DRD use case
Maintaining a mixed 11i v2/v3 VM environment (slide 2 of 2)VM Host
VM1
VM2
VM3
11i v3
11i v2
11i v3
sys_info_vm3
11i v3
SYSINFO.TXT
Active
1.Install VM Host, VM1 and VM2 via Ignite
2.VM3 needs to be added
3.On host, setup resources:
a.Add disk to VM2
b.Create VM3 with just a network interface
4.On VM2, create and rehost the new boot disk:
a.Create clone of the VM‟s system image (drd clone)
b.When clone completes, two copies of system image exist (drd status)
c.Create the system info file with VM3‟s personality
d.Copy the system info file to the EFI partition of the clone (drd rehost)
5.On the host, activate VM3:
a.Move the clone disk from VM2 to VM3
b.Boot VM3, choosing clone from EFI menu
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