Download First and Apply in Stages

If you completed the basic Windows OS in-place migration procedure using the Only Download Base Layer option, you can now apply the base layer to downloaded CVDs.

About this task

The basic migration operation that you ran with the Only Download Base Layer option created a Migration Download task that contains the CVDs you selected. At the end of that operation, the Windows 7, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10 image that downloaded to individual endpoints is either ongoing or completed. See Perform Basic Windows OS In-Place Migration, but applying the CVDs is not started.

You must now apply the image to the endpoints.

You can apply all the CVDs that have finished downloading, or you can select specific CVDs to apply first. You can then apply the remaining CVDs in additional cycles.

If not all the CVDs in the task, or in your selection of CVDs, are finished downloading, you can additionally choose to wait until all CVDs are downloaded, or apply the ones that have finished. You can then apply the remaining CVDs in additional cycles as they finish downloading.

Procedure

1. Select Task Monitoring in the Mirage Management console tree.
2. (Optional) Download all the CVDs in the task.
   1. Right-click the Migration Download task and select Start Migration.
   2. If downloads were not completed on at least one of the CVDs in the task, select:

      Option	Description
      Yes	Apply migration to the CVDs that have finished downloading so far. The not-yet-downloaded CVDs continue to download and are left in the Migration Download task.
      No	Wait for the downloading to finish on all CVDs in the task and apply migration automatically to all the CVDs at that time.

      The migration starts on the eligible CVDs according to the selected option.

   3. Continue to step 4.
3. (Optional) Download specific CVDs in the task.
   1. Right-click the Migration Download task and select View Assignments.
   2. To view the CVDs in the task, select Image Composer Layer Assignments.
   3. Select the CVDs that you want to migrate, right-click, and select Start Migration.

      The Status panel displays how many CVDs were downloaded. Multiple statuses are shown while downloading is in progress. If downloads were not completed on at least one of the selected CVDs, a warning appears concerning these assignments.

   4. Select on of the following options.

      Option	Description
      Yes	Apply migration to the selected CVDs that have finished downloading so far. The not-yet-downloaded CVDs continue to download and are left in the Migration Download task.
      No	Wait for the downloading to finish on all the selected CVDs and apply migration automatically on all the CVDs at that time.

      The migration starts on the eligible CVDs according to the selected option.

4. You can repeat the procedure as more CVDs complete downloading.

Results

The migration operation starts on the eligible CVDs, according to the option you selected.

What to do next

You can monitor the progress of the migration. See Monitor the Windows OS Migration.

You can repeat the procedure as more CVDs complete downloading.