Merge pull request #100416 from rayne-wiselman/raynedecember7

addressing metrics issues

Author: PMEds28

articles/migrate/common-questions-appliance.md

@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ When you create the appliance VM using the downloaded template, you can add comp
 ## What network connectivity is needed?
 
 Review the following:
-- Appliance VMware assessment: [URL](migrate-support-matrix-vmware.md#assessment-url-access-requirements) and [port](migrate-support-matrix-vmware.md#assessment-port-requirements) access requirements.
-- Appliance agentless VMware migration: [URL](migrate-support-matrix-vmware.md#agentless-migration-url-access-requirements) and [port](migrate-support-matrix-vmware.md#agentless-migration-port-requirements) access requirements.
-- Appliance Hyper-V assessment: [URL](migrate-support-matrix-hyper-v.md#assessment-appliance-url-access) and [port](migrate-support-matrix-hyper-v.md#assessment-port-requirements) access requirements.
+- VMware assessment using the Azure Migrate appliance: [URL](migrate-appliance.md#url-access) and [port](migrate-support-matrix-vmware.md#port-access) access requirements.
+- VMware agentless migration using the Azure Migrate appliance: [URL](migrate-appliance.md#url-access) and [port](migrate-support-matrix-vmware-migration.md#agentless-ports) access requirements.
+- Hyper-V assessment using the Azure Migrate appliance: [URL](migrate-appliance.md#url-access) and [port](migrate-support-matrix-hyper-v.md#port-access) access requirements.
 
 
 ## What data does the appliance collect?

articles/migrate/how-to-discover-applications.md

@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 ---
-title: Discover apps, roles, and features installed on on-premises servers using Azure Migrate Server Assessment
-description: Describes how to discover apps, roles, and features on on-premises servers using Azure Migrate Server Assessment.
-author: snehaamicrosoft
-ms.service: azure-migrate
+title: Discover apps, roles, and features on on-premises servers with Azure Migrate 
+description: Learn how to discover apps, roles, and features on on-premises servers with Azure Migrate Server Assessment.
 ms.topic: article
 ms.date: 11/20/2019
-ms.author: snehaa
 ---
 
 # Discover machine apps, roles, and features
@@ -25,14 +22,14 @@ App discovery using Azure Migrate: Server Assessment is agentless. Nothing needs
 1. Review the [support limitations](migrate-support-matrix-vmware.md#application-discovery) for app-level discovery.
 2. Make sure you've [created](how-to-add-tool-first-time.md) an Azure Migrate project.
 3. If you've already created a project, make sure you've [added](how-to-assess.md) the Azure Migrate: Server Assessment tool.
-4. Check the [VMware requirements](migrate-support-matrix-vmware.md#assessment-vcenter-server-requirements) for discovering and assessing VMware VMs with the Azure Migrate appliance.
-4. Check the [requirements](migrate-support-matrix-vmware.md#assessment-appliance-requirements) for deploying the Azure Migrate appliance.
+4. Check the [VMware requirements](migrate-support-matrix-vmware.md#vmware-requirements) for discovering and assessing VMware VMs with the Azure Migrate appliance.
+4. Check the [requirements](migrate-appliance.md) for deploying the Azure Migrate appliance.
 
 ## Prepare for app discovery
 
-1. [Prepare for appliance deployment](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/migrate/tutorial-prepare-vmware). Preparation includes verifying appliance settings, and setting up an account that the appliance will use to access vCenter Server.
+1. [Prepare for appliance deployment](tutorial-prepare-vmware.md). Preparation includes verifying appliance settings, and setting up an account that the appliance will use to access vCenter Server.
 2. Make sure you have a user account (one each for Windows and Linux servers) with administrator permissions for machines on which you want to discover apps, roles, and features.
-3. [Deploy the VMware appliance](how-to-set-up-appliance-vmware.md) to start discovery. To deploy the appliance, you download and import an OVA template into VMware to create the appliance as a VMware VM. You configure the appliance and then register it with Azure Migrate.
+3. [Deploy the Azure Migrate appliance](how-to-set-up-appliance-vmware.md) to start discovery. To deploy the appliance, you download and import an OVA template into VMware to create the appliance as a VMware VM. You configure the appliance and then register it with Azure Migrate.
 2. As you deploy the appliance, to start continuous discovery you specify the following:
     - The name of the vCenter Server to which you want to connect.
     - Credentials that you created for the appliance to connect to vCenter Server.

articles/migrate/how-to-set-up-appliance-hyper-v.md

@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 ---
 title: Set up an Azure Migrate appliance for Hyper-V
 description: Learn how to set up an Azure Migrate appliance to assess and migrate Hyper-V VMs.
-author: rayne-wiselman
-ms.service: azure-migrate
 ms.topic: article
 ms.date: 11/19/2019
-ms.author: raynew
 ---
 
 
@@ -78,7 +75,7 @@ Import the downloaded file, and create the VM.
 
