In the PlateSpin Migrate Client, the Network Discovery feature populates the Server view with all Windows physical machines and virtual machines that are online in a specified domain. PlateSpin Migrate uses the standard Windows network browser function for discovery. Because Linux workloads and virtual machine servers do not advertise to the Windows network browser, they are not automatically detected and do not appear in the list.
Unlike a full discovery with inventory, Network Discovery lists the Windows machines but does not inventory each workload to gather its details. A workload inventory is required for migration jobs. You can use either of the following methods to inventory the workloads:
Use Discover All Servers to discover details for each of the listed Windows workloads. See Discovering Details for All Windows Workloads in a Domain.
Use Discover Details to discover details a specific workload. See Workload Discovery in the Migrate Client.
Network Discovery is enabled by default. The option is a toggle between enabled and disabled modes.
To enable or disable Network Discovery:
In the Migrate Client, double-click Network Discovery at the bottom right corner of the Migrate Client window.