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Agent groups in Migration Manager

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With Migration Manager, you can create "agent groups" and assign agents to them. Agent groups are considered an advanced feature and not commonly used by most users.

When an Agent is created in Migration Manager, it is not assigned to any group other than the default location. With the introduction of Agent Groups, you can assign one or more agents to a specific group. A group may represent a particular geographical location or other targeted purpose. Agent groups let you organize and prioritize your agents for a targeted purpose or regional goal.

What Why
Multi-geo Organize your agents to be dedicated to specific geographic regions.
Network scenarios Create agent groups to optimize for network conditions
Prioritize migration jobs Create agent groups so you can assign tasks according to groups by their priority
Assessment planning Organize your tasks to run in a group that is used for isolating jobs that you just want to scan for early assessment.

Create an agent group

  1. From the Agents tab in Migration Manager, highlight an agent from the list. A side panel displays to the right.
  2. Under Agent group, select Edit.
  3. Select Add or remove agent groups.
  4. Enter a name for your new agent group. An agent group name cannot exceed 255 characters.
  5. Click Save.

Assign an agent to an agent group

  1. From the Agents tab in Migration Manager, highlight an agent from the list. A side panel displays to the right.
  2. Select an agent group from the choices in the dropdown list.
  3. Select Save.

Note

You can assign multiple agents to a single group. However, you cannot assign the same agent to more than one group at this time.

Assign a task to an agent group

  1. Create an individual or bulk task as usual.
  2. After entering your Task name under Settings, select an agent group from the dropdown list.
  3. Select All settings to make certain they're set correctly for you. To learn more about specific settings, see Migration Manager settings.
  4. Select Run now. The task will be added to the list waiting for the next available agent in that targeted group.