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

Exporting application migration plan(s)

You can export any application migration plan to your system. It can be a single plan or multiple plans. Exported plans are saved in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format. Use a JSON viewer to view the contents of the exported file. The file created upon export can be used for importing the plan, if a plan needs to be imported on same or a different Management Server.

When you export multiple plans simultaneously, only a single JSON file is created. This file contains all the entries of the exported plans. You can edit the JSON file, but you must not modify the JSON syntax structure of the file. If you modify the JSON syntax structure, the import operation fails. If multiple plans are part of a single JSON file, you can remove the entries of a plan from the JSON file without modifying the syntax structure. Arctera recommends to change the value of only the following entries in the JSON file. Based on the value of these entries, the value of the remaining entities are fetched when the plan is being imported:

  • planName - Name of the plan

  • description - Description of the plan

  • selectedSGName - Name of the selected service group

  • sourceClusName - Name of the source cluster

  • targetClusName - Name of the target cluster

When you edit the plan after exporting, you need to edit only the names of the entities listed above; the IDs are fetched during the import operation. If the entities mentioned are not available on the Management Server where the plan is being imported, the import operation fails.

Note:

Custom scripts part of the plan are not exported. You have to manually copy the custom scripts either from the Management Server (path is available in the exported JSON file) or from the location from which you uploaded the custom scripts and use it when you edit the plan.

To export application migration plan(s)

  1. In the Management Server console, go to the Availability perspective, expand Solutions in the left pane, and click Application Migration Plan.
  2. In the Migration Plan pane, select a plan, right-click, and click Export.

    The Export Plan(s) window opens.

  3. Click Yes.

    The selected plan(s) are exported.

See Importing application migration plan(s).