HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager Data Migration Guide HP Part Number: 487488-001 Published: April 2008, first edition
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Table of Contents About this document......................................................................................7 Intended audience..................................................................................................................................7 Publishing history....................................................................................................................................7 Document organization.................................................................
List of Figures 1-1 1-2 VCEM export.................................................................................................................................10 VCEM import.................................................................................................................................
About this document Intended audience This document is intended to be used by technical professionals who manage multiple HP BladeSystem enclosures and use HP Virtual Connect Manager to control network connectivity. HP assumes that you have installed Virtual Connect Manager, have read the HP Virtual Connect for c-Class BladeSystem User Guide, and understand its concepts. Publishing history Manufacturing part number Edition number Publication date 487488-001 1.
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1 HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager data migration Introduction HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) simplifies the management of multiple HP BladeSystem enclosures that use Virtual Connect to control LAN and Storage Area Network (SAN) connectivity. This simplification can help organizations increase productivity, respond more quickly to business demands, and significantly reduce operating costs.
Performing a data migration 1. 2. 3. 4. Log in to the VCEM 1.0 system as a local administrator. From http://www.hp.com/go/vcem, download the softpaq containing the Data Migration Tool to a location accessible to both the VCEM 1.0 and VCEM 1.10 platforms. Follow the prompts to expand the data migration tool into a folder of your choice. For convenience, HP recommends that this location be common to both VCEM systems. Create a snapshot of the VCEM 1.0 system.
Figure 1-2 VCEM import 9. You are prompted for the data encryption password used during snapshot creation. Enter the password. 10. If the VCEM 1.10 system is using a remote database server, you are prompted for the UNC path to a previously-created, writable, shared directory on the database server. The path is of the form \\\. This is not required if the database server is on the same system as the VCEM 1.10 platform. The migration begins. You are prompted when the process completes.
Troubleshooting This section identifies and provides solutions for commonly encountered issues, as well as answers to frequently asked questions. Restarting the data migration process If there is a problem during the migration process, you can restart the procedure. The migration tool creates a backup of the VCEM 1.0 database. To recover the backup from the VCEM 1.0 server, perform the following steps: 1. 2. 3. Log in to the system on which a VCEM 1.0 is installed as the local administrator.