 ### Verify appliance access to Azure
 
-Make sure that the appliance VM can connect to [Azure URLs](migrate-support-matrix-hyper-v.md#assessment-appliance-url-access).
+Make sure that the appliance VM can connect to [Azure URLs](migrate-appliance.md#url-access).
 
 ## Configure the appliance
 

articles/migrate/how-to-set-up-appliance-physical.md

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ The script will launch the appliance web application when it finishes successful
 
 ### Verify appliance access to Azure
 
-Make sure that the appliance VM can connect to the required [Azure URLs](migrate-support-matrix-hyper-v.md#assessment-appliance-url-access).
+Make sure that the appliance VM can connect to the required [Azure URLs](migrate-appliance.md#url-access).
 
 ## Configure the appliance
 

articles/migrate/how-to-set-up-appliance-vmware.md

@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 ---
 title: Set up an Azure Migrate appliance for VMware 
 description: Learn how to set up an Azure Migrate appliance to assess and migrate VMware VMs.
-author: rayne-wiselman
-ms.service: azure-migrate
 ms.topic: article
 ms.date: 11/18/2019
-ms.author: raynew
 ---
 
 
@@ -69,7 +66,7 @@ will be hosted.
 
 ### Verify appliance access to Azure
 
-Make sure that the appliance VM can connect to [Azure URLs](migrate-support-matrix-vmware.md#assessment-url-access-requirements).
+Make sure that the appliance VM can connect to [Azure URLs](migrate-appliance.md#url-access).
 
 
 ## Configure the appliance
@@ -111,7 +108,7 @@ The appliance needs to connect to vCenter Server to discover the configuration a
 
 ### Specify vCenter Server details
 1. In **Specify vCenter Server details**, specify the name (FQDN) or IP address of the vCenter Server. You can leave the default port, or specify a custom port on which your vCenter Server listens.
-2. In **User name** and **Password**, specify the read-only account credentials that the appliance will use to discover VMs on the vCenter server. Make sure that the account has the [required permissions for discovery](migrate-support-matrix-vmware.md#assessment-vcenter-server-permissions). You can scope the discovery by limiting access to the vCenter account accordingly; learn more about scoping discovery [here](tutorial-assess-vmware.md#set-the-scope-of-discovery).
+2. In **User name** and **Password**, specify the read-only account credentials that the appliance will use to discover VMs on the vCenter server. You can scope the discovery by limiting access to the vCenter account accordingly; learn more about scoping discovery [here](tutorial-assess-vmware.md#set-the-scope-of-discovery).
 3. Click **Validate connection** to make sure that the appliance can connect to vCenter Server.
 
 ### Specify VM credentials

articles/migrate/migrate-appliance.md

@@ -8,21 +8,17 @@ ms.date: 11/19/2019
 
 # Azure Migrate appliance
 
-This article describes the Azure Migrate appliance. You deploy the appliance when you use Azure Migrate Assessment and Migration tools to discover, assess and migrate apps, infrastructure, and workloads to Microsoft Azure. 
-
-[Azure Migrate](migrate-services-overview.md) provides a central hub to track discovery, assessment, and migration of your on-premises apps and workloads, and private/public cloud VMs, to Azure. The hub provides Azure Migrate tools for assessment and migration, as well as third-party independent software vendor (ISV) offerings.
-
-
+This article describes the Azure Migrate appliance. You deploy the appliance when you use [Azure Migrate: Server Assessment](migrate-services-overview.md#azure-migrate-server-assessment-tool) tool to discover and assess apps, infrastructure, and workloads for migration to Microsoft Azure. The appliance is also used when you migrate VMware VMs to Azure using [Azure Migrate: Server Assessment](migrate-services-overview.md#azure-migrate-server-migration-tool) with [agentless migration](server-migrate-overview.md).
 
 ## Appliance overview
 
-The Azure Migrate appliance types and usage are as follows.
+The Azure Migrate appliance is used in the following scenarios.
 
