6.2 Discovering a List of Machines on the Network

6.2.1 Configuring Network Discovery in the Migrate Client

PlateSpin Migrate’s Network Discovery feature automatically populates PlateSpin Migrate Client with a list of Windows physical and virtual machines that are online. Unlike a full discovery, Network discovery creates a list of machines but does not retrieve detailed inventory information about each one, which is required for workload migration jobs.

The Network Discovery feature is necessary to discover all machines of a Windows domain in a single job. See Discovering Details for All Machines in an Windows Domain.

PlateSpin Migrate uses the standard Windows network browser function for the auto-discovery feature. Because Linux workloads and virtual machine servers do not advertise to the Windows network browser, they are not auto-discovered.

The Network Discovery feature is enabled by default. To disable the feature or toggle between its enabled/disabled modes, double-click Network Discovery in the bottom right corner of the PlateSpin Migrate Client window.