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9 Migrating existing physical or virtual servers to another
server
This chapter provides an overview of Insight Control server migration.
Server migration overview
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.
Table 9-1 “Launching the server migration application” lists the server migration features and how to access
them.
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
Server Migration software for ProLiant
application opens. Click the HP Insight Control server
migration
desktop icon
When you enter user credentials, the Insight
Server Migration software for ProLiant
application opens. Start
→All Programs→HP Insight
Software
→HP Insight Control server
migration
→HP Insight Control server
migration
Provides the following options:
• Physical to ProLiant (P2P)... migrates a
physical machine to an HP ProLiant
machine.
•
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 machine.
•
Virtual to Virtual (V2V)... migrates a virtual
machine guest between virtualization layers.
Deploy →SMP Migration Tools
Deploys the server migration agent for P2x and
V2x migrations. Deploy
→Deploy Drivers, Firmware
and Agents →Install SMP agent
When you launch the Insight Server Migration software for ProLiant application from your Windows desktop,
you select the type of migration to perform, prepare the source and destination servers, select migration
options, and then use the server migration wizard to start the migration.
Basic server migration procedure
To perform an Insight Control server migration installation and migration, follow these steps:
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