Every time you start Portability Suite Client, it performs the following actions:
Obtains authentication from Portability Suite Server for your user account. See Setting Up User Authorization and Authentication
in your Configuration Guide.
Connects to a specified Portability Suite Server.
Loads a specified Portability Suite Network, which is a collection of discovered source workloads and targets that you work with at one time.
You specify your connection credentials, the Portability Suite Server instance, and the required Portability Suite Network in the Portability Suite Server settings.
In the Portability Suite Client, click
> .or
Double-click one of the following three areas in Portability Suite Client’s status bar at the bottom:
, , or .The Portability Suite Server Settings dialog box opens.
Specify the required Portability Suite Server, user, and network parameters as required:
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Type the Portability Suite Server URL in the following format: http:// server_host /PortabilitySuite |
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To connect to a Portability Suite Server, you must have administrative access to the Portability Suite Server host or be a member of one of the Portability Suite roles. See |
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To familiarize yourself with Portability Suite features, use the network. To work with actual source workloads and targets, use the network or create your own.To add a network, type the name, then click .To remove a network, select it, then click . |
When you have finished, click
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