Arctera InfoScale™ Operations Manager 9.0 Add-ons User's Guide

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (9.0)
Platform: AIX,HP-UX,Linux,Solaris,VMware ESX,Windows
  1. Section I. Storage Provisioning and Enclosure Migration Add-on 9.0
    1. Provisioning storage
      1.  
        About storage provisioning
      2.  
        About creating a storage template
      3. Creating a storage template using VxFS file systems
        1.  
          Create Storage Template - File system parameters panel options
        2.  
          Create Storage Template - File system advanced panel options
        3.  
          Create Storage Template - Volume parameters panel options
        4.  
          Select LUN Characteristics options
        5.  
          Create Storage Template - Volume advanced panel options
      4.  
        Creating a storage template using NTFS file systems
      5.  
        Creating a storage template using volumes
      6.  
        Updating a storage template
      7.  
        Provisioning storage
      8.  
        Uploading storage templates
      9.  
        Downloading storage templates
      10.  
        Deleting storage templates
      11.  
        Locking storage templates
      12.  
        Unlocking storage templates
    2. Migrating volumes
      1.  
        About volume migration
      2.  
        About the Impact Analysis report for volume migration
      3.  
        Migrating volumes by host
      4.  
        Select LUN Characteristics options
      5.  
        Change layout options
      6.  
        Migrating volumes by enclosure
      7.  
        Migrating volumes by disk group
      8.  
        Pausing or resuming a volume migration
      9.  
        Deleting a scheduled volume migration
  2. Section II. Application Migration Add-on
    1. Introduction to Application Migration Add-on
      1.  
        About Application Migration add-on
      2.  
        Before installing the Application Migration add-on
      3.  
        Installing the Application Migration Add-on
      4.  
        Before uninstalling the Application Migration add-on
      5.  
        Uninstalling the Application Migration add-on
    2. Creating and managing an application migration plan
      1.  
        Supported versions and platforms
      2.  
        User privileges
      3.  
        Prerequisites for creating an application migration plan
      4.  
        Prerequisites for migration to AWS
      5.  
        VVR Replication: Environment variables used in application migration
      6.  
        Creating an application migration plan
      7.  
        Understanding user-defined tasks
      8. Understanding application migration operations
        1.  
          Understanding the Setup Storage operation
        2.  
          Understanding the Rehearse operation
        3.  
          Understanding the Migrate operation
      9.  
        Understanding the cleanup operation
      10.  
        Understanding the tasks executed in each operation
      11.  
        Validations performed before migration plan execution
      12.  
        Executing the application migration plan
      13.  
        Editing an application migration plan
      14.  
        Deleting application migration plan(s)
      15.  
        Exporting application migration plan(s)
      16.  
        Importing application migration plan(s)
      17.  
        Viewing historical runs
      18.  
        Viewing properties of an application migration plan
      19.  
        Application migration logs
  3.  
    Index

About Application Migration add-on

The Application Migration add-on allows you to migrate applications that are under Cluster Server (VCS) management from one cluster to another. The application migration operation is less complex and can be accomplished with minimal manual intervention. Application migration can be across operating systems, architectures, or virtualization technologies. You can migrate data using:

  • VxVM Mirroring

  • VVR Replication

You can migrate an application between different:

  • Platforms - AIX, Linux, and Solaris

  • Environments - Physical-to-physical, physical-to-virtual, virtual-to-virtual, and virtual-to-physical, on-premise to AWS cloud

  • InfoScale versions

From Application Migration add-on version 7.3.1 onwards, you can migrate your applications from an on-premise cluster to a cluster on AWS EC2 instance. You need to select data-migration type as VVR Replication in order to migrate your VCS workload to AWS. For more information about VVR and to understand the basic concepts, refer to the Arctera InfoScale Replication Administrator's Guide.

See Supported versions and platforms.

To migrate an application, you must create an application migration plan using the Create Migration Plan wizard. After you create a plan, you must execute the migration plan.

See Creating an application migration plan.

See Executing the application migration plan.

The add-on also allows you to:

  • Pause and resume the operation for manual verification and correction, if required.

  • Integrate custom scripts in the operation as per application requirements.

  • Migrate application dependencies.

  • Understand source cluster configuration and create target cluster configuration.

  • Perform endian changes to the data as per architecture requirements.

  • Rehearse the steps before the actual migration operation.