HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager Software manual Booting the destination server

Linux server migration can fail with the following error if Destination Size, chosen when specifying destination disks in the migration wizard, does not have enough space to create the <initrd name>-smpuefiles:

Server migration could not modify initrd on the destination server. This could happen when there is not enough free space available on boot partition. Increase free space on boot partition by deleting unused files or make sure that boot partition has 10MB or more of free space and retry migration process.

To resolve this issue, choose a Destination Size, when specifying destination disks in the migration wizard, that is large enough to create the /boot/<initrd name>-smpuefiles on the corresponding disk partition on the destination server.

Booting the destination server

Boot the destination server using the applicable Insight Control server migration Boot CD ISO. To boot a destination physical server, you must be able to reboot the server and load through iLO. For virtual machines, you must have access to the virtual machine host management console. For information on choosing server migration agents, see “Choosing server migration Agents” (page 23).

There are Boot CD ISO files available to boot destination servers manually. However HP recommends that you allow the server migration wizard to boot the destination server. You can do this by selecting the Auto Boot - Let server migration Boot the destination server option in Step 3 of the wizard. See “Booting a physical destination server automatically using the migration wizard” (page 30) or check the Insight Control server migration online help for more information.

•Insight Control server migration ProLiant Boot CD ISO file™

You can use this ISO to manually boot a physical destination server for X2P migrations. This ISO is available after you install Insight Control server migration. To access the ISO, see the directory <server migration installation directory>\Agents\SMP\smpbootcd-p-[version #].iso.

•Insight Control server migration Virtual Machine Boot CD ISO file™

You can use this ISO to manually boot the destination virtual machine guest for X2V migrations. This ISO is available after you install Insight Control server migration. To access the ISO, see the directory <server migration installation directory>\Agents\SMP\smpbootcd-v-[version #].iso.

The Insight Control server migration ProLiant or Virtual Machine Boot CD ISO can only boot supported destination servers. For a list of supported servers, see the HP Insight Management Support Matrix the following website:

http://www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/docs

To manually or automatically boot the destination server or virtual machine to the proper Insight Control server migration Boot CD ISO, see the following procedures. After the destination system is booted, you must configure it to launch the destination agent.

Booting a physical destination server manually using the Insight Control server migration ProLiant Boot CD ISO for X2P migrations

NOTE: For Gen8 servers, manual boot option is not supported.

1.Boot the server remotely using the iLO virtual media feature.

2.After the destination server or virtual machine is booted to the proper Boot CD ISO file, use the Boot CD ISO application to configure the destination server and launch the destination Agent. From the Boot CD ISO application, click Help for instructions.

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