8.1 Setting a Migration Job

8.1.1 Using the Migrate Client

For any migration job, you must have a discovered source and a discovered target. For information about discovering source workloads and migration targets, see Discovering Details for Source Workloads and Targets.

To start a migration job:

  1. Do one of the following to open the Action window:

    • Drag a discovered source and drop it on a discovered target.

    • Click a task in the Tasks pane.

    • Click the New Job toolbar.

    • In the Jobs view, right-click a source and select a command from the context menu. Available commands depend on the type of source.

    The Source and Target panes display workloads and targets applicable to the selected type of a migration job.

    The Full Transfer and Server Sync options are enabled in the following circumstances:

    • The system detects an existing operating system on the target

    • The operating system profile of the target matches that of the source workload

    See Synchronizing Workloads with Server Sync.

  2. Check the validation messages at the bottom of the window.

  3. To start configuring your migration job, click Configure Job. See Configuring Migration Parameters Using the Migrate Client.

  4. (Optional) For convenience, to avoid displaying the Action window on drag-and-drop, select Don’t show this window on drag and drop before you proceed. Subsequent drag-and-drops actions bypass the Action window and directly open a Conversion Job window.

    To restore the job migration startup behavior, restore the application defaults. See Configuring General Options.

8.1.2 Using the Web Interface

To migrate a workload through the Web Interface, you must first add or discover the workload. Before you discover a workload, ensure that PlateSpin Server can communicate with your source workloads and targets. For more information, see section Requirements for Discovery.

  1. In the PlateSpin Migrate Web Interface, click Workloads.

  2. On the Workloads page, select the workload to migrate.

  3. Click Configure Migration to configure the workload for migration. See Configuring Migration Parameters Using the Web Interface.