PlateSpin Transformation Manager and PlateSpin Migrate Connector work together to manage automated execution of a workload’s transformation plan by using your PlateSpin Migrate servers.
Before you execute automated migrations, ensure that your environment meets the deployment requirements for PlateSpin Migration Factory.
Network Connectivity and Access
Ensure that network communications are properly configured and operational.
Migrate Connector Settings
Configure the global migration settings that apply to all Migrate Connector instances.
Migration Server Resources
Configure a Migration Server resource for each Migrate server that you plan to use for your project.
For each workload, use auto-assignment of Migration Server resources, or associate a specific Migration Server resource with the workload.
Credentials Resources
Ensure that associated Credential resources are valid before you submit the workload for automated execution:
Source workload
Target Platform resource
Target Migration Server resource
Source Workload
Ensure that the workload Transformation Plan is in Automated Mode.
The Mode setting in the workload Transformation Plan must be set to Automated. This value is inherited from the project Mode setting by default, but you can alternatively set the value at the workload level.
Configure required information for the target workload.
Automated workload discovery is required prior to submitting the workload for execution. Information added from the Import Spreadsheet is not sufficient for automation.
Ensure that the workload is up and running.
Target Platform
Ensure that the target platform is up and running.
Target Migration Server
Ensure that the assigned PlateSpin Migrate Server is up and running.
Deploy a Migrate Connector instance in the same network as the source workloads.
You need the Project ID to configure a dedicated Migrate Connector for a project.
See Configuring a Dedicated Project for a Connector
in the PTM 2 Administrator Guide.
The Migrate Connector must be up and running for the automated migration setup and status monitoring.
Before you begin to submit a workload for automated migration, you must deploy PlateSpin Migrate servers in your environment. See the PlateSpin Migrate 2018.11 Installation and Upgrade Guide.
PlateSpin Migrate servers must be accessible from the source network.
Ensure that the Event Messaging port is open on the Migrate Server.
Configure a Migration Server resource for each Migrate server that you plan to use for your project.
You can create Migration Server resources without the detailed information for initial planning. Select Automated Migration in the workload’s Transformation Plan to allow the PlateSpin Migrate Connector to manage PlateSpin Migrate server assignments from among the Migration Server resources that you create for the project.
Before you submit the workload for execution, ensure that associated Credential resource is valid for each Migrate server.
Ensure that the assigned Migrate server is up and running.
Before you submit a workload for automated migration:
Ensure that the Credentials resource associated with the target platform is still valid. It is needed for the setup of the target VM on the platform.
Ensure that the target platform is up and running.
Ensure that the network connections are working between the assigned PlateSpin Migrate Server and the target platform.