Part II Premigration tasks | HP PART NUMBER: 461487-401A instruction

Part II Premigration tasks

This part of the guide assists you in collecting information to prepare for a migration, and covers steps 1 and 2 of the checklist provided in “Migration checklist” (page 13).

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HP PART NUMBER: 461487-401A manual Part II Premigration tasks

Contents

HP Insight Control Server Migration 7.2 User Guide Legal Notices Contents Migrating the servers IV Troubleshooting and supportPostmigration tasks Contents CD ISO Contents Support and other resources Glossary Index Part I Overview and concepts Installing and configuring server migration software Server migration introductionOverview Related products Right configuration Migration checklist Server migration conceptsServer migration components Overview of migrating a server HP Insight Control server migration software tabs Migration screen HP Insight Control server migration software tabs Part II Premigration tasks Verifying hardware and operating system support Preparing hardware for migrationVerifying system requirements for the application station Planning the migration Resizing Linux file systems Preparing software for migration Verifying licenses for software to be migratedMigration security Disabling firewalls Installing ProLiant Support Packs Installing Service Pack for ProLiantDisabling antivirus software Generating static or dynamic certificates Preparing software for migration Part III Migration Preparing the source server and deploying the Source Agent Verifying Windows source server requirementsVerifying Linux source server requirements Preparing a Microsoft Hyper-V source server Removing guest tools Choosing server migration AgentsDeploying server migration Agents Deploying Agents Navigate to server migration Source Agent Server migration agent install screen Navigate to server migration Source Agent Linux Source Agent screen Prerequisites Linux destination size requirementPhysical destination servers Virtual machine hosts Booting the destination server Manually creating and booting a virtual destination server ILO boot prerequisites Prerequisites for VMware ESX migration Page Migrating the servers Minimum source server prerequisites for all migrations Preparing for a Windows server migration If you use a firewall, see Disabling firewalls Preparing for a Linux server migration Source virtual machine prerequisites Source physical server prerequisites SAN migrations in Windows Launching server migration by using the Deploy menu Starting the migration wizard Launching server migration by using Quick Launch Identify the source server Quick Launch Starting the migration wizard Installing ProLiant Support Packs after migration Installing Service Pack for ProLiant after migrationPostmigration tasks X2P postmigration tasks Windows Edit the boot.ini file to activate a graphical boot process X2V postmigration tasks Windows X2P postmigration tasks Linux X2V postmigration tasks Linux Viewing migration logs Validating the migrationValidating Linux migrations Validating Windows migrations Part IV Troubleshooting and support User interface TroubleshootingServer migration wizard hangs HP SIM Source preparation Source server identification fails Migration Agent deployment fails Linux Source Agent window does not appear on Rhel 64-bit Incorrect LUN size is detected in of the migration wizard Perform any one of the following on the source server Destination preparation Unable to boot Windows due to unsigned or corrupt driversDestination server identification fails Migration might appear If expected volumes do not appear, try one of the following Automatic booting of the destination physical server fails Suggested action Large volumes fail with a server thread error Drivers cannot be installed or injected onto a boot diskMigration process Migration hangs if the source server is shut down 2011/03/14 141934 The job failed Ntfs resize error message appears ReiserFS volumes are blocked for Linux migration Migration fails during the disk cloning phase Error occurs during data copy of Linux migration SAN-connected destination server displays a blue screen Destination server boots with an invalid IP address HP Smart Array B320i controller name is not displayed Linux migration to servers with iSCSI storage fails to boot Postmigration Hidusb.sys Hidkbd.sys Mouhid.sys Suggested action Drives do not appear on the migrated operating system Guest OS ID guest name is not valid Server is unresponsive during PSP installation Multiboot kernel must be loaded before modules Suggested action How to contact HP Subscription serviceSupport and other resources Information to collect before contacting HP HP authorized resellers Related informationDocuments Websites Typographic conventions Related documentation TIP Documentation feedback Applying old server migration standalone licenses Premigration consideration steps for clusters Basic hardware design of a three-node duster Performing the migration Post migration considerations and steps Post migration considerations and steps Page Glossary Index Page SPP Postmigration tasks Yellow bang ! appears on NIC adapter