6.3 Discovering Details for Source Workloads and Targets

6.3.1 Discovery in the Migrate Client

You can discover:

  • An individual physical machine

  • An individual virtual machine

  • An individual virtual machine server

  • Multiple virtual machine servers

  • All VMware ESX hosts affiliated with a VMware vCenter Server

  • Hyper-V hosts

  • Multiple machines

Before starting discovery operations, make sure PlateSpin Server can communicate with your source workloads and targets. See Requirements for Discovery.

  1. On the PlateSpin Migrate toolbar, click Discover Details.

    or

    In the Servers view, right-click in a blank area, then select Discover Details.

  2. In the Discover Details dialog box, type the hostname or IP address of the source or target. To discover multiple machines, specify multiple hostnames or IP addresses separated by semicolons. If the target is behind a NAT device, specify its public (external) IP address.

    See Migrations Across Public and Private Networks through NAT.

  3. Select the machine type and provide administrator credentials for the machine you are discovering.

    See Discovery Guidelines for Machine Types and Credentials.

    Discovering hosts with Xen Hypervisor systems results in these systems being registered as PlateSpin Migrate source workloads (as opposed to VM host targets). For information about using these platforms as workload migration targets, see Migrating a Workload to a VM Host Using the X2P Workflow.

  4. (Optional) If you want to store these credentials for use during future jobs, enable the Save (Encrypted Locally) option.

  5. Click Discover and wait for the process to complete.

  6. (Optional) If you want to monitor the progress of the job, switch to the Jobs view.

6.3.2 Discovery in 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 > Add Workload.

    Alternatively, you can click the Add Workload option on the Dashboard page.

  2. Specify the hostname or the IP address of the workload you want to add.

  3. Select the type of workload.

  4. Specify the credentials to connect to the workload.

  5. Click Add Workload to discover the workload and list it on the Workloads page.