HP Insight Control - Manual (Page 43)

8 Migrating the servers
Prerequisites
CAUTION: If the Insight Control application station shuts down or fails during any migration,
then the migration fails. The application station must be available during the complete migration
cycle for a successful migration.
Minimum source server prerequisites for all migrations
These prerequisites are the same for all migration types: P2P, P2V, V2P, or V2V. In the subsequent
sections, only the prerequisites specifically different for that particular type of migration are
described.
Before starting any migration, verify that these minimum prerequisites are complete on the
source server:
• A valid network connection exists between the source and destination server.
• The source server contains an active boot partition to be migrated.
• Any pending reboots and software installations on the source server are finished.
• Any antivirus software auto-scans on the source server are temporarily disabled.
Re-enable the antivirus software after the migration.
• To verify that the disks are not corrupted, run CHKDSK (Windows) or File System Consistency
Check (Linux).
• All hard drives on the source (physical) server are correctly initialized (disk signature
written).
• All partitions on the source server have a valid file system and are in a healthy state.
• All applications and background services on the source server are disabled.
After the migrated server has synchronized with the new hardware and is assigned a unique
network identity, appropriate applications can be manually re-enabled and configured for
the new environment.
Uploading drivers
Use the Upload Drivers tab to add PSP executables to the application station for X2P migrations.
When PSP executables are added prior to migration, the server migration wizard can automatically
install the proper ProLiant Support Pack onto ProLiant servers at the end of the migration. For
more information on loading PSP executables, see the server migration online help.
The tab also displays the status of iSCSI initiator installed which are required for all migrations
of Windows servers
Preparing for a Windows server migration
The following sections list prerequisites for a Windows server migration.
If you use a firewall, see “Disabling firewalls” (page 25) .
Comply with all minimum prerequisites as listed in “Minimum source server prerequisites for
all migrations” (page 43) .
Windows source server prerequisites
For Windows migrations, verify that the following source server prerequisites are complete:
• If Windows Server 2003 is installed, then verify disk initialization in the Windows Disk
Management
tool. Verify that the latest hard drive configuration is saved.
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