To migrate a workload, you should either use the PlateSpin Migrate Client or the PlateSpin Migrate Web Interface throughout the migration cycle of the workload.
The following table lists the tasks that you can perform using the PlateSpin Migrate Client and the PlateSpin Migrate Web Interface:
|
Tasks |
PlateSpin Migrate Client |
PlateSpin Migrate web Interface |
|---|---|---|
|
Monitor workload migration workflow |
✗ |
✓ |
|
Discover Windows standalone workloads |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Discover Windows cluster workloads |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Discover Linux standalone workloads |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Discover Linux cluster workloads |
✗ |
✗ |
|
Discover target VMware hosts |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Discover target non-VMware hosts |
✓ |
✗ |
|
Discover target cloud platforms |
✗ |
✓ |
|
Migrate to physical machines |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Migrate to VMware hosts |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Migrate to non-VMware hosts |
✓ |
✗ |
|
Migrate to Azure Cloud |
✗ |
✓ |
|
Migrate to Amazon Web Services |
✗ |
✓ |
|
Migrate to VMware vCloud Director |
✗ |
✓ |
|
Migrate Windows workloads with block-based transfer |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Migrate Linux workloads with block-based transfer |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Migrate Windows workloads with file-based transfer |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Migrate Linux workloads with file-based transfer |
✓ |
✗ |
|
Migrate Windows clusters with block-based transfer |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Schedule incremental replication |
✗ |
✓ |
|
Support post migration scripts |
✓ |
✗ |
|
Add new disks during migration |
✓ |
✗ |
|
Change disk volume mapping for target workload |
✓ |
✗ |
|
Migrate a VM to a vCenter folder |
✗ |
✓ |
|
Move a VM to a resource pool |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Set compression level |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Throttle bandwidth |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Set encryption for data transfer |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Create tags |
✗ |
✓ |
|
View workload migration report |
✓ |
✓ |
|
View workload migration status reports |
✗ |
✓ |
|
Add or remove licenses |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Check licenses status |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Use security groups |
✗ |
✓ |
|
Set global defaults for source service |
✓ |
✗ |
|
Set global defaults for target service |
✓ |
✗ |
|
Set global defaults for migration job values |
✓ |
✗ |