HP Insight Control - Manual (Page 13)

1 Server migration introduction
Overview
HP Insight Control server migration provides an automated, accurate and affordable way to
migrate existing servers running Microsoft Windows or Linux and their content to the latest
ProLiant server technologies or the latest virtualization platforms from VMware, Microsoft, and
Citrix.
Insight Control server migration supports the following types of Microsoft Windows and Linux
migrations:
• Physical-to-ProLiant (P2P) migration—Migrates a physical machine to a ProLiant server.
• Physical-to-virtual (P2V) migration—Migrates a physical machine to a virtual machine guest
in a virtual machine host.
• Virtual-to-ProLiant (V2P) migration—Migrates a virtual machine guest in a virtual machine
host to a ProLiant server.
• Virtual-to-virtual (V2V) migration—Migrates a virtual machine guest between virtualization
layers.
Installing and configuring server migration software
Installing or upgrading server migration software
Insight Control server migration software is delivered on the HP Insight software distribution
media and is installed through the Insight software Integrated Installer. The server on which
you install Insight software is designated to be the Central Management Server (CMS).
See the HP Insight Software Installation and Configuration Guide for installation and upgrade
instructions and supported upgrade paths.
See the HP Insight Software Getting Started Guide for a description of all software that is delivered
on the Insight software distribution media.
Licensing server migration
The standard procedure for licensing Insight Control server migration is to purchase and apply
Insight Control licenses. So if your destination server is licensed by Insight Control 6.0 or above,
you can perform unlimited migrations to the Insight Control licensed server.
For general licensing information, refer to the Insight Software Getting Started Guide, available
at the following website:
http://www.hp.com/go/insightsoftware/docs
If you have unused licenses from older versions of Server Migration (SMP v3.0 to v3.7) you can
still continue to use those licenses to perform migrations to servers that are not licensed for
Insight Control. For information on how to apply older, unused standalone SMP licenses see
Appendix A: “Applying old SMP standalone licenses” (page 81) .
Related products
Table 1-1: “Related products” (page 14) lists HP products that are available for extending
deployment or customizing the migrated server.
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