Components installed with Cloud Migration Assessment
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Summary of Components installed with Cloud Migration Assessment
The Cloud Migration Assessment plugin enables the installation of various components essential for managing cloud migration tasks. This includes user roles, tables for data organization, properties for configuration, and scheduled jobs for automation, all aimed at facilitating a streamlined migration process.
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Key Features
- Roles Installed:
- sncloudmigration.admin: Configures advanced parameters for the Cloud Migration Assessment.
- sncloudmigration.operator: Reviews IT resources, assigns them to tasks, and tracks migration progress.
- Scheduled Jobs:
- Cloud Migration - Populate Resources: Runs daily to populate the Migration Resource table with server and virtual machine information.
- Cloud Migration - Update Application Counters: Updates application counts on demand for each resource.
- Cloud Migration Assessment Licensing Usage Count: Counts resources daily for licensing purposes.
- Tables Installed:
- Migration VM Metric: Contains metrics for virtual machines essential for infrastructure assessment.
- Software Requirement for Migration: Lists applications associated with servers in migration tasks.
- Cloud Migration Assessment Task: Information on migration tasks designated for cloud transfer.
- Migration Resource: Details on discovered virtual machines and servers.
- Migration Wave: Aggregates assessment tasks and migration waves.
- Properties Installed:
- sncloudmigration.os.exclusionlist: Deny list for operating systems excluded from migration.
- sncloudmigration.vmstate.inclusionlist: Allow list for VM instance statuses eligible for migration.
- sncloudmigration.serverstatus.inclusionlist: Allow list for server statuses that can participate in migration.
- sncloudmigration.categories.inclusionlist: Allow list for resource categories eligible for migration.
Key Outcomes
By utilizing the components installed with the Cloud Migration Assessment, ServiceNow customers can effectively manage and automate their cloud migration processes, ensuring that only the appropriate resources are included based on defined criteria. This leads to a more organized migration effort, improved tracking of tasks, and accurate licensing information for cloud resources.
Several types of components are installed with the activation of the Cloud Migration Assessment plugin, including tables, user roles, properties, and scheduled jobs.
Roles installed
| Role title [name] | Description | Contains roles |
|---|---|---|
| sn_cloud_migration.admin | Configures advanced parameters to customize the default behavior of Cloud Migration Assessment. | cloud_migration_operator |
| sn_cloud_migration.operator | Reviews the information on the discovered IT resources, assigns these resources to assessment tasks, and tracks the migration progress. | itil, canvas_user |
Scheduled jobs installed
| Scheduled job | Description |
|---|---|
| Cloud Migration - Populate Resources | Runs daily. Populates the Migration Resource [sn_cloud_migration_resource] table with information about servers and virtual machines. |
| Cloud Migration - Update Application Counters | Runs on demand. Updates the Application Count of each resource by the number of applications running on each resource. |
| Cloud Migration Assessment Licensing Usage Count | Runs daily. Counts all resources in the Cloud Migration Assessment application that are assigned to a task. ServiceNow® ITOM SU Licensing application uses this information for counting licensable CIs. |
Tables installed
| Table | Description |
|---|---|
| Migration VM Metric [sn_cloud_migration_vm_metrics] | Contains the information about virtual machines and their metrics necessary for assessing IT infrastructure. |
| Software Requirement for Migration [sn_cloud_migration_software_requirement] | Contains the list of applications which run on servers that are assigned to assessment tasks. |
| Cloud Migration Assessment Task [sn_cloud_migration_task] | Contains the information about a migration task for resources designated for migration to the cloud. |
| Base Migration Assessment Task [sn_cloud_migration_task_base] | Serves as the base table for different migration tasks that extend this table. |
| Assigned Resource for Migration [sn_cloud_migration_task_resource_m2m] | Contains the information on the assignments of resources to tasks. |
| Migration Resource [sn_cloud_migration_resource] | Contains the information about virtual machines, servers, and servers and virtual machines discovered together with the servers. |
| Migration Wave [sn_cloud_migration_wave] | Gathers the assessment tasks and migration waves. |
| Cloud Migration Assessment Governance Licensing [itom_lu_cloud_migration_assessment_ci] | Contains licensable CIs for Cloud Migration Assessment. |
Properties installed
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| sn_cloud_migration.os.exclusion_list | A comma-separated deny list of operating systems. Servers with the operating
systems listed here are excluded from the migration process.
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| sn_cloud_migration.vm_state.inclusion_list | A comma-separated allow list of VM instance status for Cloud Migration Assessment. Only servers with the install status listed here can
participate in the migration process
|
| sn_cloud_migration.server_status.inclusion_list | A comma-separated allow list of server status for Cloud Migration Assessment. Only servers with the install status listed here can
participate in the migration process.
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| sn_cloud_migration.categories.inclusion_list | A comma-separated allow list of categories for Cloud Migration Assessment. Only resources assigned to categories that are listed here can participate in
the migration process.
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In addition to the listed components, Cloud Migration Assessment comes with the following VMware probe: VMWare - vCenter VM Performance. For more information, see vCenter probes and probe parameters.