Cost-based migration waves planning

A computer readable storage medium comprising a computer readable program for cost-based migration planning, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to perform the steps of:

• determining cost factors and constraints associated with migrating and a plurality of components;
• constructing a cost-based model, stored in a computer readable storage medium, using the cost factors and constraints;
• applying the cost-based model to generated affinity groupings of the plurality of components to formulate a cost-based determination of an affinity grouping scheme in accordance with the constraints;
• and
• migrating, using a processor device, each of the plurality of components in migration waves generated based on the affinity grouping scheme, the migrating comprising prioritizing the migration waves and employing different migration techniques for each of a plurality of different types of migration groups.

A system for cost-based migration planning, comprising:

• a processor device coupled to a memory, the memory storing a cost-based planning tool which is executed by the processor to:
• determine cost factors and constraints associated with migrating and a plurality of components;
• construct a cost-based model, stored in a computer readable storage medium, using the cost factors and constraints;
• apply the cost-based model to generated affinity groupings of the plurality of components to formulate a cost-based determination of an affinity grouping scheme in accordance with the constraints;
• and
• migrate, using a processor device, each of the plurality of components in migration waves generated based on the affinity grouping scheme, the migrating comprising prioritizing the migration waves and employing different migration techniques for each of a plurality of different types of migration groups.