Owner's manual

Table of Contents

I Overview and concepts................................................................................................11

1 Server migration introduction.................................................................................13

Overview.........................................................................................................................................13

Installing and configuring server migration software....................................................................13

Installing or upgrading server migration software....................................................................13

Licensing server migration.........................................................................................................13

Related products..............................................................................................................................13

2 Server migration concepts......................................................................................15

Server migration components.........................................................................................................15

Overview of migrating a server.......................................................................................................15

Migration checklist.....................................................................................................................15

HP Insight Control server migration software tabs........................................................................16

II Pre-migration tasks........................................................................................................19

3 Preparing hardware for migration.........................................................................21

Verifying hardware and operating system support........................................................................21

Verifying application station system requirements........................................................................21

4 Planning the migration............................................................................................23

Planning a migration strategy.........................................................................................................23

Preparing a schedule.......................................................................................................................23

Considerations for dual or multi-boot systems...............................................................................23

Migrating Large NTFS Partitions....................................................................................................23

Resizing file systems for migration.................................................................................................23

Resizing Windows file systems..................................................................................................23

Resizing Linux file systems........................................................................................................24

Manually disabling critical or hardware-dependent applications..................................................24

5 Preparing software for migration...........................................................................25

Verifying licenses for software to be migrated................................................................................25

Migration Security...........................................................................................................................25

Disabling firewalls......................................................................................................................25

Changing the default Insight Control server migration application station service port

number.......................................................................................................................................26

Disabling antivirus software......................................................................................................26

Generating static or dynamic certificates...................................................................................26

Installing ProLiant Support Packs...................................................................................................26

III Migration......................................................................................................................29

6 Preparing the source server and deploying the Source Agent...........................31

Verifying Windows source server requirements.............................................................................31

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