User Guide

PlateSpin PowerConvert User Guide - 2 –
Copyright 2005
Table of Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................. 3
Terminology .................................................................................................. 4
PowerConvert Overview .................................................................................. 5
PowerConvert Server Requirements ............................................................... 5
PowerConvert Client Requirements ................................................................ 5
Source Server Requirements ............................................................................. 6
PowerConvert Image Server Requirements ..................................................... 6
Target Virtual Server Requirements ............................................................... 6
The PowerConvert Server................................................................................ 7
PowerConvert Server Installation Instructions.......................................................... 7
The PowerConvert Client ................................................................................. 8
PowerConvert Client Installation Instructions........................................................... 8
Product Activation and License Management ................................................... 9
Customer Experience Improvement Program ....................................................11
The Server View ...........................................................................................12
The Jobs View ..............................................................................................13
Server Discovery ..........................................................................................14
Discovering Source Servers, Target Virtual Servers and Target Image Servers ....15
Discovering Servers Through Automatic Network Discovery..............................16
Discovering target physical servers ...............................................................17
Server Analysis.............................................................................................19
Analyzing Discovered Servers ......................................................................20
Peer to Peer Conversion Jobs ..........................................................................21
Converting to Virtual Servers .......................................................................22
Converting to Physical Servers..........................................................................35
PlateSpin Flexible Image Jobs .........................................................................42
Creating a PlateSpin Image Server .....................................................................43
Capturing a PlateSpin Flexible Image ............................................................44
Creating Images Using Existing Volume Data .................................................46
Using Raw Volume Data ..............................................................................49
Deploying a PlateSpin Flexible Image..................................................................51
Running Jobs................................................................................................53
Saving Jobs ...............................................................................................53
Manually Starting Saved Jobs.......................................................................53
Scheduling Saved Jobs................................................................................54
Reports .......................................................................................................55
APPENDIX A: Adding Drivers for Physical Target Servers.....................................56
APPENDIX B: Troubleshooting.........................................................................57
Installation................................................................................................57
Discovery..................................................................................................57
Peer-to-Peer Conversions ............................................................................58
Using Images ............................................................................................59
APPENDIX C: FAQ .........................................................................................60