Local Discovery and Collection

Notes

• If local collection is required, do not connect the MgC Agent to MgC, or local collection will be unavailable. After being connected to MgC, the MgC Agent can only execute tasks issued from MgC and can no longer execute local collection .
• You are advised to connect the MgC Agent to MgC after all necessary local collection tasks are complete.

Methods for Discovering Servers

There are three methods for using the MgC Agent to discover servers locally.

• VMware collection: You provide the IP addresses and credentials of vCenter Servers to discover all VMs they manage.
• RVTools data import: You can import the report generated by RVTools to the MgC Agent. Then the MgC Agent can extract information about servers.
• CIDR block scanning: You can use the MgC Agent to scan for servers on a specific network range over the intranet.

Prerequisites

You have installed the MgC Agent and registered an account.

VMware Collection

Only VMware vSphere 5.0 to 7.0 are supported.

1. Use the registered account to log in to the MgC Agent console.
2. In the navigation pane, choose Agent-based Discovery > Credentials.
3. Click Discover Servers above the list.
4. Set Discovery Mode to VMware collection and set Connection Address to the IP address of your vCenter Server.
5. Select Create for Credential and enter the username and password for logging in to the vCenter Server.
6. Click OK. The MgC Agent starts to discover your server resources.
7. Click View Task in the upper right corner of the page. On the Task List page, view the task status. When the task is complete, you can view the discovered servers in the list.

   If these servers need to be migrated, perform a deep collection for them.

   NOTICE:

   To perform a deep collection for your source servers to collect as much as details, provide server credentials that meet the following requirements:

   • Linux: root and its password
   • Windows: administrator and its password

RVTools Data Import

You need to export resources details from RVTools.

Then import the RVTools data to the MgC Agent by following the requirements below:

• The supported RVTools versions include 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 4.4.5, 4.5.0, 4.5.1, and 4.6.1.
• The file to be imported must be in XLSX format.
• The file to be imported cannot be larger than 100 MB, and the compression ratio cannot be lower than 5%.

1. Use the registered account to log in to the MgC Agent console.
2. In the navigation pane, choose Agent-based Discovery > Credentials.
3. Click Discover Servers above the list.
4. Set Discovery Mode to RVTools import, click Select File, and select the file exported from RVTools.
5. Click OK to upload the file to the MgC Agent.
6. Click View Task in the upper right corner of the page. On the Task List page, view the task status. When the task is complete, you can view the imported servers in the list.

   If these servers need to be migrated, perform a deep collection for them.

   NOTICE:

   To perform a deep collection for your source servers to collect as much as details, provide server credentials that meet the following requirements:

   • Linux: root and its password
   • Windows: administrator and its password

Network Range Scan

1. Use the registered account to log in to the MgC Agent console.
2. In the navigation pane, choose Agent-based Discovery > Credentials.
3. Click Discover Servers above the list.
4. Set Discovery Mode to Network Range Scan and set parameters based on Table 1.

   Table 1 Parameters for scanning a network range

   Parameter	Description
   Protocol	Only TCP is available.
   Network Range	Enter an IP address range which must fall within: 10.0.0.0 – 10.255.255.255 172.16.0.0 – 172.31.255.255 192.168.0.0 – 192.168.255.255
   Linux	Enter the port used to scanning for Linux servers. If you do not need to scan for Linux servers, set the port number to 0.
   Windows	Enter the port used to scanning for Windows servers. If you do not need to scan for Windows servers, set the port number to 0.

5. Click OK. The MgC Agent starts to discover your server resources.
6. Click View Task in the upper right corner of the page. On the Task List page, view the task status. When the task is complete, you can view the discovered servers in the list.

   If these servers need to be migrated, perform a deep collection for them.

   NOTICE:

   To perform a deep collection for your source servers to collect as much as details, provide server credentials that meet the following requirements:

   • Linux: root and its password
   • Windows: administrator and its password

Performing a Deep Collection for Servers

After server resources are discovered, perform the following steps to perform a deep collection for them:

1. In the server list, click Configure Credential in the Operation column.
2. Configure the parameters listed in Table 2.

   Table 2 Parameters for configuring a deep collection

   Parameter	Configuration
   Type	Set this parameter based on the source server OS type.
   IP Address	Select the IP address for accessing the source server. It can be a public or private IP address.
   Port	Enter the port on the source server that allows access from the MgC Agent. By default, port 5985 on Windows source servers must be opened to the MgC Agent. The port cannot be changed. By default, port 22 on Linux source servers must be opened to the MgC Agent. You can specify a different port if needed.
   Credential	Select the server credential. If the server credential has been added to the MgC Agent, select it from the drop-down list. If the server credential has not been added to the MgC Agent, click Create Credential and add the server credential. Then select it from the drop-down list. NOTICE: The account provided in the credential must have sufficient permissions, so the MgC Agent can collect necessary server details. The credential you provided must meet the following requirements: Linux: root account and its password Windows: administrator account and its password

3. After the credential is configured, click Deep Collection in the Operation column. When Collected shows up in the Deep Collection column, the collection is complete.

Exporting Server Information

On the server list page, click Export in the upper right corner to export all server information to a CSV file and download the file to the local PC.