P2V Migration Using Platespin (Windows 2003 std to ESX 3.5 VM)

[kevin86]

Just to confirm that following are the steps which needs to be taken for P2V migrations using Platespin Power convert -

1. Install Platespin Power convert and its client.

2. Add/Discover physical server to be migrated in source servers.

3. Create a VM in ESX host, boot it with WinPE Take Control CD and assign temp name and IP to it. (Cant Platespin create a VM by itself?)

4. Add this Vm to Platespin target servers.

5. In Platespin now drag the source server on target server.

6. Choose the copy/move workload option and complete the wizard.

Please let me know if there are any inputs?

In this process the source machine is always running and available on network; so during P2V, does platespin install any agent on physical machine? Is this called Live Transfer method?

Also is it possible to do cold migration using Take Control ISO? I heard that if a machine is booted with TakeControl ISO then it is always discovered under Target Servers?

Kevin

[jitendrakmr · Accepted solution]

For HOT Migration you need not to put Take control CD in target VM. Also you need not to create target VM manually as this automatically gets created by Platespin while using Live Transfer migration method. Just add physical server as source server and VMware esx server under target and then create job using wizard. During migration Plaespin does install some driver on source physical machine.

Yes cold migration is possible using "take control CD" with no issues.

Jitendra Kumar

MCSE 2003, VCP, CCNA, ITIL Foundation