25.21 Target Workload Settings for VMs

For jobs that involve workload virtualization, PlateSpin Migrate provides a mechanism for specifying target VM configuration options, such as providing a target VM name and a configuration file path, selecting a datastore to use, and allocating virtual memory, in accordance with the features and capabilities of the selected virtualization platform.

If you have resource pools configured on your target virtualization platform, you can select a resource pool for your VM to be assigned to.

NOTE:If your target VMware ESX server is part of a fully automated Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) cluster (a cluster with its VM migration automation level set to Fully Automated), the newly created target VM’s automation level is changed to Partially Automated for the duration of the migration. This means that your target VM might power up on a different ESX server from the one initially selected, but migration is prevented from automatic execution.

25.21.1 Target VM Configuration in Migrate Client

To modify target VM configuration options:

  1. In the Jobs view, select the required workload.

  2. In the Virtual Machine Configuration section of the Migration Job window, click General.

  3. Specify the values for the configuration options and click OK.

PlateSpin Migrate displays target virtual machine configuration options specific to the selected target and also provides access to advanced configuration options. See:

25.21.2 Target VM Configuration in Migrate Web Interface

Migrate Web Interface displays target virtual machine configuration options specific to the selected target. You can specify different values as needed for the target workload test settings.

  1. On the Edit Target Workload Details page, go to Target Workload Settings.

  2. Modify the target VM settings as appropriate for the target platform:

  3. (Optional) Go to Target Workload Test Settings, then modify the target VM test settings as appropriate for the target platform:

  4. Click Save.