1.3 Large-Scale Migration Planning and Automation

PlateSpin Migration Factory is a planning, scheduling, migration execution, and visualization solution that streamlines the execution of large-scale cloud and data center migration projects. PlateSpin Transformation Manager and PlateSpin Migrate Connector work with multiple PlateSpin Migrate servers to handle the full migration lifecycle—from planning to fully automated or semi-automated migration activities to successful cutover.

PlateSpin Migration Factory provides several benefits:

  • Helps project managers create realistic project plans

  • Gives project architects insights into environmental challenges

  • Enables migration specialists to execute server migrations on time, with more automation, and less room for human error

PlateSpin Transformation Manager uses import with automated discovery to simplify and standardize the setup of migration workload and target containers for planning. In Automated Mode, you can control the transformation workflow from import to cutover from a single point of control across large server farms of PlateSpin Migrate servers. In Manual Mode, you can plan migrations and monitor semi-automated migration activities across the project. PlateSpin Migrate Connector supports workload and host discovery, load-balances the assignment of migration jobs to PlateSpin Migrate servers, and manages communications for the execution and monitoring of transformation plans.

PlateSpin Migrate servers provide migration capabilities needed to execute and monitor defined migration jobs.

For more information about PlateSpin Transformation Manager and PlateSpin Migrate Connector, see the PlateSpin Transformation Manager User Guide on the Documentation website.