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During the import process Skytap captures information to replicate an application’s complete, on-premises configuration. This is what enables it to be migrated to Skytap without change.","inputText":null,"xOffset":0,"yOffset":0,"spotlightElement":false,"component":"step","createdAt":"2019-12-04T18:10:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2019-12-12T19:31:27.000Z"},{"id":187008,"guideId":26216,"pageId":128213,"position":3,"number":3,"page":3,"target":"[data-nickelled-step=\"bdMrDk\"]","placement":"bottom","title":"Environments View","content":"Once imported, you can see everything needed for your application to run within its environment.
This environment contains a complex traditional application, including both Power/AIX and x86/VMware VMs, a load balancer, domain controller, and a Docker container host.","inputText":null,"xOffset":0,"yOffset":0,"spotlightElement":false,"component":"step","createdAt":"2019-12-04T18:10:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2019-12-04T18:10:23.000Z"},{"id":187009,"guideId":26216,"pageId":128213,"position":4,"number":4,"page":3,"target":"[data-nickelled-step=\"dPnyJV\"]","placement":"bottom","title":"View Networks","content":"Skytap imports an application’s network configuration by default.
If changes are needed after the VMs have been added to an environment, you can view modify or add networks.","inputText":null,"xOffset":0,"yOffset":0,"spotlightElement":false,"component":"step","createdAt":"2019-12-04T18:10:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2019-12-12T19:31:27.000Z"},{"id":187010,"guideId":26216,"pageId":128214,"position":5,"number":5,"page":4,"target":"[data-nickelled-step=\"6EMd6f\"]","placement":"bottom","title":"Networks Replicate On-Premises Topologies","content":"In this view, software-defined networks have been configured to replicate the application’s on-premises topology down to layer 2 and layer 3.","inputText":null,"xOffset":0,"yOffset":0,"spotlightElement":false,"component":"step","createdAt":"2019-12-04T18:17:53.000Z","updatedAt":"2019-12-04T18:17:53.000Z"},{"id":187011,"guideId":26216,"pageId":128214,"position":6,"number":6,"page":4,"target":"[data-nickelled-step=\"erloE0\"]","placement":"bottom","title":"VPN Connections","content":"Seven networks stitch this environment together, including two VPN tunnels connecting to external clouds or datacenter environments.","inputText":null,"xOffset":-22,"yOffset":0,"spotlightElement":false,"component":"step","createdAt":"2019-12-04T18:17:53.000Z","updatedAt":"2019-12-04T18:17:53.000Z"},{"id":187012,"guideId":26216,"pageId":128214,"position":7,"number":7,"page":4,"target":"[data-nickelled-step=\"kMzV8w\"]","placement":"bottom","title":"Save as a Template","content":"Once your environment and network is configured, you can save it all as a single template: a read-only copy of the environment.
Templates make it easy to share complete environments and their configurations with others who need them.","inputText":null,"xOffset":-5,"yOffset":0,"spotlightElement":false,"component":"step","createdAt":"2019-12-04T18:17:53.000Z","updatedAt":"2019-12-04T18:17:53.000Z"},{"id":187013,"guideId":26216,"pageId":128215,"position":8,"number":8,"page":5,"target":"[data-nickelled-step=\"PZhsW3\"]","placement":"bottom","title":"Templates Enable Self-Service","content":"After a template is made available, a user can deploy it as a new, running environment with a single click.","inputText":null,"xOffset":0,"yOffset":0,"spotlightElement":false,"component":"step","createdAt":"2019-12-04T18:17:53.000Z","updatedAt":"2019-12-04T18:17:53.000Z"},{"id":187014,"guideId":26216,"pageId":128215,"position":9,"number":9,"page":5,"target":"[data-nickelled-step=\"RMHFr6\"]","placement":"bottom","title":"Template Library","content":"You manage your own library of personal and company templates, as well as use templates from Skytap public library.","inputText":null,"xOffset":0,"yOffset":0,"spotlightElement":false,"component":"step","createdAt":"2019-12-04T18:17:53.000Z","updatedAt":"2019-12-12T19:31:27.000Z"},{"id":187015,"guideId":26216,"pageId":128215,"position":10,"number":10,"page":5,"target":"[data-nickelled-step=\"IvNWP5\"]","placement":"bottom","title":"Templates Save You Time and Capacity","content":"Using templates, you can eliminate both the time you spend configuring and provisioning environments as well as the idle capacity that is wasted when environments are not in use.","inputText":null,"xOffset":0,"yOffset":0,"spotlightElement":false,"component":"step","createdAt":"2019-12-04T18:17:53.000Z","updatedAt":"2019-12-04T18:17:53.000Z"},{"id":187051,"guideId":26216,"pageId":128218,"position":11,"number":11,"page":6,"target":"DIV.subnav__tab","placement":"bottom","title":"Manage Access and Usage","content":"You can manage resource access and quotas at the user, group, and department level.
Admins can also set usage alerts to warn users of capacity limits and get reports based on access settings.","inputText":null,"xOffset":-1,"yOffset":0,"spotlightElement":false,"component":"step","createdAt":"2019-12-04T22:21:43.000Z","updatedAt":"2019-12-04T22:21:43.000Z"},{"id":187018,"guideId":26216,"pageId":128218,"position":12,"number":12,"page":6,"target":"[data-nickelled-step=\"2Aj8SD\"]","placement":"bottom","title":"Track Usage Globally","content":"The “Current Usage” dashboard provides admins with a holistic view of the capacity and usage of their applications across all regions within their subscription.","inputText":null,"xOffset":-25,"yOffset":0,"spotlightElement":false,"component":"step","createdAt":"2019-12-04T18:30:41.000Z","updatedAt":"2019-12-04T18:30:41.000Z"},{"id":187050,"guideId":26216,"pageId":128232,"position":13,"number":13,"page":7,"target":"[data-nickelled-step=\"15hGLJ\"]","placement":"bottom","title":"Granular Usage","content":"Usage report views provide historical data visualization for your account so that you can track account resource usage. You can display data for different resources and filter the report to show data for regions, departments, groups, and users.
You can also export a CSV report to view in a worksheet application, such as Microsoft Excel; or use a webhook to connect to your own reporting service.","inputText":null,"xOffset":0,"yOffset":0,"spotlightElement":false,"component":"step","createdAt":"2019-12-04T22:03:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2019-12-12T19:31:27.000Z"},{"id":187052,"guideId":26216,"pageId":128232,"position":14,"number":1,"page":7,"target":null,"placement":null,"title":"Want to See More Skytap?","content":"With Skytap you can adopt modern, cloud infrastructure for your traditional applications.