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Insight Control server migrationUser GuideHP Part Number: 461487-005Published: January 2010Edition: 6.0

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When you click Begin Migration, the migration agent performs a final network check.14. Review the migration progress details.100 Using Insight Control

15. To cancel the migration, click Cancel. After the entry in the Job Status field indicates you canceledthe migration, reboot the source and destinat

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Destination physical machine prerequisites• The primary storage controller must be configured with drives attached.• The destination server must be bo

3.4. Select the volumes to be migrated. HP Insight Control server migration selects volumes marked as activeby default. You cannot migrate or select u

The Computed Destination Server Disk Requirement section lists the disks required on the destinationserver to support migrated volumes. Insight Contro

6. Auto Boot - Let SMP boot the destination server—If you did not boot the destination server to theInsight Control server migration ProLiant Boot CD

Insight Control disables the Next and Previous buttons during the reboot. To view the booting processof the destination server, click Launch iLO, and

If you establish the source-to-destination or application-station-to-destination connection and the networktest reports a transfer speed of at least 2

Some of the columns and rows from the Assign Disks table include:• Minimum Destination Size—This column displays the minimum size that a partition or

1 IntroductionInsight Control server migrationHP Insight Control server migration simplifies the server consolidation process. Insight Control server

12. Click Next.13. Review and confirm the migration details, and then click Begin Migration.110 Using Insight Control server migration to migrate serv

When you click Begin Migration, the migration agent performs a final network check.14. Review the migration progress details.15. To cancel the migrati

Preparing for a V2V migrationThe following sections list prerequisites for a V2V migration.If you use a firewall, see the Configuring Insight Control

Destination virtual machine host or virtual machine prerequisitesThe following prerequisites are for target virtual machine hosts in a P2V migration:•

d. Choose the Windows migration type.e. Click Virtual to Virtual Migration (V2V), and then click Next.2. If you are performing a migration from Insigh

contained in other active volumes, but the partitions do not need to be migrated. The operating systemmust be stored on the boot disk and loaded using

• If the destination virtual machine is not created and you want Insight Control server migration toautomatically create the destination VM:1. Select

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6. By default, this page displays all selected disks as well as any mandatory disks such as primary partitions.Information displayed includes source d

If you are migrating to a virtual machine host that is automatically booted with the Insight Control servermigration Virtual Machine Boot CD:a. Enter

Upgrading to Insight Control server migration from Insight Server Migration softwarefor ProLiantYou can upgrade the following:• Standalone Insight Ser

If you establish the source-to-destination or application-station-to-destination connection and the networktest reports a transfer speed of at least 2

11. Review and confirm the migration details, and then click Begin Migration.Virtual-to-virtual (V2V) migrations for Windows 121

When you click Begin Migration, the migration agent performs a final network check.12. Review the migration progress details.122 Using Insight Control

13. To cancel the migration, click Cancel. After the entry in the Job Status field indicates you canceledthe migration, reboot the source and destinat

Preparing for a V2V migrationThe following sections list prerequisites for a V2V migration.If you use a firewall, see the Configuring Insight Control

d. Choose the Linux migration type.e. Click Virtual to Virtual Migration (V2V), and then click Next.2. If you are performing a migration from Insight

The Computed Destination Server Disk Requirement section lists the disks required on the destinationserver to support migrated volumes. Insight Contro

auto boot option. Therefore, HP recommends booting the destination server from the applicationstation using the auto boot option.• If the destination

7. Test the network connections and latency between the source-to-destination server and theapplication-station-to-destination server. The results of

10. Select the post-migration tasks, and then click Next.NOTE: A reboot or shutdown option is not available for the destination virtual machine for X2

server. For example, data on \PhysicalDrive5 on the source server during a Windows migration mightbe reordered to \PhysicalDrive2 on the destination s

in step 3 of the Migration Wizard. After the migration is completed, manually reboot the destinationvirtual machine.▲ Select whether the Insight Contr

When you click Begin Migration, the migration agent performs a final network check.12. Review the migration progress details.Virtual-to-virtual (V2V)

13. To cancel the migration, click Cancel. After the entry in the Job Status field indicates you canceledthe migration, reboot the source and destinat

can be used for configuring HP StorageWorks 4100/6100/8100 EVAs, you must verify that thelogical units have been presented to the HBA of the destinati

An option also exists to have the Systems Insight Manager-detected hosts always display with no additionalsteps required. By default, to have the appr

4. Select the Display servers Discovered in SIM checkbox.If Systems Insight Manager has a large number of systems discovered, then it might take addit

• If the selected server or virtual machine meets the criteria, then the Insight Control server migrationapplication opens in a new browser with the I

4. If a different host needs to be selected, then click Show Host List. All selected hosts discovered inSystems Insight Manager are displayed. If not,

