About Inventory Settings

Purpose

This document has been produced to provide guidelines and reference materials for navigating and using the Inventory Settings page within your assessment.

Select the Discover Option from the Cloudamize Landing page to access the Inventory settings.

Instances Tab Overview

• Node Name - This is the hostname of the node being assessed

• IP Address - Local IP Addresses of the machine being monitored

• Platform - Shows the OS Platform (Linux, Windows, etc.)

• CPU Info - CPU Model, Speed, and Threads assigned per node

• Asset - Shows which Asset group the node is in (this will show “Default” if not customized)

• Agent Status - Shows whether the agent is Collecting Data, Inactive, or Sleeping

• Data Collection Mode - Lists the source (Agent, AgentlessDC) of data collection

• Data Collection - This allows you to toggle data collection for the specific node

• Assessment Scope - This allows you to toggle nodes in and out of the scope of the assessment results

• Reason - If a node is excluded from the assessment scope, this will show the reason for the exclusion (e.g., User Disabled)

• MS SQL Data Collection Status: This will provide you with the status of the Microsoft SQL data collected from the node.

  • MS SQL Data Collection Status will have the following values and their meanings.

    • N/A: The machine does not have the MS SQL edition

    • Collecting: MS SQL data is successfully collected.

    • Any error message: There was an error while collecting the MS SQL data. The error may be due to the PowerShell version, .NET Version, etc. The MS SQL Data Collection prerequisite is available on our KB here.

Note: If you add nodes after the data collection has started, Cloudamize will not automatically include those new nodes in the assessment data. If newly added nodes are required for the final assessment, please get in touch with the Cloudamize Helpdesk for assistance at helpdesk@cloudamize.com or via our portal.

Asset Tab Overview

We can create and edit new asset groups within the Assets tab. Asset groups allow for easy management of groups of machines during data collection and within the Migration Planner.

To create a new asset group, enter a name, toggle if you want it in scope or excluded, and then click add.

Asset groups can be edited or deleted by clicking the three dots and selecting the appropriate option.

Removed Instances Tab Overview

Instances can be removed from the assessment entirely in some cases (such as when duplicates are created or to tidy up the portal by removing unwanted nodes).

In the case that it is required to re-add an instance that has been removed from the assessment, you can find a list of removed instances in this tab. To re-add, check the mark next to the desired server/servers and click “Add to Assessment”.

Infrastructure views

By selecting View Infrastructure, we can change views between Physical Infrastructure and Hypervisors. Selecting a Hypervisor lets us view all the VMs on a specific Host. 

By selecting Physical Infrastructure, we will be able to look through all nodes with agents installed or monitored by an agentless data collector, even if they are already being monitored.

Downloading and Uploading Infrastructure and Asset Information

We can download an overview of the infrastructure by clicking the Download button (see screenshot).

We can also upload an asset group mapping in .csv format by clicking the Upload button (see screenshot).

Nodes Overview

At the top right of the inventory settings page, there will be the following three fields:

• Purchased Nodes - The total number of licenses assigned to the assessment.

• Consumed Nodes - The total number of licenses consumed by instances included in scope (one per instance).

• Installed Agents - The total number of nodes monitored by Cloudamize Agents and/or Agentless Data Collectors, including any Removed Instances.