Migration E Class to D Class

[irbaboon]

Hi..
I have an E Class whit 10.20. In this server runs MICROFOCUS COBOL and samba. What is the best way to migrate this sistems and users for a D Class with HPUX 10.20???

Thanks for now.

[Christopher Caldwell]

Install 10.20 and patches on the D Class. Install the app on the D Class. Move (rcp, frecover, etc.) the data to the D class.

A recompile of your apps might be a good measure, though the boxes are supposed to be binary compatible.

E Class boxen are 32 bit only. D's are 64 bit capable, though the word width should be an issue w/ 10.20.

[Patrick Wallek]

Something you could try, though I don't guarantee it will work. Install Ignite/UX on the E box if you don't already have it there. Do a make_tape_recovery of the E-box. Take the tape, put it in the tape drive on the D and boot up from the tape and go through the recovery process, making sure you interact and change the D boxes IP address so you don't get an IP conflict on your network. Therer is also an option somewhere in the menu, I don't recall where, that allows you to tell Ignite that you are recovering the image onto a different type of machine. Make sure you find that and check it as well.

If this works, then you've just done a very easy migration.

It may not work though due to the differences in architecture between the E series and D series boxes. It's worth a try though.