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The Command & Control dashboard provides a centralized view of migration progress, workload readiness, plan status, transfer-time estimates, and migration outcomes. Use this report to monitor execution, identify stalled or failed workloads, and understand the remaining effort across migration plans.

Available operations:

  • View the total number of virtual machines remaining, migrated, in progress, not migrated, and failed
  • View the overall percentage of virtual machines completed
  • Estimate network transfer time by adjusting bandwidth and overhead assumptions
  • Compare migration progress across migration groups
  • Compare plan progress across plans
  • View migration and plan status distributions
  • View virtual machine migration readiness, migration status, and decommission status
  • Compare virtual machine totals by migration group and plan
  • Compare disk usage by migration group and plan

Overview

The Command & Control dashboard provides a consolidated view of migration execution and plan progress. It answers three important operational questions:

  1. How much of the migration is complete? (Migrated, in progress, remaining, and failed virtual machines)
  2. Where are workloads blocked or delayed? (Migration status, plan status, readiness, and decommission status)
  3. How much effort remains? (Virtual machine totals, disk usage, and estimated network transfer time)

The report combines migration, plan, readiness, capacity, and transfer-time information into a single view, allowing you to monitor progress, identify exceptions, and prioritize the work required to complete the migration.

Key Benefits

  • Monitor migration progress from a single dashboard
  • Identify virtual machines that are remaining, in progress, migrated, or failed
  • Compare execution progress across migration groups and plans
  • Estimate data-transfer duration using configurable bandwidth and overhead assumptions
  • Identify workloads that are not ready, blocked, or awaiting decommission
  • Understand the number and storage footprint of workloads still requiring migration

The following sections describe how the information presented in the Command & Control dashboard can be used to monitor migration execution and prioritize remediation.

Migration Monitoring

Use the information in this report to track migration completion, evaluate plan execution, and identify workloads that require attention. The report helps teams compare progress across migration groups and plans while accounting for workload count, disk usage, readiness, and transfer-time considerations.

Report Section Key Information Operational Value
Summary Tiles Virtual machines remaining, migrated, completed, in progress, not migrated, and failed Provide an immediate view of overall migration status and outstanding work.
Network Transfer Time Estimation Tool Estimated transfer duration based on bandwidth, overhead, and workload disk usage Support scheduling and help determine whether available network capacity can meet migration timelines.
Migration Progress Scheduled, in-progress, successful, failed, and unscheduled virtual machines by migration group Compare execution progress and identify migration groups requiring attention.
Plan Progress Scheduled, in-progress, successful, and failed virtual machines by plan Evaluate whether individual plans are progressing as expected.
Migration Status Blocked, cancelled, completed, in progress, not started, and on-hold migrations Identify migration-level exceptions, delays, and completed work.
Plan Status Cancelled, completed, failed, in progress, needs attention, not started, on hold, and unknown plans Identify plans requiring intervention or follow-up.
Plan Disk Usage Status Plans grouped by disk-usage range Identify larger plans that may require additional time, bandwidth, or scheduling consideration.
VM Migration Readiness Readiness distribution for virtual machines Identify workloads that are ready to migrate and those requiring remediation.
VM Migration Status Failed, in progress, migrated, and not migrated virtual machines Track workload-level execution status and focus attention on failed or incomplete migrations.
VM Decommission Status Virtual machine decommission state Track post-migration cleanup and identify source workloads still awaiting decommission.
Migration VM Totals Virtual machine totals by migration group and size range Compare migration-group scale and estimate execution effort.
Plan VM Totals Virtual machine totals by plan and size range Compare plan size and identify plans with larger workload counts.
Migration Disk Usage Disk usage by migration group Estimate the data volume associated with each migration group.
Plan Disk Usage Disk usage by plan Estimate plan-level transfer requirements and support scheduling decisions.

Monitoring Metrics

Metric Used For
VMs Remaining Measure outstanding migration scope
Migrated VMs Measure completed workload migrations
Completion Percentage Track overall migration progress
VMs In Progress Identify workloads currently being migrated
VMs Not Migrated Identify workloads not yet started or completed
Failed VMs Identify workloads requiring investigation or retry
Migration and Plan Status Identify blocked, delayed, completed, or failed work
VM Readiness Identify workloads requiring remediation before migration
Disk Usage Estimate transfer volume and migration duration
Network Transfer Estimate Assess whether bandwidth and scheduling assumptions support the migration timeline

Typical Workflow

The following workflow provides a recommended approach for using the Command & Control dashboard during migration execution.

  1. Review the summary tiles to assess overall migration progress
  2. Identify failed, not migrated, or in-progress virtual machines
  3. Compare migration and plan progress to locate delayed or blocked work
  4. Review virtual machine readiness and resolve outstanding remediation items
  5. Use disk usage and network transfer estimates to validate migration schedules
  6. Monitor workload migration status through completion
  7. Review decommission status to confirm post-migration cleanup

This workflow represents a recommended starting point. During active migration, revisit the report regularly to track progress, investigate exceptions, and adjust schedules or remediation priorities.

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