2.3 Deploying PlateSpin Migrate Server in Azure

You can deploy the PlateSpin Migrate server from a template offered in Azure marketplace.

2.3.1 About PlateSpin Migrate Server Templates in Cloud Marketplaces

PlateSpin Migrate provides preconfigured templates for PlateSpin Migrate server in the Azure Marketplace. For usage information, see Table 2-5.

NOTE:The preconfigured template for this release will be available shortly after General Availability of this release and is available until after General Availability of the next release when PlateSpin Migrate releases the updated version of the template.

Table 2-5 PlateSpin Migrate Server Templates in Azure Marketplace

Cloud Marketplace

Description

Microsoft Azure Global

Use for migration of Windows and Linux workloads to or from your Azure account in the Azure global cloud environment.

See Deploying a Migrate Server Image in Azure.

Microsoft Azure China

Use for migration of Windows and Linux workloads to or from your Azure account in the Azure China cloud environment.

See Deploying a Migrate Server Image in Azure.

Each template sets up a Migrate server in your cloud account:

  • It configures essential ports in a network security group for the virtual host VM.

  • It creates a virtual host VM that has been sized according to your specifications.

  • It applies a Migrate server template that contains the prerequisite software, Migrate server software, and the PlateSpin database.

  • Migrate server is preconfigured with default settings for advanced PlateSpin Configuration parameters for the cloud environment.

2.3.2 Deploying a Migrate Server Image in Azure

PlateSpin Migrate offers a PlateSpin Migrate Server image in Microsoft Azure through the Azure Marketplace in the Azure Global Cloud and the Azure China Cloud. The images will be available shortly after General Availability of the release.

NOTE:For PlateSpin Migrate Servers deployed through the Azure Marketplace, Migrate installs Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Express Edition for the PlateSpin database and generates a random password for the SQL system administrator (sa) user.

To enable the deployment of the Migrate Server in Azure and assign relevant permissions, do the following:

  1. Go to the appropriate Azure Portal and log in to your Azure account:

  2. In the portal menu, Select Marketplace, then click Getting Started.

  3. Search for PlateSpin, then select PlateSpin Migrate.

  4. On the PlateSpin Migrate page, view the deployment options and related prices.

  5. Click Create.

  6. On the Basics tab, specify the VM settings, then click Next: Disks:

    • Project details

      • Subscription

      • Resource group

    • Instance details

      • Virtual machine name

        Specify a name that is less than or equal to 15 characters and follows the rules for a valid Windows OS computer name.

      • Region

      • Availability options (optional)

        No infrastructure redundancy is required.

      • Image (PlateSpin Migrate 2020.2)

      • Size

        A minimum recommended size is preselected in this field for use in a production environment.

    • Administrator account

      • Username

      • Password

    • Windows license

  7. On the Disks tab, specify the OS Disk Type, then click Next: Networking.

    • Standard SSD is recommended as the OS Disk Type.

    • Azure Managed Disks is enabled by default under Advanced.

  8. On the Networking tab, specify the Network Interface settings, then click Next: Management.

    • Virtual network

    • Public IP

      NOTE:PlateSpin requires a public IP address only if a site-to-site VPN is not available.

      Specify Static as the assignment method for the public IP address to ensure that Azure reserves the IP address whenever the Migrate Server is stopped and restarted. See Static Public IP Address.

      1. Click Create New.

      2. In the Create public IP address panel, specify a name (such as migrate-server-ip) and Static as the assignment method.

      3. Click OK.

        Azure allocates and reserves an IP address from a pool of its available IP addresses in the Azure location where you deploy the Migrate server.

    • NIC network security group (Advanced, preconfigured NSG rules)

    • Accelerated networking (Off)

  9. On the Management tab, accept the default settings, then click Next: Advanced.

  10. On the Advanced tab, accept the default settings, then click Next: Tags.

  11. (Optional) On the Tags tab, specify Azure tags to apply to this VM and its resources as appropriate, then click Next: Review and Create.

  12. Review settings and click Next to approve the purchase and create the VM.