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Assess Computers for OS Readiness

You assess computers in your enterprise during the planning phase. The assessment lets you know whether the computers have the necessary hardware configuration for the new OS, or they require an upgrade or replacement. The assessment job results are grouped under a new group named Assessment Job Results.

Note: The Assessment Job Results group is automatically created when you execute the first assessment job. The creation user of this group is the super user of the assessment job. Some of the users, for example, users of a different security area, will not have full permissions to this group unless explicitly granted. If you want to run any of the assessment jobs with a different super user, verify that the user has full permissions to the Assessment Job Results group before executing the assessment job.

To assess computers for OS readiness

1. Click Assessment Jobs in the Automated Migration tab.

   The Assessment Job pane is displayed.

2. Click New in the Actions panel.

   New Assessment Job wizard opens.

3. Follow the instructions in the wizard.

   Note: If a local domain manager group and a replicated enterprise manager group are with the same name, both the group names appear in the Select Groups page of the wizard. Although the selection includes both the groups, the assessment is only performed on the local group.

4. In the Supply Credentials page, provide the credentials of the CA IT PAM user account that you configured in Client Automation. Specify the credentials in one of the following format depending on the user account type:

   LDAP User

   ldap://dirc_name/user_name

   ldaps://dirc_name/user_name

   WINNT User

   winnt://computer_name/user_name

   CA IT PAM uses the supplied credentials for accessing Client Automation while executing the job.

5. Click Finish in the last page.

   The assessment job is created and added to the Assessment Job page.

6. Select the job and click Execute.

   The job executes in the background immediately and you can see the status of the job in the Assessment Job page.

   Note: Click the Refresh icon at the bottom of the page to get the most recent job status.

7. Click the job when the status of the job changes to "Completed."

   The job details and the results of the assessment are displayed. The assessment job categorizes the computers that were part of the assessment into the following groups:

   New OS Ready Group

   Includes computers that are ready for the new OS.

   New OS Not Ready Group

   Includes computers that did not meet the hardware criteria specified in the assessment job. The computers in this group require either hardware upgrade or replacement.

   Note: If you replace or upgrade computers in your environment, run the assessment job again.

   New OS Installed Group

   Includes computers that have already installed the new OS. The assessment job moves such computers to this group without performing any assessment as the computers already have the target OS.

   These groups are regular DSM asset groups and are available under Assessment Job Results Groups node in DSM Explorer. You can use these groups in queries and reports, and also in the migration process.

8. Click a group.

   The list of computers in the group is displayed.