Migrate Agent is a command line utility that you can use to install, upgrade, query, or uninstall the block-based transfer drivers. The utility also enables you to register source workloads with PlateSpin Migrate servers and send details about the workloads to the server via HTTPS (TCP/443, outbound).
You can use the Migrate Agent utility for registration and discovery instead of automated discovery in any live migration scenario. Using Migrate Agent is required to register and discover details about source workloads in scenarios where automated discovery is not possible, such as:
When you deploy Migrate server in the cloud without deploying a site-to-site VPN between your network and your cloud environment.
Automated discovery is not available over the public Internet.
When corporate network or policy restrictions prohibit opening inbound ports on source workloads.
For information about inbound ports required for automated discovery of Windows and Linux workloads, see Section 2.6.1, Requirements for Discovery.
Although a reboot is always required when you install, uninstall, or upgrade drivers, using the Migrate Agent utility allows you to better control when the action occurs and therefore, when the server reboots. For example, you can use the Migrate Agent utility to install the drivers during scheduled down time, instead of during the first replication.