 **Scenario** | **Tool** | **Used for** 
---- | --- 
-VMware VM | Azure Migrate: Server Assessment; Azure Migrate: Server Migration | Discover VMware VMs<br/><br/> Discover apps and dependencies<br/><br/> Collect machine metadata and performance metadata for assessments.<br/><br/> Replicate VMware VMs with agentless migration.
+--- | --- | ---
+VMware VM | Azure Migrate: Server Assessment<br/><br/> Azure Migrate: Server Migration | Discover VMware VMs<br/><br/> Discover machine apps and dependencies<br/><br/> Collect machine metadata and performance metadata for assessments.<br/><br/> Replicate VMware VMs with agentless migration.
 Hyper-V VM | Azure Migrate: Server Assessment | Discover Hyper-V VMs<br/><br/> Collect machine metadata and performance metadata for assessments.
-Physical machine |  Azure Migrate: Assessment tool |  Discover physical servers<br/><br/> Collect machine metadata and performance metadata for assessments.
+Physical machine |  Azure Migrate: Server Assessment |  Discover physical servers<br/><br/> Collect machine metadata and performance metadata for assessments.
 
 ## Appliance - VMware 
 
@@ -32,12 +28,14 @@ Physical machine |  Azure Migrate: Assessment tool |  Discover physical servers<
 **Download link** | https://aka.ms/migrate/appliance/vmware 
 **Download size** | 11.2 GB
 **License** | The downloaded appliance template comes with a Windows Server 2016 evaluation license, which is valid for 180 days. If the evaluation period is close to expiry, we recommend that you download and deploy a new appliance, or that you activate the operating system license of the appliance VM.
+**Deployment** | You deploy the appliance as a VMware VM. You need enough resources on the vCenter Server to allocate a VM with 32-GB RAM, 8 vCPUs, around 80 GB of disk storage, and an external virtual switch.<br/><br/> The appliance requires internet access, either directly or through a proxy.<br/> The appliance VM must be deployed on an ESXi host running version 5.5 or later.<br/><br/> The appliance can connect to a single vCenter Server.
 **Hardware** | Resources on vCenter to allocate a VM with 32-GB RAM 8 vCPUs, around 80 GB of disk storage, and an external virtual switch. 
 **Hash value** | MD5: c06ac2a2c0f870d3b274a0b7a73b78b1<br/><br/> SHA256: 4ce4faa3a78189a09a26bfa5b817c7afcf5b555eb46999c2fad9d2ebc808540c
 **vCenter server/host** | The appliance VM must be deployed on an ESXi host running version 5.5 or later.<br/><br/> vCenter Server running 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, or 6.7.
 **Azure Migrate project** | An appliance can be associated with a single project. <br/> Any number of appliances can be associated with a single project.<br/> 
 **Discovery** | An appliance can discover up to 10,000 VMware VMs on a vCenter Server.<br/> An appliance can connect to a single vCenter Server.
 **Appliance components** | Management app: Web app in appliance for user input during deployment.<br/> Discovery agent: Gathers machine configuration data.<br/> Assessment agent: Collect performance data.<br/> DRA: Orchestrates VM replication, and coordinates communication between machines/Azure.<br/> Gateway: Sends replicated data to Azure.<br/> Auto update service: Update components (runs every 24 hours).
+**VDDK (agentless migration)** | If you're running an agentless migration with Azure Migrate Server Migration, the VMware vSphere VDDK must be installed on the appliance VM).
 
 
 ## Appliance - Hyper-V
@@ -48,12 +46,13 @@ Physical machine |  Azure Migrate: Assessment tool |  Discover physical servers<
 **Download link** | https://aka.ms/migrate/appliance/hyperv 
 **Download size** | 10 GB
 **License** | The downloaded appliance template comes with a Windows Server 2016 evaluation license, which is valid for 180 days. If the evaluation period is close to expiry, we recommend that you download and deploy a new appliance, or that you activate the operating system license of the appliance VM.
+**Appliance deployment**   |  You deploy the appliance as a Hyper-V VM.<br/> The appliance VM provided by Azure Migrate is Hyper-V VM version 5.0.<br/> The Hyper-V host must be running Windows Server 2012 R2 or later.<br/> The host needs sufficient space to allocate 16 GB RAM, 8 vCPUs, around 80 GB of storage space, and an external switch for the appliance VM.<br/> The appliance needs a static or dynamic IP address, and internet access.
 **Hardware** | Resources on Hyper-V host to allocate 16-GB RAM, 8 vCPUs, around 80 GB of storage space, and an external switch for the appliance VM.
 **Hash value** | MD5: 29a7531f32bcf69f32d964fa5ae950bc<br/><br/> SHA256: 37b3f27bc44f475872e355f04fcb8f38606c84534c117d1609f2d12444569b31
 **Hyper-V host** | Running Windows Server 2012 R2 or later.
 **Azure Migrate project** | An appliance can be associated with a single project. <br/> Any number of appliances can be associated with a single project.<br/> 
 **Discovery** | An appliance can discover up to 5000 VMware VMs on a vCenter Server.<br/> An appliance can connect to up to 300 Hyper-V hosts.
-**Appliance components** | Management app: Web app in appliance for user input during deployment.<br/> Discovery agent: Gathers machine configuration data.<br/> Assessment agent: Collect performance data.<br/>  Auto update service: Update components (runs every 24 hours)
+**Appliance components** | Management app: Web app in appliance for user input during deployment.<br/> Discovery agent: Gathers machine configuration data.<br/> Assessment agent: Collect performance data.<br/>  Auto update service: Update components (runs every 24 hours).
 
