Containers

Prerequisites

• You have configured a license by referring to License Configuration.
• You have added credentials by referring to Credential Management.
• You have installed the container collector by referring to Plugin Management.
• You have discovered a container by referring to Discovering Container Resources.

Procedure

1. Double-click the RDA icon on the desktop or RDA.exe in the installation directory to start the RDA client. Enter the username and password to log in to the RDA console.
2. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Assessment > Recommendation.
3. On the Containers tab page, click Create Recommendation in the upper right corner. Read the message carefully, and click OK.

   

4. Set Resource to Containers, select one or more container resources to be evaluated, and click Next.

   

5. Select the site and region you want to migrate to, and click Complete.

   

6. Wait for the recommendation process to complete. You can view the recommendation in the list.

   The recommendation statuses include To be evaluated, Evaluating, Evaluation failed, Ready, Risky, and Not ready. If the migration suggestion is ready, all items have passed the check. You can view the recommendation details and migrate to the resources of the recommended configurations. For other statues, view the recommendation details, handle the problem, and perform the recommendation again.

   

Follow-Up Operations

• Viewing details of a recommendation
  1. Click a container name.

  2. View the recommended configuration information, estimated migration costs, and migration risks.

     In the migration risks area, you can view the items that fail the check and the causes.

• Deleting a recommendation

Click Delete in the Operation column, confirm the deletion, and click OK.