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Merge DMC Scans

Merge DMC Scans

Overview

When collecting multiple scans using DMC, you may end up with multiple ZIP packages that you then need to upload, especially when running DMC from multiple jumpboxes.

By merging all scans into a single ZIP, you can perform one upload of all data which streamlines the process and reduces re-processing time.

Collecting Scans

You’ll need to collect the scans to a single system, one which has the ability to run DMC as Administrator as that will be used to repackage the ZIP file.

If you have all of the ZIPs and their associated passwords, not decryption keys, then you can simply extract them all.

  1. Create a new folder named scans
  2. Extract each ZIP to that folder, using their associated passwords
  3. Ensure the structure of the folder appears like shown below
scans/
├── {scan_guid}/
│   ├── {servername}/                    [Baremetal]
│   ├── {vcentername}/                   [VMWare]
│   ├── {scan_guid}.json
│   ├── runlog.log
│   └── {server}_validation.json         [VMWare]
├── dbassessment_*/                      [SQL]
│   ├── {databaseserver1}/
│   ├── {databaseserver2}/
│   └── dbassessment_*.json
├── {another scan_guid}/
└── ...

If you have access to the system(s) that ran the DMC scans, then you simply need to merge the scan folders.

By default, this is located at C:\temp\scans on each machine that ran a scan with DMC, however this may have been changed.

Ensure the merged folder structure appears like the one shown below.

scans/
├── {scan_guid}/
│   ├── {servername}/                    [Baremetal]
│   ├── {vcentername}/                   [VMWare]
│   ├── {scan_guid}.json
│   ├── runlog.log
│   └── {server}_validation.json         [VMWare]
├── dbassessment_*/                      [SQL]
│   ├── {databaseserver1}/
│   ├── {databaseserver2}/
│   └── dbassessment_*.json
├── {another scan_guid}/
└── ...

Repackage & Upload

Now that you have collated the scans, you just need to generate a new ZIP with DMC.

  1. Download the latest copy of DMC and license key
  2. Run DMC as Administrator
  3. On the scan type selection screen, scroll to the bottom.
  4. Change the Scan Path to the parent folder you’ve merged your scans into
    • The scans subfolder is read from the selected directory
  5. Select all scans in the list and click Export
  6. Save the new password and decryption key
  7. Upload the merged ZIP into Dr Migrate, using the newly generated decryption key

This will ensure the fastest upload speed possible for large, multi-scan environments.