HP Insight Control - Manual (Page 35)

see http://www.microsoft.com/kb/311272 (or search for “DevCon” on the microsoft.com
website.) Do not extract the binary that you download from the Microsoft website before
uploading it here.
Preparing for a Windows server migration
The following sections list prerequisites for a Windows server migration.
If you use a firewall, see “Disabling firewalls” (page 20) .
Comply with all minimum prerequisites as listed in “Minimum source server prerequisites for all
migrations” (page 34) .
Windows source server prerequisites
For Windows migrations, verify that the following source server prerequisites are completed:
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If Windows Server 2003 is installed, verify that the disks are initialized as MBR disks. Insight
Control server migration does not support GPT-based disks.
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During migration, the migration agent initiates an operating system reboot on the source
physical server. Verify that the operating system is on the first boot order. Insight Control server
migration supports migration of source servers that have operating systems installed on the
primary drive (Hard Disk 0) and the primary drive loaded first in the boot order.
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Record the drive letter or mount point to disk-partition mapping for dynamic disk partitions
before you perform the migration. Any simple (non-extended) dynamic disk partitions are
converted to basic disk partitions. You might have to manually reassign the mapped drive
letters after the migration.
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Before you migrate a source server with BitLocker Drive Encryption enabled and drives
encrypted using BitLocker, decrypt the drives on the source server and disable BitLocker.
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When a migration is started from a Windows Server 2003 application station to a Windows
Server 2008 source server, migrations will be blocked in step 1 of the migration wizard. If
the Source Agent was launched from the Windows 2003 application station, the Source Agent
will be locked to that specific application station and must be stopped. To stop the agent on
the Windows 2008 source server, manually run the stopHPSMPAgent.cmd tool on the
source desktop. The application station must be running Windows Server 2008 (x64) or later
to run Windows Server 2008 server migrations.
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On the Windows source host, clear the Don’t allow exceptions check box under the General
tab of the Windows Firewall section.
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On the Windows source host, check the File and Printer Sharing check box under the Exceptions
tab of the Windows Firewall section.
Source physical server prerequisites
If you are migrating from a physical source server, verify that the following prerequisites are
completed:
•
Comply with all minimum prerequisites as listed in “Minimum source server prerequisites for
all migrations” (page 34) .
•
During migration, the migration Agent initiates an operating system reboot on the source
server. Verify that the operating system is on the first boot order. If not, manually change the
boot order:
◦ For Windows Server 2003, edit the [system drive]\boot.ini file or use the
bootcfg.exe
tool.
◦ For Windows Server 2008 or later, use the bcdedit.exe tool.
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