• From All Systems page in the Systems Insight Manager console, select a source server, and thenscroll over Quick Launch. Quick Launch displays the av

3. Systems Insight Manager verifies the source server or source virtual machine.• If the selected server or virtual machine fails to satisfy the crite

Virtual machine guest toolsBefore starting a migration, you must uninstall the guest tools if you are migrating a source virtual machine.The guest too

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6 Viewing migration logsYou can view job-specific log files on the application station by accessing HP Insight Control servermigration installation pa

To view migration logs, scroll through the View Migration Result Log table. This table includes thefollowing columns:• Checkbox—Enables you to select

7 Uploading driversThe Upload Drivers tab displays the status of iSCSI initiator installed and all PSPs added to the applicationstation for HP Insight

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8 TroubleshootingInstallationWhen launching the HP Insight Control server migration wizard immediately afterinstallation, the message Unable to commun

Support for older versions of standalone P2P applicationThe installation of standalone P2P application (version 1.4 and earlier) on a system which alr

Verify that necessary ports are open on the application station, source servers (physical or virtual) anddestination servers (physical or virtual mach

NOTE: This agent does not detect whether the corrective action has been performed. Subsequent attemptsto execute this agent indicate that the correcti

1. Verify the identifier entered. If the name is entered for a source server that is in a domain, be sure thatthe Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) i

NOTE: Insight Control uses the following encryption types:SSL RSA with RC4 128 MD5•• SSL RSA with RC4 128 SHA• TLS RSA with AES 128 CBC SHA cipher sui

partitions appear as RAW partitions in the Migration Wizard, and data might be incomplete after themigration. You must deselect LUNs initialized with

IP address configuration fails on a manually booted virtual machine in MicrosoftHyper-V for a P2V or a V2V migrationIf you have manually created the v

Insight Control server migration Boot CD might stop responding when exiting theArray Configuration UtilityWhen exiting the Array Configuration Utility

You can view a list of IP addresses where virtual media is still connected to the server in the InsightControl server migration installation directory

• Reboot the destination server to ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) by pressing the F9 key during Power-OnSelf-Test (POST).• Select the Boot Controller

Migration fails with the error The File System on Source Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive0,Partition 0 Could Not Be Resized During the MigrationMigration might

Destination VM not powered off on HP integrated Citrix XenServersDuring X2V migrations to a destination VM on an HP integrated Citrix XenServer, the V

To resolve this issue, when Windows boots up, press F8 to go to boot options and select Last known goodconfiguration. After Windows fully boots up, un

Windows server migration Source Agent or PINT remote deployment fails with Agentis already deployed or not required errorWhen you remotely deploy the

1. Restart the destination server.2. Press F8 when you see the following message: Please select the operating system tostart.3. When the Windows Advan

You can resize ext2/3 and ReiserFS file systems on a Linux source server.ProLiant Support PackIMPORTANT: The information in this section applies only

Mouse does not work on the destination server's iLO after a Linux X2P migrationThe mouse does not work on the destination server's iLO after

6. Install the latest PSP on the destination server.7. Remove the (dongle-attached) USB mice and keyboards from the source and the destination servers

Virtual machine hosts Integrated Components do not install on the destination virtualmachine following migrationTo resolve this issue:1. Power down th

9 Support and other resourcesContacting HPInformation to collect before contacting HPBe sure to have the following information available before you ca

Warranty informationHP will replace defective delivery media for a period of 90 days from the date of purchase. This warrantyapplies to all Insight Co

A Portable Images Network Tool (PINT)The Portable Images Network Tool (PINT) automates NIC configuration on the servers after moves.NOTE: For more inf

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GlossaryCMS Central Management Server.full duplex Full duplex is the capability to send data in both directions at the same time.guest operatingsystem

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IndexAaccessing System page, 43adding license keys, 41antivirus software, 15application preparation, critical or hardware-dependent,13application stat

2 Insight Control server migration installation andconfiguration requirementsThis chapter lists the hardware and software required for each component

feedbackemail address for documentation, 164firewalls, 14, 146Hhardwarerequirements, 17support, 12hosts (see virtual machine hosts)hosts requirements,

resizing volumes for Windows migration, 15OOpenSSH requirements, 17operating system support, 12overviewapplication station, 11configuration for Insigh

server migration Source Agent fails to launch whenrebooting in migration agent mode, 156unrecoverable sector-read errors on hard drive notsupported an

prerequisites for P2V migration destination, 65, 78, 113requirements, 18virtual-to-ProLiantmigration overview, 90, 102migration prerequisites, 90, 102

NOTE: If the source server is an Insight Control server migration application station, the HP Insight Controlserver migration Application Service and

2. Click Install Application. The Welcome screen appears.3. Click Next.4. The License Agreement screen appears. Read the license agreement, select I a

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5. Select the destination location for the Insight Control application. The default location isC:\Program Files\HP\HP Insight Control server migration

