HP Insight Control - Manual (Page 27)

9 Migrating existing physical or virtual servers to another
server
Insight Control server migration makes it easy for you to upgrade or replace your existing server
or to implement virtualization. Server migration features enable you to replicate servers that are
running correctly, but might be under-performing or are over-provisioned, to a new physical or
virtual server.
The server migration application enables you to perform Physical-to-ProLiant (P2P),
Virtual-to-ProLiant (V2P), Physical-to-Virtual (P2V), or Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) migrations from
a single integrated graphical user interface.
Migrations are supported from any x86 server (regardless of hardware vendor) to the latest HP
ProLiant or BladeSystem server technologies.
The source server is always available just the way it was running before the migration because
no additional drivers are installed on the source server. No modification to the source server
ensures a consistent image between the source and destination servers.
Migrations in a SAN environment, including migrations from direct attach storage to boot from
SAN, are supported.
Launching the server migration application
Table 9-1 Launching the server migration application
Description From the CMS console management
GUI From Windows
When you enter user credentials, the
Insight Control server migration software
opens. Click the HP Insight Control server
migration
desktop icon
When you enter user credentials, the
Insight Control server migration software
opens Start
→All Programs→HP Insight
Software
→HP Insight Control
server migration
→HP Insight
Control server migration
Provides the following possible options,
depending on the type of servers
discovered:
• Physical to ProLiant (P2P)...
migrates a physical machine to an HP
ProLiant server.
• Physical to Virtual (P2V)... migrates
a physical machine to a virtual
machine guest within a virtual
machine host.
• Virtual to ProLiant (V2P)... migrates
a virtual machine guest within a
virtual machine host to an HP
ProLiant server.
• Virtual to Virtual (V2V)... migrates a
virtual machine guest between
virtualization layers.
Deploy
→server migration Tools
When ready to do a migration, launch the HP Insight Control server migration software from
your Windows desktop, select the type of migration to perform, and use the server migration
tool to accomplish the migration.
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