A Target Platform defines a specific virtualization host or cloud infrastructure and its associated resources. PlateSpin Transformation Manager discovers the platform’s available resources and displays them under Associations.
PTM discovers resources for VMware vCenter Servers by using a PlateSpin Migrate Connector in the target newtork. PTM discovers resources for Microsoft Azure by using HTTPS connections with the target Azure Cloud.
NOTE:Target platform discovery for VMware platforms is available only when a PlateSpin Migrate Connector is available to the project and the target platform is supported for automated migrations.
Platform properties and associated resources vary based on the platform type. You can optionally exclude discovered resources for a target platform from being used during planning.
Each Platform provides the following information about the target platform.
The discovery status for the target platform and the date and time stamp when its resources were last discovered.
Click Rediscover to initiate rediscovery of the resources for the platform.
Click Retry to connect to the target location and retrieve information about the resources for the platform. This option is available if resources have not yet been discovered for the target platform.
The friendly name for the platform that is unique to your transformation project. The name must begin with a letter or number. It can contain only letters, numbers, and the following special characters: space, hyphen, underscore, apostrophe, percent, ampersand, comma, and period.
The parent organization for the project.
The parent project for the platform.
(Optional) Specify a brief description of the platform. This text appears by default in the Platforms list.
Specify the type of platform to create. The type determines the characteristics and restrictions on the workload that can be migrated to the target platform. Options include:
Microsoft Azure
VMware vCenter Server
Specifies the target Azure IaaS environment (or service endpoint types) for migrations, such as the global cloud or a sovereign cloud where you can set up virtual machines. Options include:
The name of the Microsoft Azure Credential resource to use for accessing the platform environment.
NOTE:After it is set, you cannot change the Credential resource. If a change of login credentials is necessary, you must modify the values in the assigned Credential resource.
The PlateSpin Replication Environment (PRE) image used by the platform. The administrator of your Azure cloud account sets up the PRE image in the Azure Marketplace.
Select the Install agent on source workload check box if you want PTM to install the Migrate Agent on the source workloads. When it is installed, PTM controls replication and migration using Migrate Agent.
After a successful platform discovery, the Associations panel shows information about discovered resources and assigned workloads.
Locations
Networks
Virtual Networks
Subnets
Datastores
Resource Groups
Workloads
The name of the VMware vCenter Server Credential resource to use for accessing the platform environment.
NOTE:After it is set, you cannot change the Credential resource. If a change of login credentials is necessary, you must modify the values in the assigned Credential resource.
(VMware Host, Optional) The name of the VMware Cluster.
Specify the IPv4 address or FQDN of the VMware vCenter Server that manages your VMware clusters. Examples: 10.10.10.101, sydney.vcenter1.example.com
(Optional) Specify a textual description of the facility or location where the platform environment resides. If a match is not found, Transformation Manager adds a new Site type in the database. Examples: HQ data center, West campus, Sydney.
Select the Install agent on source workload check box if you want PTM to install the Migrate Agent on the source workloads. When it is installed, PTM controls replication and migration using Migrate Agent.
After a successful platform discovery, the Associations panel shows information about discovered resources and assigned workloads.
Clusters
Hosts
Networks
Datastores
Resource Pools
Workloads
The Platform enables you to track associated resources for platforms. The associations vary by platform type. Workload associations are populated as you plan target workloads for transformations.
The platform’s resources are initially discovered when you create the platform. Rediscovery occurs whenever you modify a platform or select the Rediscover option. Automatic rediscovery occurs for all platforms every six hours. (The run interval and schedule for rediscovery are not configurable.) You can select Rediscover to update the resources on demand at any time. For each discovered resource, you can add a description, but you cannot modify its reported properties.
The Platform dialog and each of its Resources’ dialog lists associated workloads as you configure them for migration to the target platform. You can quickly see which workloads are using any resource. PTM does not reserve resources nor give priority to their consumption. Viewing the planned resource usage can help you assess resource availability and future demands for them.
Each tab offers an Exclude action that you can use to hide a resource in planning dialogs so that it cannot be used for migrated workloads. Excluding a parent resource automatically excludes its children. Excluded resources are dimmed in the resource list.
The following associations are available for the Microsoft Azure Platform. Use the Location filter on a tab to view resources available in all cloud locations or for a specified location. You can also filter using the Search field.
A list of the geographic regions available to the specified platform. Cloud locations are retrieved from Azure based on the account in the specified Credentials resource.
Location Name
Instances
A list of the virtual networks and their subnets defined in the cloud environment for the cloud account.
Virtual Networks
Name
Location
Address Space
Subnets
Name
Location
Network
Address Space
A list of datastores associated with the platform.
Name
Location
Replication
Performance
Status
Encryption
A list of resource groups associated with the platform.
Name
Location
Deployments
Items
A list of workloads associated with VMs in platform.
Name
Batch
Transformation
Status
The following associations tabs are available for the VMware vCenter Server Platform. Use the Cluster filter on a tab to view resources available in all clusters or for a specified cluster. You can also filter using the Search field.
A list of VMware Clusters managed by the VMware vCenter Server.
Name
Hosts (the number of member nodes). View the Hosts tab for information about each member node.
Processors (the number of processors)
Total Memory
Datastores (the number of shared datastores in the cluster). View the Datastores tab for information about each available datastore.
Total Storage
Automation Level
A list of member nodes of the VMware Clusters managed by the VMware vCenter Server.
Name
Hardware Type
Cluster
Memory
Cores
NICs
vMotion
Host
A list of the virtual networks defined for the cluster host.
Name
Cluster
Host Name
Hosts
VMs
A list of datastores associated with VMware Clusters managed by the VMware vCenter Server.
Name
Host
Type
Capacity
VMs
Status
A list of resource pools associated with VMware Clusters managed by the VMware vCenter Server.
Name
CPU Allocation
CPU Usage
Memory Allocation
Guest Memory Usage
Host Memory Usage
A list of workloads associated with VMware Clusters managed by the VMware vCenter Server.
Name
Batch
Transformation
Status
The automated discovery process for target platforms performs the following actions:
The Create Platform dialog creates a new Platform object.
Auto-discovery begins for the platform, using the provided Credentials resources to log in to the platform.
PTM creates new resources for each newly discovered resource in the platform.
On successful platform discovery, the Platforms list or Edit Platform dialog displays the platform information and associated resources.
Platform discovery fails for any of the following conditions:
A Migrate Connector is not available.
The target platform type is not supported for automated discovery.
The Credentials resource is not provided.
The Credentials resource has an invalid value for the user name and password.
The platform is not running at the time of discovery.
Network connectivity fails between the PTM Server and the Migrate Connector, or between the Migrate Connector and the target platform.
After you resolve Migrate Connector, network, or credentials issues, you can retry discovery for supported platforms.