PlateSpin requires a replication environment to migrate workloads to a vCloud Organization. The replication environment is a virtual appliance based on a SLES operating system and contains all the required PlateSpin tools. It also contains a OVF PlateSpin Package that you must upload to the vCloud organization before you migrate workloads to a vCloud Organization.
The following PREs are available on Micro Focus Download site:
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Name |
Description |
|---|---|
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PlateSpin_Replication_Environment-<x>.zip where <x> is the product release version. |
This replication environment is a virtual appliance based on a SLES 11 operating system and is required for migration of 32-bit BIOS workloads to vCloud. |
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PlateSpin_Replication_Environment_BIOS_x64-<x>.zip where <x> is the product release version. |
This replication environment is a virtual appliance based on a SLES 12 operating system and is required for migration of 64-bit BIOS workloads to vCloud. |
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PlateSpin_Replication_Environment_UEFI-<x>.zip where <x> is the product release version. |
This replication environment is a virtual appliance based on a SLES 12 operating system and is required for migration of UEFI workloads to vCloud. |
Depending on whether you want to migrate 32-bit BIOS, 64-bit BIOS, or UEFI workloads to vCloud, you are required to upload the corresponding PlateSpin Replication Environment OVF Package to the vCloud organization. You can download this package from the Micro Focus Download site for this PlateSpin Migrate release. For more information about downloading the OVF package and uploading to vCloud, see Creating the PlateSpin Virtual Appliance in the vCloud Organization.
Review the following sections:
PlateSpin uses the following minimum resources for the Replication Environment Virtual Machine:
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Hardware Resource |
Details |
|---|---|
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Virtual CPUs |
1 |
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Cores Per Socket |
1 |
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RAM |
1 GB |
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Disk |
4 GB (for 32-bit and BIOS PREs) 7 GB (for UEFI PRE) |
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Network Adapter of type E1000 |
1 |
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Virtual Hardware Version |
7 (for 32-bit PRE) 9 (for BIOS and UEFI PREs) |
Ensure that you have set up a vCloud Organization with at least the minimum set of resources. See Setting up vCloud Organization.
Download one of the following PlateSpin Replication Environment file from the Micro Focus Download site for this PlateSpin Migrate release, depending on whether you want to migrate 32-bit BIOS, 64-bit BIOS, or UEFI workloads:
PlateSpin_Replication_Environment-<x>.zip: For migration of 32-bit BIOS workloads.
PlateSpin_Replication_Environment_BIOS-<x>.zip: For migration of 64-bit BIOS workloads.
PlateSpin_Replication_Environment_UEFI-<x>.zip: For migration of UEFI workloads.
Unzip the .zip file that you downloaded and extract the contents to a temporary directory. For example, C:\PlateSpin_Replication_Environment.
Use the vCloud Director Web Console to upload the OVF PlateSpin package, which you extracted in the previous step, as a vApp Template to a Catalog, such as PlateSpin Catalog. Sample listing of the replication environment in the vCloud Director Web console is as follows:
Catalogs
<Catalog Name>
vApp Templates
PlateSpin Replication Environment
PlateSpin Replication Environment - UEFI
VMs
PlateSpin Virtual Appliance