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senthil_kumar_1
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Can we convert HP physical server to HP VM?

Hi All,

Actually this facility is available in VM ware.

Like that Can we convert HP physical server to HP VM?

If it can, then please explain me step by step.
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Torsten.
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Re: Can we convert HP physical server to HP VM?

I don't think you can migrate VMWare clients to HPVM directly.
But you can install an supported OS on HPVM and transfer the data.

Hope this helps!
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Pete Randall
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Re: Can we convert HP physical server to HP VM?

If I understand what you're asking (i.e. can a particular server run VM) then the answer would depend on what server model we are talking about.


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senthil_kumar_1
Super Advisor

Re: Can we convert HP physical server to HP VM?

Hi Torsten,

I believe you have misunderstood my question.

What I want is, I would like HP-UX OS running on HP physical server to HP VM.


Is it possible?
Horia Chirculescu
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Re: Can we convert HP physical server to HP VM?

Hi,

You should read:

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/T2767-90067/index.html

Best regards,
Horia.

Best regards from Romania,
Horia.
Gordon Sjodin
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Re: Can we convert HP physical server to HP VM?

It sounds to me like you are looking for a physical to virtual conversion utility for HP-UX. Is this correct?
Steven E. Protter
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Re: Can we convert HP physical server to HP VM?

Shalom,

You can convert a physical HP-UX server to HPVM.

If you want to convert an 11.11 host, you need a PA-RISC host to handle that.

Everything else will work fine, IA-64 to IA-64.

Where I think there may be difficulties is trying to use Ignite to take an PA-RISC image to IA-64. I'm not sure that will work, though I won't rule it out.

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Dennis Handly
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Re: Can we convert HP physical server to HP VM?

>SEP: If you want to convert an 11.11 host, you need a PA-RISC host to handle that.

You can't use HPVM for PA. You can only run the applications using Aries, possibly under HPVM.

>I think there may be difficulties is trying to use Ignite to take an PA-RISC image to IA-64.

It won't work, unless you just want it to copy the data.
Kapil Jha
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Re: Can we convert HP physical server to HP VM?

You can very well convert the HP physical to VM, its just like moving the machine to second physical/virtual machine.

You can not move PA-RISC as HPVM runs only on integrity.

Install HPVM on new server create a HPVM and install with ignite of the server, after that you can move or present the disks to this new VM-Host and assign to VM and do some LVM stuff and you get your data back on new virtual server.

Hope this would help.
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senthil_kumar_1
Super Advisor

Re: Can we convert HP physical server to HP VM?

Hi Gordon Sjodin,

Yes you are correct, I am looking for physical to virtual conversion utility for HP-UX.

That is I would like to convert HP-UX OS running on physical server to virtual environment (HPVM) as one virtual machine.

It is like P2V.


I have some questions:

1)I need to know the release details of HPVM and its supporting HP-UX OS version for virtual machine.

2)HPVM4.0 and 4.1 supports only HP-UX 11iv2 and HP-UX 11iv3 to be installed on virtual machine, am i correct?

3)We can not install HP-UX 10.20, 11.00 and 11.11 install on any one the of versions of HPVM, am i correct?

4)Can we do P2V on HPVM?

5)Can we convert physical server running HP-UX 11iv2 and HP-UX 11iv3 to HPVM as virtual machine?


6)Can we convert physical server running HP-UX 10.20, 11.00 and 11.11 to HPVM as virtual machine?