and the
    supported back-end configurations.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Capacity Planning" icon="chart-bar" href="/services/migration/admin-guide/capacity-planning" color="#0b5ed7">
    How to size nxtMove for concurrent migrations, incremental sync throughput,
    and multi-wave campaigns.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Troubleshooting" icon="shield-alert" href="/services/migration/admin-guide/troubleshooting" color="#0b5ed7">
    Operator-side diagnostics — platform health, worker availability, and
    service-level recovery.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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## Quick Links

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="User Guide" href="/services/migration/user-guide" color="#0b5ed7">
    End-user workflow for register, discover, preflight, migrate, and cut over
  </Card>

  <Card title="CLI Reference" href="/services/migration/cli-reference" color="#0b5ed7">
    Complete command-line reference for the nxtMove CLI
  </Card>

  <Card title="Migration Overview" href="/services/migration" color="#0b5ed7">
    Service overview and capability summary
  </Card>
</CardGroup>