active controllers in Windows environments (400678-002, October 2006)

10 Migrating single-path standalone systems

Migration steps

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Isolate the system unit from the network:

• Notify users that the system is temporarily going offline.

• Disconnect all network sessions:

• From the server console desktop, select Start>Run.

• In the Run window, enter compmgmt.msc and then click OK to open the

Computer Management Utility.

• In the left pane, click Computer Management>System Tools> Shared

Folders>Sessions.

• In the right pane, right-click, and then select Disconnect All Sessions.

• Close the Computer Management Utility window.

• Disable all network connections:

• From the server console desktop, select Start>Run.

• In the Run window, enter ncpa.cpl and then click OK to open the Network

(and Dial-up) Connections Utility.

• Right-click each network connection and select Disable.

• Close the Network (and Dial-up) Connections Utility window.

Temporarily disable any applications on the system that have heavy I/O on the MSA

disk array.

(For systems with HP Basic MPIO software only)

Uninstall HP Basic MPIO software:

• From the server console desktop, select Start>Run.

• In the Run window, enter appwiz.cpl and then click OK to open the Add (or /)

Remove Programs Utility.

• Select the HP Basic MPIO program, and then click Change/Remove to uninstall the

software.

• Click OK. The server restarts.

• Close the Add (or/) Remove Programs Utility window.

• Verify that the system restarts without any issues.