| Contents | |
I Overview and concepts.............................................................................. | 10 |
1 Server migration introduction.................................................................. | 11 |
Overview.......................................................................................................................... | 11 |
Installing and configuring server migration software............................................................... | 11 |
Installing or upgrading server migration software.............................................................. | 11 |
Licensing server migration.............................................................................................. | 11 |
Related products................................................................................................................ | 11 |
2 Server migration concepts...................................................................... | 13 |
Server migration components.............................................................................................. | 13 |
Overview of migrating a server............................................................................................ | 13 |
Migration checklist........................................................................................................ | 13 |
HP Insight Control server migration software tabs................................................................... | 14 |
II Premigration tasks..................................................................................... | 16 |
3 Preparing hardware for migration........................................................... | 17 |
Verifying hardware and operating system support.................................................................. | 17 |
Verifying system requirements for the application station.......................................................... | 17 |
4 Planning the migration........................................................................... | 18 |
Planning a migration strategy.............................................................................................. | 18 |
Preparing a schedule.......................................................................................................... | 18 |
Considerations for multiboot systems..................................................................................... | 18 |
Migrating large NTFS partitions........................................................................................... | 18 |
Resizing file systems for migration........................................................................................ | 18 |
Resizing Windows file systems........................................................................................ | 18 |
Resizing Linux file systems............................................................................................... | 19 |
Manually disabling critical or hardware-dependent applications.............................................. | 19 |
5 Preparing software for migration............................................................. | 20 |
Verifying licenses for software to be migrated........................................................................ | 20 |
Migration security.............................................................................................................. | 20 |
Disabling firewalls......................................................................................................... | 20 |
Disabling antivirus software............................................................................................ | 21 |
Generating static or dynamic certificates.......................................................................... | 21 |
Installing ProLiant Support Packs.......................................................................................... | 21 |
Installing Service Pack for ProLiant........................................................................................ | 21 |
III Migration................................................................................................ | 23 |
6 Preparing the source server and deploying the Source Agent...................... | 24 |
Verifying Windows source server requirements....................................................................... | 24 |
Preparing a Microsoft Hyper-V source server..................................................................... | 24 |
Verifying Linux source server requirements............................................................................. | 24 |
Removing guest tools.......................................................................................................... | 25 |
Choosing server migration Agents........................................................................................ | 25 |
Deploying server migration Agents....................................................................................... | 25 |
Deploying Agents.......................................................................................................... | 25 |
Manually running server migration Source Agents on the source server..................................... | 26 |
Deploying a Windows server migration Source Agent locally on the source server................. | 26 |
Deploying a server migration Source Agent on domain controllers.................................. | 28 |
Deploying the Linux server migration Source Agent locally on the source server..................... | 28 |
Detecting, stopping, or restarting a remotely deployed server migration Source Agent................. | 29 |
