From the course: Dependency Mapping for Cloud Migration
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Using installed agents
From the course: Dependency Mapping for Cloud Migration
Using installed agents
- Now that we have the big picture of migration and a great overview of what to look for when you are documenting your application dependencies, I would like to go over the general methods that you can implement for discovering your application dependencies. Each one of these methods is going to have a different scenario of when to use it. I'll go over how they work and tell you when it's appropriate to use a particular method, and the pros and cons of using each one. The first method I want to share with you is where you actually install an agent, software on the server itself. So, this component can take a look at internally what applications are doing within the server itself, and also take a look at where it is communicating to other servers that that application depends upon. It conducts real-time monitoring of incoming and outgoing traffic, and it collects detailed information about all the dependencies and all…
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