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PlateSpin Transformation Manager 1.1 Install Instructions
platespin-migrate-connector-1.1.0-416.noarch.rpm 29.6 MB (31053072)
ptm_public-key.key 1 KB (1036)
PlatespinTM.x86_64-1.1.0.387.ovf.zip 1.1 GB (1166894922)

Product Description

PlateSpin Transformation Manager is a planning, tracking, and automation solution for data center transformation projects. It features familiar project roles, progress visualization with a dashboard, and support for all workload transformation methods. Import with automatic discovery simplifies and standardizes the setup of workloads and target hosts for planning. In Automated Mode, you can control the transformation workflow from import to cutover from a single point of control across large server farms of PlateSpin Migrate servers. Your team can increase project predictability, transformation speed, and success ratios, which helps reduce overall project costs and time to completion.

PlateSpin Migrate Connector supports workload and host discovery, load-balances the assignment of migration jobs to PlateSpin Migrate servers, and manages communications for the execution and monitoring of transformation plans for your VMware migration projects.

The documentation for this product is available on the NetIQ website in HTML and PDF formats. Visit the PlateSpin Transformation Manager Documentation website.

New Features

PlateSpin Transformation Manager 1.1 provides several new features and enhancements. For more information, see "What's New" in the PlateSpin Transformation Manager Release Notes.

PlateSpin Transformation Manager Appliance

  • PlateSpin Migrate Connector instance on the Appliance
  • Web Interface Session Timeout Interval
  • Update channel

For more information, see the PlateSpin Transformation Manager Appliance Guide.

 

PlateSpin Transformation Manager Web Interface

  • Automatic discovery of source workloads and target VMware hosts
  • Import with auto-discovery:
    • Target VMware Cluster hosts and their related networks, datastores, and resource pools
    • Source workloads by single IP address, a range of IP addresses, or spreadsheet import
  • Automated execution and tracking for VMware migration projects
  • Planning Mode for planning and tracking any-to-any migrations
  • Automated Mode for planning, executing, and tracking VMware migration projects from a single point of control
  • PlateSpin Migrate Connector global settings
  • Migration sub status messages
  • Synchronization of workload migration settings between Transformation Manager and PlateSpin Migrate
  • Transformation planning enhancements for Automated Mode:
    • Migration Settings
    • Source NIC to Use for Replications
    • Install VMware Tools
    • Testing Network Interfaces
    • Same as Source Storage mapping strategy
    • Auto Assign for load-balanced assignment of migration jobs to PlateSpin Migrate servers
    • Tracking of migration sub status from PlateSpin Migrate servers
  • Transformation planning enhancements for all modes:
    • Retry for recoverable failed states or failed discovery
    • Rediscover for source workloads
    • Storage infrastructure management in a tree view by Disks or Volumes
    • Planning options available after Submit: Wave, Batch, Start Date and Time, Cutover Date and Time, On Hold, and Transformation History
    • Transformation History with workflow events and user-provided notes
  • Advanced Search includes a migration Sub Status option
  • Bulk Edit includes options to set the Replication Network resource and Migration Server resource

For more information, see the PlateSpin Transformation Manager User Guide.

 

PlateSpin Migrate Connector

  • Global configuration settings in Transformation Manager
  • Multiple connector instances, each with a separate project
  • PlateSpin integration between Transformation Manager and PlateSpin Migrate servers
  • Automated discovery support
  • Automated execution of transformation plans for VMware projects
  • Round-robin load-balancing for migration jobs across the PlateSpin Migrate servers in a project
  • Communications coordination between Transformation Managers and multiple PlateSpin Migrate servers in a project
  • User-provided callouts support

For more information, see the PlateSpin Migrate Connector Quick Start.

 

File Description

Filename Usage
PlatespinTM.x86_64-1.1.0.xxx.ovf.zip
(where xxx denotes the build number)
An OVF file that you use to deploy the PlateSpin Transformation Manager Appliance in your virtualization environment.

platespin-migrate-connector-1.1.0-xxx.noarch.rpm

(where xxx denotes the build number)

PlateSpin Migrate Connector

You can install the connector on a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 server.

ptm_public-key.key

The public key used for signing the PlateSpin Migrate Connector RPM.

To install the RPM without warnings, you must import the key to your keyring before you install the RPM.

System Requirements

For the most recent information about requirements for the PlateSpin Transformation Manager Appliance, see "Appliance Requirements" in the PlateSpin Transformation Manager Appliance Guide.

Downloading and Installing PlateSpin Transformation Manager

The PlateSpin Transformation Manager 1.1 release offers an evaluation option. To request an Evaluation license, click Request a Trial on the PlateSpin Transformation Manager product page, then complete the request form. You can also contact your local partner or the Sales Support Team. For contact information, see http://www.netiq.com/about_netiq/officelocations.asp.

To download and install the Appliance OVF file:

  1. On the Download page, click download, then copy the ZIP file to your local management computer.

  2. Extract the OVF file.

    NOTE: Some versions of Windows extractor might not properly extract the OVF file. In this case, you should use third-party software to extract the OVF file.

  3. Configure the virtualization host server where you will run the appliance.

For complete Appliance deployment and configuration information, see "Installing and Configuring the Appliance" in the PlateSpin Transformation Manager Appliance Guide.

Downloading and Installing PlateSpin Migrate Connector

An instance of PlateSpin Migrate Connector 1.1 is pre-installed on the PlateSpin Transformation Manager 1.1 Appliance. The Connector is configured to work with the Transformation Manager server.

You can install Connector instances for separate projects on a SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 server in the source network for a project.

To download and install the Migrate Connector RPM file:

  1. On the Download page, click download, then copy the RPM file and the KEY file to your local management computer.

  2. Log in to the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 as the root user.

  3. Copy the RPM and KEY files that you downloaded to a location on the server.

  4. Import the public key to your keyring before you install the RPM.

  5. Open a terminal console, then install the RPM:

    rpm -ih platespin-migrate-connector-1.1.0-xxx.noarch.rpm

  6. Configure the instance for the PlateSpin Transformation Manager server. See "Configuring the Transformation Manager Settings for a Connector Instance" in the PlateSpin Migrate Connector Quick Start.

For complete Connector deployment and configuration information, see the PlateSpin Migrate Connector Quick Start.