NOTE: To install Insight Control, you must have administrative rights.7. Click Finish.Installing Insight Control server migration on the application s

Changing the default Insight Control server migration application stationservice port numberBy default, Insight Control server migration uses 51124 as

3 Deploying migration agentsDeploying server migration Source AgentsBefore starting a migration, the migration agent must be running on the source and

Deploying the migration agent through the Insight Control CMS menu if Insight Control 6.0 isinstalled1. From the Insight Control toolbar, select Deplo

5. Click Install Ag ent Now.6. View the deployment status and result of the migration agent.Deploying the server migration Source Agent directly from

2. Copy the file in this folder to the source server, and then run the file. If a security warning windowappears, click Run on the window.3. To launch

NOTE: The following screen appears only if X Windows was used.4. Record the IP addresses listed for the source server entry when using Insight Control

2. Copy the file in this folder to the source server, and then extract the file.3. To launch the server migration Source Agent, go to the bin folder o

To unlock the connection between the application station and the source server, access the agent consoleon the source server, and then click Abort and

Table of Contents1 Introduction...11Insight Control server m

• To access the remote console, the iLO Advanced License must be applied.• At least 300 MB of free space for each iLO. Booting is required on the appl

option. HP recommends booting the destination virtual machine from the application station using the autoboot option.The following sections list the s

Manually creating and booting a virtual machine destination server for P2V and V2V1. Access the virtual machine host management console provided by VM

2. Review the system and storage configuration information to ensure the setup is correct. The systeminformation section includes the following inform

3. (Optional) This step only applies to physical servers. To configure or reconfigure the HP array controllers,click Launch Array Configuration Utilit

8. When a message appears advising you that the destination server is ready for migration:a. Record the IP address listed on the screen for the destin

If the migration agent fails to launch, an error message appears on the destination server. To reconfigurethe network, click Previous. If the issue pe

The Insight Server Migration software for ProLiant Overview screen has seven tabs:• Overview—This tab provides the following information or functions:

• Upload Drivers—This tab displays the status of the iSCSI Initiator installed on the machine and providesthe option to upload PSP executables. For mo

4 Licensing HP Insight Control server migrationLicensing Insight Control server migration through the Insight Control licensemanagerHP Insight Control

Booting the destination server for P2P, V2P, and X2V migrations...29Manually booting a p

For products where licensing information is managed by Systems Insight Manager, the AssigningLicenses page appears. Select one or more systems from th

The following types of standalone Insight Server Migration licenses have been available for purchase:• Subscription license—This type of Insight Serve

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5 Using Insight Control server migration to migrate serversAfter source and destination server agents are launched, you can start a migration from an

NOTE: Insight Control server migration does not allow concurrent migrations with the same source orphysical destination. Even though Insight Control e

Source physical machine prerequisites• Verify that a valid network connection exists between the source and destination server.• Verify that the sourc

d. Choose the Windows migration type.e. Click Physical to ProLiant Migration (P2P), and then click Next.2. If you are performing a migration from Insi

4. Select the volumes to be migrated. HP Insight Control server migration selects volumes marked as activeby default. You cannot migrate or select uns

The Computed Destination Server Disk Requirement section lists the disks required on the destinationserver to support migrated volumes. Insight Contro

Insight Control disables the Next and Previous buttons during the reboot. To view the bootingprocess of the destination server, click Launch iLO, and

Performing a V2P migration...91V2P post-mig

If you establish the source-to-destination or application-station-to-destination connection and the networktest reports a transfer speed of at least 2

Some of the columns and rows from the Assign Disks and Resize NTFS Volumes table include:• Minimum Destination Size—This column displays the minimum s

10. Choose from the following options:• Select whether HP Insight Control server migration must perform disk-error checks on the sourceserver before m

When you click Begin Migration, the migration agent performs a final network check.13. Review the migration progress details.Physical-to-ProLiant (P2P

14. To cancel the migration, click Cancel. After the entry in the Job Status field indicates you canceledthe migration, reboot the source and destinat

9. (Optional) Convert basic disks to dynamic disks. During migration, all dynamic disks are migrated tothe destination server as basic disks. Therefor

NOTE: Bad blocks on Linux file systems are not supported by Insight Control. To verify that the source filesystems do not have bad blocks, run file sy

a. From the desktop, access the Insight Control Migration Wizard by clicking the Insight Controlserver migration application icon.b. On the Login page

2. If you are performing a migration from Insight Control CMS, choose one of the following options:• To launch Insight Control using the Systems Insig

If swap is encrypted, you must manually create the swap partition on the destination server followingmigration.NOTE: You cannot migrate a partition ac

Manual installation of Linux source agent using sudo user privileges fails...150Destination preparation...

