HP 9000 Containers A.03.01 on HP Integrity Server Administrator Guide HP-UX 11i v3 (5900-3112, June 2013)

3 Transition of application environments from HP 9000
server to HP 9000 container
This chapter explains the steps for transitioning application environments from an HP 9000 server
to an HP 9000 container on an HP Integrity server running HP-UX 11i v3.
The transition process from an HP 9000 server to an HP 9000 container typically involves the
following steps:
• “Selecting HP 9000 container type” (page 17)
• “Creating HP 9000 server file system image” (page 17)
• “Transitioning kernel tunable parameters” (page 18)
• “Choosing name for HP 9000 container” (page 19)
• “Creating file systems for the container” (page 19)
• “Installing driver and management software” (page 20)
• “Creating and configuring an HP 9000 container” (page 20)
NOTE: Data migration related issues must be addressed separately. HP 9000 Containers does
not provide any new tools or documentation for data migration.
3.1 Selecting HP 9000 container type
HP recommends HP 9000 system containers type for transitioning applications. You can select HP
9000 classic containers for transitioning only when any of the following is true:
• There is a need to quickly migrate from HP 9000 Containers A.01.02 or A.01.06.
• There is a need for user level disk quotas.
• There is a need for managing users and auditing with HP SMH or SAM.
For more information about container types, see Section 1.3 (page 10).
3.2 Creating HP 9000 server file system image
Overview
Archive all the directories from HP 9000 server except the NFS mounted directories. In the backup,
at least include /bin, /dev, /etc, /lib, /net, /opt, /sbin, /stand, /usr, and /var
directories.
NOTE:
• Copy all the application data together to prevent inconsistencies.
• Before creating the image, stop all the applications on HP 9000 server to prevent the archival
of transient files.
Create the HP 9000 server file system image using any utility that can eventually make the files
visible under an alternate root directory and preserve file ownership and permissions. The commonly
used tools for image creation are tar, cpio, pax, and fbackup. Existing Ignite-UX images can
also be used to create the HP 9000 server file system image.
3.1 Selecting HP 9000 container type 17