The Web Interface displays a navigation bar with the following links:
Dashboard: Displays the default Dashboard page that provides information about the Migrate licenses, latest tasks, running events, upcoming events, and past events. See Dashboard.
Workloads: Displays the Workloads page that lists all the discovered workloads. To add or discover a workload, click Add Workload option on the Dashboard page or the Workloads page. For more information about adding or discovering a workload, see Discovery in the Web Interface.
You can perform various other tasks such as configuring a workload, preparing a workload for migration, and migrating a workload. See Workloads.
Targets: Displays the Targets page that lists the already added target containers and lets you add new targets. See Targets.
Tasks: Displays the Tasks page that lists items requiring user intervention. See Tasks.
Reports: Displays the Reports page. See Generating Workload and Workload Migration Reports.
Settings: Displays the Settings page that lets you configure the following:
Workload Tags: See Using Tags to Help Sort Workloads.
Permissions: See Managing PlateSpin Migrate Security Groups and Workload Permissions.
General Notification Settings: See Setting Up Automatic Event Notifications by Email.
Report Notification Settings: See Setting Up Automatic Replication Reports by Email.
SMTP: See SMTP Configuration.
Licenses: See Using the Web Interface.
Downloads: Displays a page that lets you download the following:
Migrate Agent: Allows you to download and install the Migrate Agent Utility. For information about working with the Migrate Agent Utility, see Section E.0, Migrate Agent Utility.
Migrate Client Setup: Allows you to download and install the PlateSpin Migrate Client. For information about the PlateSpin Migrate Client, see About the PlateSpin Migrate Client User Interface.
You can also install the PlateSpin Migrate Client using the PlateSpin Migrate Installer. For more information, see Installing the PlateSpin Migrate Client in the PlateSpin Migrate 12.2 Installation and Upgrade Guide.
About: Displays information such as the product version, copyright information, license information and also provides links to the Downloads page and the product home page.
Help: Displays the online documentation page.
The Workloads page displays the following information for each discovered workload:
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Item |
Description |
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Tasks |
Displays a warning icon for a task that might require user attention. For example: if a workload goes offline, then a warning icon displays. Click the icon to see more details. |
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Online |
Displays one of the following:
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Workload |
Displays the workload name. Click the workload name to configure the workload for migration. |
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Tag |
Displays the tag associated with the workload. For more information about the tags, see Using Tags to Help Sort Workloads. |
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Schedule |
Displays the status of the schedule if you have configured a schedule for the workload migration. For example: if the schedule is configured, it displays Active after you have prepared the workload for migration until the end of the migration cycle, unless you pause the schedule. If you click Pause Schedule, then Paused displays. If you click Resume Schedule, then Active displays again. |
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Status |
Displays the current status of the workload. For example:
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Last Replication |
Displays the date when the workload was last replicated. |
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Next Replication |
Displays the date when the workload is scheduled for the next replication. |
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Last Test Cutover |
Displays the date when the target workload was last tested. |
NOTE:All time stamps reflect the time zone of the PlateSpin Server host. This might be different from the time zone of the source workload or the time zone of the host on which you are running the PlateSpin Migrate Web Interface. A display of the server date and time appears at the bottom right of the client window.
On the Workloads page, you can limit the display of the discovered workloads. For example:
To display all the workloads that are not yet configured, select the Workload Status option as Not Configured and the Tag option as All.
To display all the failed Windows workloads, select the Workload Status option as Failed Workloads and the Tag option as Windows.
For information about how to create tags and associate them with workloads, see Using Tags to Help Sort Workloads.
To modify the listing of the workloads:
In the Workload Status option, select one of the following:
All Workloads: Displays all the discovered workloads.
Ready For Cutover: Displays the workloads that are replicated at least once.
Pending: Displays the workloads on which some action is still in progress.
Failed Workloads: Displays the workloads that have failed an operation such as configuring migration, preparing migration, or running migration.
Not Configured: Displays all the workloads that are not yet configured.