• 30 seconds• 60 secondsIf you cannot establish the source-to-destination or application-station-to-destination connection, the Nextbutton is disabled

boot partition. Choose a “Destination Size” that is large enough to create the <boot partition>/<initrdnaem>-smpue files on the correspond

• Migration Overhead—This row displays the additional space that must be reserved on thedestination disk to accommodate disk geometry differences.• Di

When you click Begin Migration, the migration agent performs a final network check.16. Review the migration progress details.Physical-to-ProLiant (P2P

17. To cancel the migration, click Cancel. After the entry in the Job Status field indicates you canceledthe migration, reboot the source and destinat

Physical-to-virtual (P2V) migrations for WindowsA P2V migration enables a source physical machine to be migrated to a virtual machine guest on a Micro

d. Choose the Windows migration type.e. Click Physical to Virtual Migration (P2V), and then click Next.2. If you are performing a migration from Insig

4. Select the volumes to be migrated. HP Insight Control server migration selects volumes marked as activeby default. You cannot migrate or select uns

The Computed Destination Server Disk Requirement section lists the disks required on the destinationserver to support migrated volumes. Insight Contro

The Virtual Machine Boot CD can be found at <installationdirectory>\webserver\webapps\smpui\smpbootcd-v-6.0.0.0.iso. The VirtualMachine Boot CD

A PSP installation after an X2P migration of Windows 2000 Server to a server with the EmulexLPe1105-HP 4Gb FC HBA might cause a blue screen on the des

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6. Specify the destination disk names, and then select the partitions to be resized in the Assign Disksand Resize NTFS Volumes table.By default, this

If you are migrating to a virtual machine host that is automatically booted with the Insight Control servermigration Virtual Machine Boot CD:a. Enter

If you establish the source-to-destination or application-station-to-destination connection and the networktest reports a transfer speed of at least 2

11. Review and confirm the migration details, and then click Begin Migration.74 Using Insight Control server migration to migrate servers

When you click Begin Migration, the migration agent performs a final network check.12. Review the migration progress details.Physical-to-virtual (P2V)

13. To cancel the migration, click Cancel. After the entry in the Job Status field indicates you canceledthe migration, reboot the source and destinat

5. If applicable, then reassign drive letters of dynamic disk partitions using the disk manager to correspondwith the original state. The virtual mach

• To install server migration Source Agent on the source server, verify that PermitRootLogin andPasswordAuthentication are set to yes in the /etc/sshd

d. Choose the Linux migration type.e. Click Physical to Virtual Migration (P2V), and then click Next.2. If you are performing a migration from Insight

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4. Select the volumes to be migrated. HP Insight Control server migration selects volumes marked as activeby default. You cannot migrate or select uns

The Computed Destination Server Disk Requirement section lists the disks required on the destinationserver to support migrated volumes. Insight Contro

The Virtual Machine Boot CD can be found at <installationdirectory>\webserver\webapps\smpui\smpbootcd-v-6.0.0.0.iso. The VirtualMachine Boot CD

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6. Specify the destination disk names, and then select the partitions to be resized in the Assign Disksand Resize NTFS Volumes table.By default, this

If you are migrating to a virtual machine host that is automatically booted with the Insight Control servermigration Virtual Machine Boot CD:a. Enter

If you establish the source-to-destination or application-station-to-destination connection but the networktest reports a transfer speed below 250 kb/

11. Review and confirm the migration details, and then click Begin Migration.Physical-to-virtual (P2V) migrations for Linux 87

When you click Begin Migration, the migration agent performs a final network check.12. Review the migration progress details.88 Using Insight Control

13. To cancel the migration, click Cancel. After the entry in the Job Status field indicates you canceledthe migration, reboot the source and destinat

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4. View the event log on the destination server and disable any services or drivers that might have failed.5. The mouse and keyboard might not be imme

• Verify that a Windows NT boot loader (NTLDR) is installed.• During migration, the migration agent initiates an operating system reboot on the source

d. Choose the Windows migration type.e. Click Virtual to ProLiant Migration (V2P), and then click Next.2. If you are performing a migration from Insig

4. Select the volumes to be migrated. HP Insight Control server migration selects volumes marked as activeby default. You cannot migrate or select uns

The Computed Destination Server Disk Requirement section lists the disks required on the destinationserver to support migrated volumes. Insight Contro

6. Auto Boot - Let SMP boot the destination server—If you did not boot the destination server to theInsight Control server migration ProLiant Boot CD

Insight Control disables the Next and Previous buttons during the reboot. To view the booting processof the destination server, click Launch iLO, and

If you establish the source-to-destination or application-station-to-destination connection and the networktest reports a transfer speed of at least 2

Some of the columns and rows from the Assign Disks and Resize NTFS Volumes table include:• Minimum Destination Size—This column displays the minimum s

• If the destination server is selected to reboot upon completion, additional configuration optionsare available. If PSP executables are available on