A local instance of the PlateSpin Migrate Connector is automatically installed on the PlateSpin Transformation Manager Appliance. This Connector instance is preconfigured to work with all projects. It supports discovery and migration for source workloads in the same network where you deploy the appliance. You can use the configuration file on the Appliance to modify the default settings. See Configuring PlateSpin Migrate Connector.
You must deploy remote instances of Migrate Connector if source workloads are in a different network. See Planning for PlateSpin Migrate Connector
in the PTM 2019.5 Administrator Guide.
You must provide a host server for each of the remote Connector instances you deploy. PTM supports two deployment alternatives:
Typically, you host remote instances of PlateSpin Migrate Connector on your own servers. See PlateSpin Migrate Connector 2019.5 Installation Quick Start.
You can alternatively use the PlateSpin Transformation Manager OVF file to deploy VMs and configure them as Connector Appliance to use as a remote host. The Connector Appliance additionally requires your own virtualization host. See (Optional) Deploy PlateSpin Migrate Connector Appliance.
NOTE:Either deployment alternative for remote Connector host servers will require an operating system license for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15.