HP Insight Control - Manual (Page 44)

• Verify that a Windows NT boot loader (NTLDR) is installed.
• During migration, the migration agent initiates an operating system reboot on the source
physical server. Verify that the operating system is on the first boot order. The Insight Control
application supports migration of source physical servers that have operating systems
installed on the primary drive (Hard Disk 0) and the primary drive loaded first in the boot
order.
• Record the drive letter or mount point to disk-partition mapping for dynamic disk partitions
before performing the migration. Any simple (non-extended) dynamic disk partitions are
converted to basic disk partitions. The mapped drive letters might have to be manually
reassigned after migration.
• Before migrating a source server with BitLocker Drive Encryption enabled and drives
encrypted using BitLocker, decrypt the drives on the source server and disable BitLocker.
• When a migration is started from a Windows Server 2003 Application station to a Windows
Server 2008 source server, migrations will be blocked in step 1 of the migration wizard. If
the source agent was launched from the Windows 2003 application station, the source agent
will be locked to that specific application station and must be stopped. In order to stop the
agent on the Windows 2008 source server, manually run stopHPSMPAgent.cmd tool on
the source desktop. The application station must be running Windows Server 2008 (x32 or
x64) to run Windows Server 2008 server migrations.
Source physical server prerequisites
If migrating from a physical source server, verify that the following prerequisites are complete:
• Comply with all minimum prerequisites as listed in “Minimum source server prerequisites
for all migrations” (page 43) .
• During migration, the migration agent initiates an operating system reboot on the source
server. Verify that the operating system is on the first boot order. If not, then manually
change the boot order by editing the [system drive]\boot.ini file or by using
thebootcfg.exe tool. The Insight Control application supports migration of source physical
servers that have operating systems installed on the primary drive (Hard Disk 0) and the
primary drive loaded first in the boot order.
Source virtual server prerequisites
If migrating from a source virtual server, verify that it complies with all minimum prerequisites
as listed in
“Minimum source server prerequisites for all migrations” (page 43) .
Destination physical server prerequisites
If migrating to a destination physical server, verify that the following prerequisites are complete:
• The primary storage controller must be configured with drives attached.
• The destination server must be booted to Insight Control server migration Boot CD ISO and
running migration agent.
Destination virtual server host or virtual server prerequisites
If migrating to a destination virtual server, verify that the following prerequisites are complete:
• Select one of the following:
— Let Insight Control create the virtual server automatically, which will automatically
boot it using the server migration Virtual Machine Boot CD ISO.
— Create the virtual server manually, and then boot the virtual server manually using the
server migration Virtual Machine Boot CD ISO.
• Verify that the destination virtual server host has sufficient system resources, including
processor, memory, and disk space to host the migrated virtual server guest.
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