Prior to processing data in the Virtana Platform Workload Placement module, data must be collected by VirtualWisdom. You should generate a Zip archive file to upload to Workload Placement for discovery.
The archive file incorporates information about a user-defined set of compute instances and applications. The file will include information such as VMware inventory and metrics, NetFlow conversations, applications from the CMDB, among other data.
Tip
For more information about creating a data collection file in VirtualWisdom for migrating data to the cloud, see Migration Analysis in the VirtualWisdom User Guide. If you want to use custom pricing for cost calculations, follow the instructions for Adding Custom Pricing for Migration in the same guide.
Go to https://cloud.virtana.com/ to log in using the latest version of the Firefox, Chrome, or Microsoft Edge browser.
To get access to Virtana Platform, you must be invited by someone who already has administrator privileges on the platform. Upon approval, an email is sent to you from Virtana, with your login information.
Virtana Platform supports two authentication methods for login: single sign-on (SSO) and password.
If your organization has configured SSO for Virtana Platform, then you must use SSO to log in.
After you log in to Virtana Platform, you have access to any modules purchased by your company and for which you have permissions.
Users must be invited to Virtana Platform by someone who already has administrator privileges on the platform.
When you receive the email invitation from Virtana, you can initiate your first login by clicking the Accept Invitation link in the email. The link takes you to the login page for Virtana Platform, from which you can enter a password and complete creation of your user account.
After your account is created in Virtana Platform, you can log in by pointing your browser to https://cloud.virtana.com/ and providing your credentials.
All user accounts in Virtana Platform are based on email addresses. So you must use your email address to log in to the platform.
If you forget your password, a password reset option is provided on the login page. An email is sent to your email address with password reset instructions.
If your administrator has configured SSO between an identity provider (IdP) and Virtana Platform, then all users must log in to Virtana Platform using SSO. When you log in, Virtana Platform verifies your identity and checks with your IdP to authenticate you before providing access to Virtana Platform. SSO can only be used with Virtana Platform accounts that have an appropriate license.
Users must be invited to Virtana Platform by someone who already has administrator privileges on the platform.
When you receive the email invitation from Virtana, you can initiate your first login by clicking the Accept Invitation link in the email. The link takes you to the login page for your SSO IdP (such as Okta). After you log in to the IdP, you are automatically redirected to Virtana Platform.
After your account is created in Virtana Platform, you can log in by pointing your browser to the proper URL. If you are using the Virtana URL, point to https://cloud.virtana.com/. If you are using a custom domain or subdomain, point to your custom URL.
If you are already logged in to your SSO provider, you can enter your email address to log in to Virtana Platform. Otherwise, you are redirected to log in to your IdP first.
All user accounts in Virtana Platform are based on email addresses. So you must use your email address to log in to the platform.
Some terms used in Virtana Platform are common words but with meanings specific to the module being used.
Following are terms used in the context of Workload Placement that you should be familiar with.
- application
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A software application workload that includes: 1) All components required to run and use the application, such as servers, storage nodes, network connections, etc.; 2) Collected monitoring data associated with the application, such as conversations, usage metrics, etc.
- archive file
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A Zip (.zip) file provided by Virtana Services that contains monitoring data from VirtualWisdom and application mappings produced with help from the Virtana Services team.
- Cloud Cost Management module (CCM)
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Cloud Cost Management is a module in Virtana Platform that helps you identify potential cost savings with your cloud service providers (CSPs), opportunities for optimizing resource usage, and CSP billing details for your environment.
- compute instance
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An individual instance of a virtual machine (VM) or a physical server node that can be associated with an application or a move group (in Workload Placement). A compute instance can belong to only one application or move group.
- custom group
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A group of related assets (servers, storage nodes, network connections, etc.) to be migrated together that you identify in Virtana using Custom Properties.
- device
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A piece of physical or virtualized hardware, such as servers, storage devices, network devices, etc., that run in a data center. Devices host applications.
- discovery
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The process of identifying the contents of an archive file and displaying the interdependencies of the identified objects in the Virtana Platform UI.
- external device
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A device that does not reside within a customer's data center.
- internal device
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A device that resides within a customer's data center.
- migration
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The process of moving selected applications or workloads, and associated compute resources, from one location to another, usually from on-premises to the cloud.
- move group
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A user-selected group of applications and/or compute devices, usually with interdependencies, that are to be moved together, without compromising application availability and performance.
- organization
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The entity under which specific workloads are grouped for migration and optimization, and to which a user and projects belong. An organization typically equates to a company, but can relate to a business unit of a company, etc
- project
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The contents of an archive (.zip) file that has been imported into Workload Placement. Projects are assigned to organizations.
- Virtana Migrate Services
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A paid service offered by Virtana that can provide you with a Cost Analysis of the estimated costs you would incur based on which Cloud Service Provider (CSP) you want to use. This allows you to model potential savings before you migrate your data to the cloud.
- Virtana Platform
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A cloud-agnostic SaaS platform offered by Virtana that is composed of multiple modules to help migrate, optimize, and manage workloads in cloud and hybrid environments.
- workload
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A point-in-time snapshot of the amount of resources being consumed for a specific business need. Workload resources are related assets to be migrated together. In Virtana Platform, a workload could be an application workload or a custom workload.
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