SimpliMigrate: How it Works

SimpliMigrate is an extremely simple, workflow driven approach to application and data migration. It follows a three-step process consisting of workload analysis, configuration and rollout.

Step 1: Workload Analysis

NTT-Netmagic performs a comprehensive inventory analysis of various workloads, stakeholder needs and utilization trends across the organization. The outcome of this analysis is an optimized utilization plan. The utilization plan covers key criteria for each workload such as:

Target objectives, e.g. technology refresh, DR, improved availability, compliance requirements

Workload characteristics – size, nature (transactional / static), complexity, security needs, SLAs

Application type – e.g. consumer portal, mobile app, analytics tools, collaboration platform, decision support dashboards, enterprise data warehouses

Application owners and affected stakeholders – assess key stakeholder challenges around performance, availability, usability, access, SLA adherence, compliance, etc.

Step 2: Configuration

The assessment stage is followed by defining the optimal set of infrastructure resources for each workload. In this step, NTT-Netmagic would provide specific recommendations for different types of workloads – such as rehost as-is, re-host revise, custom build, or refactor.

Step 3: Rollout

The recommended migration services may be manual (for complex workloads) or automated (for standard workloads). Standard workloads (automated migration) typically constitute a majority of the organization’s migration needs. SimpliMigrate leverages PlateSpin by Micro Focus, for its automated migration service. The tool enables SimpliMigrate to automatically configure the server workload to operate on the target environment, making driver, kernel and other necessary changes on the fly. With a driver database of over 55,000 hardware drivers, and the ability for you to add your own custom drivers, SimpliMigrate ensures the widest array of hardware and platform support so you can perform migrations across a variety of infrastructure options.

For custom migration needs, NTT-Netmagic offers specialized assessment, configuration, refactoring, deployment, integration and UAT services.