Release Notes

Resolved Issues

• Addresses visual issue for App Tiers
• Addresses AVS Express storage recommendations
• Addresses Rapid report “query exceeded” visual issue
• Addresses DMC CSV file generation and upload issue

Resolved Issues

• Addresses issue with DMC loader

Resolved Issues

• Addresses a minor discrepancy in discovered workloads on Rapid report.
• Addresses minor calculation error with on-premesis TCO costing.

New Features

DMC v1.1 - Physical + Hyper-V Support

Ability to scan new targets including physical servers and Hyper-V environments.

Java AppCat Scan Integration

Read in AppCat to generate CoPilot-ready payloads.

Huge Auto-Map Upgrade

Expanded with an additional 70,000 software signatures for improved accuracy.

6R Assignment Enhancements

Revamped experience with the ability to assign at a server level.

Costing Module

Now includes costing for networking, backup, PostgreSQL, and additional infrastructure components.

User Experience

Total Overhaul

Navigation redesigned for simplicity and ease of use.

Increased Speed

Optimized workflows to reduce wait times and allow more time for actioning results.

Reporting

New Rapid Insights Report

Broader, enhanced, and enriched insights to support faster decision-making.

New Advanced Report

Curated for executive-level conversations and presentations.

Resolved Issues

• Addresses a number of issues and performance enhancements

Resolved Issues

AVS Express

• Addressed issue with OS mapping on ESU slide

Resolved Issues

Dr Migrate

• Various minor updates to reports
• Various minor UI updates

AVS Express

• Addressed issue with ESU slide in TCO report

Resolved Issues

Dr Migrate

• Resolved issue with DMC upload when no network data present
• Addressed report generation timeout
• Updated visulisations on serveral PBI report pages

Enhancements

DMC Support Now Live
You can now use Dr Migrate with DMC to scan customer environments and ingest data directly.

• http://learn.drmigrate.com/dmc/
• https://publicdrmigrate-altra.talentlms.com/

New QuickStart Wizard

We’ve introduced a streamlined QuickStart wizard to take you from data sync to customer-ready insights in one click.

• https://learn.drmigrate.com/docs/using-dr-migrate/setup/quickstart/

30-Day Sync Grace Period
Dr Migrate deployments now include a 30-day window to complete your data sync before the 90-day license period begins, allowing you time to mobilize with customers. Auto starts license after 30 days.

SAS Integration with Azure Marketplace
SaaS Dr Migrate instances are now connected to a customer’s Azure Marketplace subscription, removing the need to re-deploy after 90 days.

• https://learn.drmigrate.com/docs/getting-started/saas-cloud/activate-licence/

Expanded Database Analysis: Postgres & SQL

• Postgres workloads are now fully analyzed.
• Deep relational modernization insights across Postgres and SQL.
• Refreshed SQL analysis and reporting.

Enhanced Rapid Insights Report

• Styling improvements
• Postgres insights
• Hardware end-of-life flags

Resolved Issues

• Various bug fixes

Enhancements

Added DMC transformation updates for pre-release

Resolved Issues

AVS Express

• Addressed issue with AVS report error with AV64 node type

Resolved Issues

Dr Migrate

• Addressed issue with assessed machines populating into reports

Resolved Issues

Dr Migrate

• Addressed issue with disks in reports intermittently showing as 0

Enhancements

AVS Express

• Added AV48 node support
• Added Elastic SAN as Storage Target
• Added AVS Multi Cost Scenario Page
• Added Hardware End of Support Slides for AVS Express and DMC
• Update VMware guidance
• Added Azure NetApp Files Field Empowerment
• Revised excess storage calculations
• Remove all references to Azure TCO Calculator from report
• Add columns to RVTools mandatory columns and Anonymiser
• Added TPID field (for Microsoft only) to add to AVS assessment

Dr Migrate

• Added support for DMC data source
• Update PBI Filters on Rapid Insights
• Added Datacenter filter to Filter Pane in Advanced Report
• Updated 6R Completion button
• Updated 6R Treatments - auto incomplete page when at least one app is unassociated

