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.
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 |
|
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) |
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 |
|
|
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:
|
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:
|