19.3 Discovery Guidelines for Target Hosts

For information about the software, network, and firewall requirements that systems in your environment must meet for the discovery and inventory process, see Section 2.6.1, Requirements for Discovery.

19.3.1 Target Host Discovery Parameters for Migrate Web Interface

Table 19-2 provides guidelines for target type selection, credential format, and syntax for discovery parameters for target hosts using the Migrate Web Interface.

Table 19-2 Guidelines for Migrate Web Interface Target Type and Credentials for Target Hosts

To Discover

Target Type

Credentials

Azure Cloud Location

Microsoft Azure Location

  • Subscription ID
  • Application ID
  • Azure user with Subscription administrator role

vCloud Organization

VMware Cloud Organization

Organization Administrator credentials (user name and password)

VMware vCenter Cluster

VMware DRS Cluster

VMware vCenter Web service credentials (user name and password)

VMware ESXi Server

VMware ESX Server

ESX account with administrator role

OR

Windows domain credentials (versions 4 and 4.1 only)

19.3.2 Target Host Discovery Parameters for Migrate Client

Table 19-3 provides guidelines for machine type selection, credential format, and syntax for discovery parameters for target hosts using the Migrate Client.

Table 19-3 Guidelines for Migrate Client Machine Type and Credentials for Target Hosts

To Discover

Machine Type

Credentials

Remarks

AWS target VM (Migrate prepares the AWS target for the source workload you want to migrate)

Linux

  • Access Key ID
  • Secret Key ID

 

VMware ESX hosts affiliated with a VMware vCenter Server

VMware vCenter

VMware vCenter Web service credentials (user name and password)

OR

Windows domain credentials (versions 4 and 4.1 only)

All subsequent communications with ESX hosts take place through the vCenter Server. To reset the access mechanism to Direct to ESX or back to Via vCenter, refresh the details of the required ESX host and select the required option. See Refreshing Target Host Details.

VMware ESX hosts

VMware ESX

ESX account with administrator role

OR

Windows domain credentials (versions 4 and 4.1 only)

 

Hyper-V hosts

Windows

Local or domain administrator credentials.

For the username, use this format:

  • For domain member machines: authority\principal

  • For workgroup member machines: hostname\principal

All Linux KVM or Xen virtual hosts

Linux

Root-level username and password

Non-root accounts must be properly configured to use sudo. See KB Article 7920711.

PlateSpin Image Servers

Windows

Local or domain administrator credentials.

For the username, use this format:

  • For domain member machines: authority\principal

  • For workgroup member machines: hostname\principal