Resolved Issues

AVS Express

• Various bug fixes

Dr Migrate

• Various bug fixes

Resolved Issues

AVS Express

• Resolved minor issue with the recomendation report

Resolved Issues

Dr Migrate

• Resolved issue with data load scheduler for Cloud

Resolved Issues

AVS Express

• Addressed an issue with AV64 node discrepancy

Resolved Issues

• Address issue with TCO figures not showing in AVS report
• Updated Azure Pricing API loader

Resolved Issues

• Address issue impacting plan_version
• Updated marketplace and SaaS image

Enhancements

AI Assistants:

• CMDB Assistant: Identifies COTS applications, speeding up inventory mapping (standalone or with existing inventory)
• Migration Goals Assistant: Suggests migration pathways based on user goals (light, heavy, or as-is modernization)
• Modernization Targets Assistant: Recommends Azure alternatives based on detected technologies and migration pathways
• 6R Assistant: Provides tailored 6R recommendations aligning migration, modernization preferences, and business context (customizable per app/server)
• Application Sizing Assistant: Analyzes infrastructure to estimate migration complexity (simple, medium, large)
• Wave Planning Assistant: Groups apps into migration waves based on network affinities, 6R treatments, and complexity

General Enhancements:

• Advanced Report: Features enhanced TCO calculations, deeper insights, and improved clarity for better usability
• Finder Wizard: Enables searches with 50+ parameters to retrieve matching workloads
• App Strategies Module: Defines migration goals (tolerate, invest, eliminate, replace) for better migration planning; auto-syncs with AI Assistants
• Activity Tracker: Guides users through assessment and planning to streamline workflow.
• Enhanced UI and Dashboards: Improved interface and data health dashboards for faster troubleshooting

Resolved Issues

• Addresses a number of issues and performance enhancements

Enhancements

AVS Express

• Update AVS to 4.0 codebase
• Inclusion of IaaS SKU family slide
• Improved storage calculations
• New logic determines storage usage based on memory reservation or in-use memory
• Update to required node calculations
• Added new methdology for headroom calculations

Resolved Issues

Dr Migrate

• Resolved issue with licence types and table updates on renewal

AVS Express

• Resolved issue with AVS calculator not updating

Resolved Issues

Dr Migrate

• Resolved issue where Add New Environment button is not appearing correctly in Environment Settings

AVS Express

• Resolved issue where VMWare cost does not show correctly

Enhancements

Dr Migrate

• Updates to processing methods for network data to assist performance
• Update logic for VMs where no performance data is captured

AVS Express

• Removed BYOL node types from node preferences type dropdown
• Added support for integer as VM name
• Removed legacy backup cost calculation logic
• Added VCF licence option

Resolved Issues

Dr Migrate

• Resolved minor report formatting issues
• Update to DB VM display name column to support some special unicode characters

AVS Express

• Resolved issue with AVS node type being blank on some region, node and BYOL selection combinations.
• Updated assessment creation timeout settings

Resolved Issues

AVS Express

• Split VM upload to Azure Migrate into batches (20,000 per batch limit)
• Fixed issue where Static loader does not load Intel_Sku_Upgrade_Rules due to name mismatch
• Fixed issue where Excess Storage VM template returns all servers when 1 server is the entire excess storage amount
• Updated AVS inconsistencies - RAM and AV36 storage
• Updated As-Is sizing for CPU and RAM 50%
• Updated incorrect VMWare Cost
• Fixed issue where Azure Pricing fails when currency conversion has error
• Updated IaaS costs appearing the same for PAYG and RI

Resolved Issues

Dr Migrate

• PowerBI refresh issue causing some reports to be blank

Enhancements

AVS Express

• Updated UI Toggle for existing 3 Node Cluster
• Updated AV64 Field Empowerment discounts from 0-30%
• Added UI Toggle for As-Is vs Right-Sizing
• Added Input for VMWare VCF Cost per Physical per Core

Resolved Issues

Dr Migrate

• Resolved issue with Azure Pricing Retriever API
• Resolved Installed Application join issue when installed apps table does not contain FQDNs
• Resolved special characters in customer name causing inconsistent reports
• Resolved issue where Azure migrate internal error causes assessments to fail
• Resolved issue where VM Count in migration strategy is different on UI vs report
• Updated to ignore the data from vInfo sheet if VM name is empty
• Removed duplicate of Microsoft Teams appearing twice in Replace list
• Resolved issue where Azure Migrate failed to access machines

Enhancements

Dr Migrate

• Add new page for redirection on deployment failure to assist user setup (Marketplace only).

