One of PlateSpin Migrate’s three fundamental workload infrastructures, a PlateSpin Image is an image of a supported Windows workload consisting of volume data along with configuration specifics of the source server’s hardware, operating system, and network identity.
Image configurations are maintained in an XML (config.xml) file with each image having one or more sets of associated volume data.
PlateSpin Images and the image server’s config.xml configuration file are stored on the designated PlateSpin Image Server host in the following directory:
..\Program Files\PlateSpin Image Server
In addition to volume data directly captured during an X2I migration, PlateSpin Migrate supports existing or raw volume data.
Like peer-to-peer migrations, image deployment allows for key workload configuration options, such as those for managing the workload’s disk layout, volume sizes, network identity, and domain or workgroup affiliation.