VMware Implementation & Migration of Physical to Virtual Servers

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VMware ESX VMware ESX on Blade servers Installing VMware Infrastructure Client Updating Host Licenses HP Server Migration Pack Installation and configuration of HP SMP Updating Licenses to HP SMP Migration of Physical Server to Virtual Server Virtual Center Installation and configuration of Virtual Center Adding VMware ESX host to Virtual Center Installing and Configuring of VMware License Server

Installation and configuration of VMware ESX on HP BL 480C Blade Server

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Power on the machine with the VMware ESX Server CD in the CD drive. The ESX Server begins its boot process with the mode selection page. Select NEXT to start the installation, select US English for keyboard, mouse selection and accept the License Agreement Select a partitioning option and as mentioned below Select create a default network for virtual machines to create a default port group 6) Set time zone, enter a root password and confirm the installation configuration and click Next to complete the installation.

Installing VMware Infrastructure Client To download the client 1) From a Windows machine, open a Web browser. 2) Enter the IP for the ESX Server host https://172.16.99.41 3) Click on Download VMware Infrastructure Client. 4) Save the file on your hard drive as VMware-viclient.exe. In Windows Explorer, double click the VMware-viclient.exe file. A splash screen appears. The Virtual Center VI Client installer prepares to install the components. 5) Verify you are installing the VI Client, and click Next and select language. 6) Click Next to continue 7) The license agreement appears. Select I accept the terms in the license agreement, and click Next.

Installation and Configuration of HP Server Migration Pack

SMP Universal installation and configuration requirements: The application station requires the following components to be installed: A 32-bit version of supported Windows operating systems. Microsoft iSCSI Initiator 2.04, 2.05, or 2.06, which can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or 7.0 SMP Universal installed on an NTFS partition. Available memory of at least 256 MB. Screen resolution of at least 1024x768. Available disk space of at least 900 MB. Availability of ports 51124 and 51125 (or ports specified during SMP Universal Installation for agent communications and ILO booting). User account credentials with administrative rights. Source servers Configuration: The physical or virtual source server configuration User account credentials with administrative rights HP ML350 server with Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition OS

Procedure to install SMP Universal on an application server

Migration of Physical Server to Virtual Server

1) 2) 3) Start SMP Universal Migration Wizard by clicking the SMP Universal application icon Click Physical to Virtual Migration (P2V), and then click Next Enter the source server name or four-part IP address, and then select whether SMP Universal must Deploy the SMP Source Agent on the source server. If this option is selected, you must provide the source server administrative credentials. Click Next When Deploy Server Migration Pack Agent checkbox is selected, SMP Universal installs the SMP Source Agent on the source server Select the volumes to be migrated Enter the IP address of the destination virtual machine select the destination disk, and then click Next Test the network connections and latency between the source-to-destination server and the Application-station-to-destination server. The results of a 2-second test appear initially. Click Next Select the post-migration tasks, and then click next Review and confirm the migration details, and then click Begin Migration

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Installation of Virtual Center VMware Infrastructure Management Installer screen appear after clicking the autorun.exe icon Select I accept the terms in the license agreement and click next Type your user name and company name and click Next Select one of the installation types and click Next Select the option corresponding with the database you configured To use Virtual Center in licensed mode with an existing license server Enter the port and proxy information Enter information about the system on which you are installing Virtual Center and click next Accept the default destination folders and click Next Click Install . Click Finish to complete the VMware Infrastructure installation