 
 ## Appliance - Physical
@@ -63,13 +62,15 @@ Physical machine |  Azure Migrate: Assessment tool |  Discover physical servers<
 **Download format** | Zipped folder (with PowerShell installer script)
 **Download link** | [Download link](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2105112)
 **Download size** | 59.7 MB
-**Hardware** | Machine running appliance needs 16-GB RAM, 8 vCPUs, around 80 GB of storage space.
+**Hardware** | Dedicated physical machine, or VM. The machine running appliance needs 16-GB RAM, 8 vCPUs, around 80 GB of storage space, and an external switch.<br/><br/> The appliance needs a static or dynamic IP address, and internet access.
 **Hash value** | MD5: 96fd99581072c400aa605ab036a0a7c0<br/><br/> SHA256: f5454beef510c0aa38ac1c6be6346207c351d5361afa0c9cea4772d566fcdc36
-**Software** | Appliance machine should run Windows Server 2016. Server should be a dedicated physical server or a VM.
-**Azure Migrate project** | An appliance can be associated with a single project. <br/> Any number of appliances can be associated with a single project.<br/> 
+**Software** | Appliance machine should run Windows Server 2016. 
+**Appliance deployment**   |  The appliance installer script is downloaded from the portal (in a zipped folder). <br/> You unzip the folder, and run the PowerShell script (AzureMigrateInstaller.ps1).
 **Discovery** | An appliance can discover up to 250 physical servers.
 **Appliance components** | Management app: Web app in appliance for user input during deployment.<br/> Discovery agent: Gathers machine configuration data.<br/> Assessment agent: Collect performance data.<br/>  Auto update service: Update components (runs every 24 hours).
-**Access/ports** | After you have configured the appliance, inbound connections on TCP port 3389 to allow remote desktop connections to the appliance.<br/><br/> Inbound connections on port 44368 to remotely access the appliance management app using the URL: `https://<appliance-ip-or-name>:44368.<br/><br/> Outbound connections on port 443, 5671 and 5672 to send discovery and performance metadata to Azure Migrate.
+**Port access** | After you have configured the appliance, inbound connections on TCP port 3389 to allow remote desktop connections to the appliance.<br/><br/> Inbound connections on port 44368 to remotely access the appliance management app using the URL: `https://<appliance-ip-or-name>:44368.<br/><br/> Outbound connections on port 443, 5671 and 5672 to send discovery and performance metadata to Azure Migrate.
+
+
 
 ## URL access
 
@@ -86,11 +87,13 @@ The Azure Migrate appliance needs connectivity to the internet.
 management.azure.com | Create Active Directory apps for the appliance to communicate with the Azure Migrate service.
 dc.services.visualstudio.com | Upload app logs used for internal monitoring.
 *.vault.azure.net | Manage secrets in the Azure Key Vault.
-aka.ms/* | Allow access to aka links.
+aka.ms/* | Allow access to aka links. Used for Azure Migrate appliance updates.
 download.microsoft.com/download | Allow downloads from Microsoft download.
-*.servicebus.windows.net | Communication between the appliance and the Azure Migrate service.
-*.discoverysrv.windowsazure.com <br/> *.migration.windowsazure.com <br/> *.hypervrecoverymanager.windowsazure.com | Connect to Azure Migrate service URLs.
-*.blob.core.windows.net | Upload data to storage accounts.
+*.servicebus.windows.net | Used for VMware agentless migration.<br/><br/> Communication between the appliance and the Azure Migrate service.
+*.discoverysrv.windowsazure.com <br/> *.migration.windowsazure.com <br/> *.hypervrecoverymanager.windowsazure.com | Used for VMware agentless migration.<br/><br/> Connect to Azure Migrate service URLs.
+*.blob.core.windows.net |  Used for VMware agentless migration.<br/><br/>Upload data to storage.
+
+
 
 
 ## Collected data - VMware