Create groups of assets

In Migration Center, a group is a set of assets, such as servers and databases. A server or database asset can be part of one or more groups.

Groups let you organize your assets by functional characteristics or other features. For example, you can group together all the servers and databases that belong to the same application. Grouping assets is required during the assessment and report generation phases.

Create groups of assets

To create a group of assets, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Groups page.

   Go to Groups

2. Click  Create group.

3. In the Group details page, enter the following information:

   1. Name. The name of the group, for example the application name. When you enter a name, an ID is automatically generated, which you can choose to edit.
   2. Description. Optionally, provide a short description of the group.

4. To confirm, click Next.

5. In the Add servers page, from the list of servers, select all the servers that you want to add to the group, then click Next. If you don't want to add servers, you can skip this step.

   Tip: Use the Filter tab to select assets based on properties and values. For example, filter assets based on the OS or contributing source. To select more assets than those displayed on the page, select at least one asset, then click  Select all.

6. In the Add database deployments page, from the list of databases, select all the databases that you want to add to the group. If you don't want to add database deployments, you can skip this step.

7. To create the group, click Create.

Add and remove assets from a group

After you create a group of assets, you can add or remove assets.

To add assets to a group, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Groups page.

   Go to Groups

2. From the list of groups, select the group to which you want to add assets.

3. On the group details page, do the following:

   1. If you want to add servers, in the Servers tab, click Add servers. Then, in the new page that opens, select all the servers that you want to add to the group, then click Add.
   2. If you want to add database, in the Database deployments tab, click Add database deployments. Then, in the new page that opens, select all the database deployments that you want to add to the group, then click Add.

To remove assets from a group, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Groups page.

   Go to Groups

2. From the list of groups, select the group from which you want to remove assets.

3. On the group details page, click the Servers or Database deployments tab, depending on the type of asset that you want to remove.

4. Select all the assets that you want to remove, click  Remove from group, then click Confirm.

Out of scope assets

Marking assets as out of scope hides them from the groups. When you put an out of scope asset back in scope, it keeps its original group memberships.

What's next

• Learn how to export data for your assets.