The Shift Toolkit uses Credential Security Service Provider (CredSSP) to manage credential transfers during the conversion process. The Shift server runs scripts on the guest operating system of the VM being converted, passing credentials through a "double-hop" from the Shift server to the guest OS through the Hyper-V server.

The Shift Toolkit includes default logging with a 30-day retention period. Logging can be switched to debug mode upon request from support for troubleshooting purposes.

The Swagger page in the advanced settings allows you to interact with the Shift Toolkit REST APIs.

The Shift Toolkit REST API provides programmatic access to migration, conversion, and automation capabilities. The APIs are organized by functional workflow to help you quickly find the resources you need for specific tasks.

The script block within the Shift Toolkit provides sample code to help you automate, integrate, and develop features using internal and external APIs. Browse and download samples in the Code Samples section, written by the Shift Toolkit automation team and community members. Use these samples to get started with automation, management, or integration tasks.

The following example shows a PowerShell script that deletes a specific job within the Shift Toolkit UI. While this capability is not exposed through the standard workflow, it can be accomplished using the script block. The script is also available as a batch script that can be easily downloaded and executed.

The objective of the script block is to provide sample scripts for day 0 and ongoing operations on specific hypervisors using the Shift Toolkit APIs and the respective hypervisor published APIs.

The objective of the script block is to provide sample scripts for day 0 and ongoing operations on specific hypervisors using the Shift Toolkit APIs and the respective hypervisor published APIs.

Configure email notifications to send alerts about discovery, conversion, or migration jobs to specified recipients. UI notifications (alerts within the interface) are also available and stored for 7 days.

Access the email notification settings from Settings > Platform Settings > Email configuration.

The screenshot shows the breakdown for each notification category and event.

The Shift Toolkit provides the option to cancel a running job at any step within the workflow. When a job is cancelled, all orphaned components are automatically cleaned up, including:

Since the Shift Toolkit does not modify the source VM in any way, rollback is straightforward, simply power on the source VM. No other rollback actions are required.

Shift toolkit now provides a verify option against the blueprint level which is enabled after the migration status is marked as "Success" or "Partial Failure". Once succeeded, the verify option will start a new job and check the VM settings as specified in the blueprint mappings. The status of the verify migration job will be listed in the Job Monitoring and the details can be viewed by clicking on the job and selecting "view logs".

The split workflow (applicable only to OpenShift migration blueprints using the ONTAP NAS driver) automatically discovers the volumes associated with the VMs, as well as their corresponding FlexClone volumes.

Based on the ONTAP version, the appropriate split strategy is selected automatically. The general guideline is as follows:

The split clone process continually monitors progress and manages job queueing accordingly. Once the split or volume move operation is complete, the associated snapshot is deleted.

The status of the split steps job will appear in Job Monitoring. To view further details, click on the split job and select “View Logs.”

The Shift Toolkit includes advanced hypervisor settings for migration jobs to target hypervisors. These settings let migration administrators enable features for each VM migration wave as required. Shift Toolkit reads the settings at runtime, so each job applies the selected options when it starts.