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Create a Migration Job

The migration job specifies the computers or groups you want to migrate, and the OS and software templates you want to use for OS migration. You must create a migration job to test and activate OS migration.

Follow these steps:

1. Verify that you have the necessary OS and Software templates.
2. Click Migration Jobs in the Automated Migration.

   The Migration Jobs page is displayed.

3. Click New in the Actions panel.

   The New Migration Job wizard opens.

4. Specify a name for the job, select the migration type, and target type.

   The selected migration type is applied to all the computers in the migration job.

5. Click Next. Select the target computers or groups.

   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.

6. Click Next. Select the OS template.

   Note: For a Machine Replacement migration that includes bare metal computers, you can only select an OS template that is of type global or group-based. Hardware model-based OS templates cannot be used for bare metal computers because the hardware inventory collection is not run on such computers. However, if you have already installed the DSM agent on the new computers and have collected the hardware inventory for such computers, you can use the hardware-model based OS template.

   Note: To use a group-based OS template for a machine replacement migration, verify that all new computers (target) are associated with the OS template.

7. Click Next. Select the software template.
8. Click Next. Provide the credentials of the CA IT PAM user account that you configured in Client Automation in the Supply Credentials page. 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 Local User

   winnt://computer_name/user_name

   WINNT Domain User

   winnt://domain_name/user_name

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

9. Select the machine mapping file in the Machine Name Mapping section.

   Note: Mapping information is mandatory for machine replacement migrations. The mapping file must contain all the computers that are part of the migration job. Otherwise, the migration job creation fails.

10. Click Next, review the summary, and click Finish on the last page.

    The migration job is created and listed in the Migration Jobs page. You can now validate and activate the job.

More information:

Migration Types