In the Tag option, select the tag associated with the workloads you want to list.
For information about how to create tags and associate them with workloads, see Using Tags to Help Sort Workloads.
For any migration job, you must have a source workload that you want to migrate and a target to which you can migrate the source workload. The Targets page displays all the available targets and lets you add a new target.
To add target:
In the PlateSpin Migrate Web Interface, click Targets > Add Target.
Select one of the following targets type:
Microsoft Azure Location
VMware DRS Cluster
VMware ESX Server
VMware vCloud Organization
Depending on the type of targets you selected in the previous step, specify the following. For information about the options for Microsoft Azure Location, see PlateSpin Migrate Best Practices for Migrating Windows Workloads to Microsoft Azure
on the PlateSpin Migrate Resources Webpage.
Table 3-1 Options for Microsoft Azure Location target
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Option |
Description |
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Subscription Id |
Specify the subscription id for your Microsoft Azure account. |
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Application Id |
Specify your Azure Application id required to allow the PlateSpin software to access your Azure subscription. |
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Username and Password |
Specify administrator-level credentials for accessing the target host. |
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Location Name |
Select the location for the Microsoft Azure target. Locations are now sorted by the geographical region and alphabetically. The mapping is fixed and is based on the current categories that Azure uses. If Microsoft Azure adds new regions after the current release, Migrate displays them dynamically and alphabetically in the Recently Added category. |
Table 3-2 Options for VMware DRS Cluster or VMware ESX Server target
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Option |
Description |
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Hostname or IP |
Specify the hostname or IP address of the target. |
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Cluster Name |
Specify the name of the DRS cluster. This is applicable only for VMware DRS Cluster. |
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Username and Password |
Specify administrator-level credentials for accessing the target host. |
Table 3-3 Options for VMware vCloud Organization target
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Option |
Description |
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vCloud Director Server Address |
Specify the host name or IP address of the vCloud Director server. For example: cloud.example.com or 10.10.10.101 |
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Organization Name |
Specify the name of the organization in the vCloud Director server. The name is case sensitive in vCloud. Type the name exactly as you created it. For example: DemoOrg001 |
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Username and Password |
Specify the organization-level administrator credentials for accessing the target host. For example: demouser1and demopwd |
Click Add.
The Tasks panel displays the most recent tasks, the most recent events, and the upcoming events.
Events are logged whenever some action related to the system or the workload occurs. For example, an event could be the addition of a new workload, the replication of a workload starting or failing, or the detection of the failure of a migrated workload. Some events also email automatic notifications if SMTP is configured. For more information, see Using the Web Interface.
Tasks are special operations tied to events that require user intervention. For example, upon completion of a Test Cutover operation, the system generates an event associated with two tasks: Mark Test as Success and Mark Test as Failure. When you click either of the tasks, the Test Cutover operation is canceled and a corresponding event is logged.
The Tasks and Events panel on the dashboard displays a maximum of three entries. To see all tasks or to see past and upcoming events, click View All in the appropriate section.
The Dashboard page provides information about the Migrate licenses, tasks, running events, upcoming events, and past events.
The left pane of the Dashboard page provides a high-level view of the overall state of the PlateSpin Migrate workload inventory, summary of the license information and also lets you add or discover a new workload. For more information about adding or discovering a workload, see Discovery in the Web Interface.
The right pane of the Dashboard page provides information about events and tasks that requires user attention.
You can generate reports that provide analytical insight into your workload migration contracts over time.
The following report types are supported:
Workload Migration: Reports replication events for all workloads over a selectable time window.
Migration History: Reports replication size, time, and transfer speed per selectable workload over a selectable time window.
Replication Statistics: Reports the dynamics of full and incremental replications that can be summarized by Average, Most Recent, Sum, and Peak perspectives.
Current Migration Status: Displays the migration status such last test cutover, last replication date, and the test age statistics.
Events: Reports system events for all workloads over a selectable time window.
Scheduled Events: Reports only upcoming workload migration events.
Resource Usage: Displays the resources configured for the target workload.