AVS Express

• Add Defender for Cloud slide to AVS Express report
• Minor additional enhancements to the AVS Express report

Resolved Issues

Dr Migrate

• Updated regional spelling of utilization in foundation Insights report
• Ensure verification of Azure Migrate Appliance Existence in dependency analysis processing.
• Network traffic incorrectly labelled as Internally Scanned when source server is Unscanned/External
• Inventory Export - Correction to CPU/Memory percentages
• Resolved performance of Web UI calls for Power BI refresh
• Resolved mismatch with Blob storage tier and export
• Resolved issue with SQL License cost not correctly generating when no SQL MI is present
• Resolved Web UI Server Inventory popup showing backup flag as not active when the server is tagged as requiring backup.
• Add rounding up of VM disk to 1 GB if no disk info in vPartition worksheet

Resolved Issues

Dr Migrate

• Fix to calculate correct network coverage percentage
• Resolved issue with OpenAI Talk Track URL

AVS Express

• Fix difference in the AVS nodes shown on RvTools import wizard and on the export report

Resolved Issues

Dr Migrate

• Azure Migrate Readiness Status fix
• VM Quick Editor Recommended Disk SKU update
• Return correct error code when the PowerBI refresh fails
• Unable to reset wave start date for waves that contain special characters
• Insights > downloadable reports > Inscope/Out of scope filter is incorrect if a server is assigned to multiple applications
• Drmigrate And Drmigrate Express instances need to have assessments created only in Azuremigrate supported regions
• Premium SSD v2 Disks not costed correctly
• Azure Migrate Readiness Status fix
• Fix minor issue with inventory export
• Resolved an issue with Rapid Assessment Environment link
• Import servers preferenced in assessment creation over discovered
• Applications being tagged as cots in strategy scorer
• Network data being incorrectly mapped as Internal
• GUID not being added to server_disks table for ultra_disks

AVS Express

• Remove unused fields for AVS Express TCO
• AVS costing not updating
• Multiple RV Tools data loads triggered almost the same time
• AVS Costs in Scenarios does not align from page to page
• AVS costing not showing in pbi reports.

Resolved Issues

• Addresses metric collection issue on windows for regional decimal types

Enhancements

• Added support for scanning Physical and Hyper-V targets.

Resolved Issues

• Addresses a number of issues and performance enhancements

Resolved Issues

• Enhanced datacenter discovery mechanism to ensure reliable detection across all VMware configurations and deployment topologies.
• Implemented automatic retry logic with intelligent timeout handling for operations affected by vMotion, updates, and maintenance activities.

Enhancements

• Added comprehensive disk provisioning policy data collection including thin/thick provisioning configurations and storage metadata.

Enhancements

We’re excited to share the latest updates to improve your experience:

✅ Usability Enhancements

• You can now return to completed scans even after navigating away—no need to re-run them!
• Console output now allows minimizing and maximizing for easier viewing.
  
  

⚠️ Smarter Error Handling

• Failed scans now clearly show an error status so you can act on issues faster.
  
  

📈 Better Reporting

• Offline reports can now be filtered by scan ID for more targeted results.
• Charts are now easier to understand with cleaner visuals and improved layouts.
• Info banners and messages have a refreshed look.
  
  

🔐 Stability Upgrade

• DMC now ensures only one instance runs at a time, preventing accidental duplicates.

Resolved Issues

• Addressed intermittent issue with UI package

DMC Support Now Live
You can now use Dr Migrate with DMC to scan customer environments and ingest data directly.

• http://learn.drmigrate.com/dmc/
• https://publicdrmigrate-altra.talentlms.com/