Realize new workload migration and consolidation possibilities

app2 2 4 GB 1 DVD install.iso recovLAN dbLAN

appLAN

mgmtLAN

Ignite 1 3 GB 1 - - recovLAN mgmtLAN 0

Spares for

future

growth

6 12 GB 4 - - - - 2

VSP 1 6 GB NA NA 2 disks

(mirrored)

- - mgmtLAN

Review the configuration and verify the new system’s hardware

requirements

While reviewing table 2, you should consider what new server you plan to move to and make sure that:

• The resources added for projected growth will actually fit the planned applications

• Each vPar has connectivity to all of the required LANs and storage

• The resources allocated for the migrating vPars take into account any changed requirements caused by new versions

of the applications

• Resources have been allocated for the VSP: at least 1 CPU core, sufficient memory to manage the vPars (~20 percent

of the total vPar memory), local storage for the VSP’s OS, and networking connections

• The physical server can actually hold all of the planned resources (It is often a good idea to get a server that can

expand to twice the capacity initially called for)

Install the VSP (server or nPartition) with HP-UX vPars and

Integrity VM 6.1

Start with the HP-UX 11i v3, March 2012 Update Release (or later). If you purchase either the Virtual Server or Data

Center Operating Environments (VSE-OE or DC-OE), then select Integrity vPars and Virtual Machines v 6.1 for installation

at the same time as the OS. Select the bundles BB068AA, VirtualBase, and any patches listed in the Integrity vPars and

Virtual Machines Release Notes (available at hp.com/go/vPars). If you have purchased the Base OE (BOE) or the HA OE,

vPars and Integrity VM version 6.1 is also available as a separately purchased product on the Application Release media.

Refer to the product information available at hp.com/go/vPars for more information. If you are migrating to a

Superdome 2, configure the nPartitions and stay in nPar mode. Do not go into vPar mode. If you are migrating to c-Class

i2 blades, each BladeSystem is a single server and may be administrated in a manner similar to the legacy rackmount

servers once physical installation has been completed. The rx2800 is a single server.

Perform the installation:

• Install the HP-UX 11i v3 VSE-OE, explicitly selecting BB068AA and VirtualBase. Refer to the HP-UX 11i v3 Installation

and Update Guide for the March 2012 Release.

• Apply the recommended configuration changes/performance tunes referenced in the Release Notes.

• Create vswitches for each of the shared and internal LANs desired. Detailed instructions are available in the HP vPars

and Integrity Virtual Machines Administrator Guide.

• Configure DIO, if desired. See the Administrator Guide.

• Configure NPIV, in particular, set up the GUIDMGR server if none currently exists, and configure the vPars host to use

it. (See the NPIV white paper at hp.com/go/vPars).