PlateSpin Migrate

PlateSpin Migrate 12.2 Detailed Technical Specifications

Overview

For more information about installation requirements, see the PlateSpin Migrate Installation and Upgrade Guide. For more information about supported platforms, see the PlateSpin Migrate User Guide.

PlateSpin Migrate server host requirements
PlateSpin server host

Minimum system requirements

  • A dedicated physical machine or virtual machine
    • Multicore processor, 2 GHz (or 2 virtual cores)
    • 8 GB RAM
    • 50 GB disk space
  • Static IPv4 address
PlateSpin image server

Additional disk space on the PlateSpin server host to store the workload images.

Operating system
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

Note: You must activate your Windows operating system prior to installing PlateSpin Migrate.

Database instance

A dedicated Microsoft SQL Server database instance (local or remote), running on one of the following:

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Express Edition (included)
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2014
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
Software prerequisites
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
  • Web Server, running in 32-bit mode
    • IIS 8.0 (Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2)
    • IIS 7.0 (Windows Server 2008 R2)
  • Installed and activated OS license
  • Latest OS updates applied
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2
PlateSpin Migrate Client host requirements

You can install the PlateSpin Migrate Client on the PlateSpin server host or on a separate computer. A standalone Migrate Client host must meet the following system requirements:

PlateSpin Migrate Client host

Minimum system requirements:

  • A dedicated physical machine or virtual machine
  • 3 GB disk space
Operating system
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2
  • Microsoft Windows 8 and 8.1
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2
  • Microsoft Windows 7
Software prerequisites
  • Installed and activated OS license
  • Latest OS updates applied
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 2 SP2
National language support

EN, DE, FR, JA, CN, CT

PlateSpin Migrate web interface requirements

The PlateSpin Migrate web interface supports migration of Windows and Linux workloads to VMware, Microsoft Azure, and VMware vCloud Director.

Web browsers
  • Google Chrome 34.0 and later
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.0 and later
  • Mozilla Firefox 29.0 and later

Note: JavaScript (Active Scripting) must be enabled in your browser.

National language support

EN, DE, FR, JA, CN, CT

Supported Windows platforms

PlateSpin Migrate supports transformation for the following Windows platforms. It supports only the NTFS file system on any supported Windows system. Migrate mirrors the Microsoft support of BIOS and UEFI firmware. Disks must be partitioned with MBR or GPT (up to 57 partitions) disk partitioning formats. Support includes both file-level and block-level replications, except as noted.

Windows platforms for migration to non-cloud targets

Servers

  • Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 (Including domain controller (DC) systems and Small Business Server (SBS) editions)
  • Windows Server 2003 R2
  • Windows Server 2003 SP1 and later

Clusters

  • Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 Cluster
  • Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Cluster
  • Windows Server 2003 and 2003 R2 Cluster

Note: Migrate supports only block-level replication for clusters. Migrate does not support migration of clusters to images and cloud targets.

Desktops

  • Windows 8 and 8.1 (High Performance Power Plan)
  • Windows 7 (Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate)
  • Windows Vista SP1 and later (Business Enterprise and Ultimate)
  • Windows XP SP1 and later
Windows platforms for migration to cloud targets

To migrate the workloads to Microsoft Azure and VMware vCloud Director, use the PlateSpin Migrate Web Interface. To migrate the workloads to Amazon Web Services, use the PlateSpin Migrate Client.

Note: Migration of UEFI machines to cloud targets is not supported.

Microsoft Azure

  • CentOS
  • Oracle Linux
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2008 R2

VMware vCloud Director

  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Windows Server 2003 R2
  • Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Windows Server 2003 R2
  • Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later
Supported Linux platforms

PlateSpin Migrate supports transformations for the following Linux platforms. It supports only the EXT2, EXT3, EXT4, REISERFS, XFS, and NSS (Open Enterprise Server only) file systems on any supported Linux system. Migrate mirrors the Linux support of BIOS and UEFI firmware. Disks must be formatted with the MBR or GPT (up to 57 partitions) disk partitioning format. Migration of encrypted volumes is not supported.

Support includes only block-level replications using a blkwatch driver. PlateSpin Migrate software includes pre-compiled versions of the blkwatch driver for many non-debug Linux distributions (32-bit and 64-bit). For a list of available drivers, see List of Distributions in the PlateSpin Migrate User Guide. If your search is unsuccessful, you can create a custom blkwatch driver by following the steps found in the Knowledgebase Article KB 7005873.

Linux platforms for migration to non-cloud targets

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

Versions: AS/ES/WS 4, 5.0 to 5.11, 6.0 to 6.8, and 7.0 to 7.2

Note: For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7, Oracle Linux 6.7, and CentOS 6.7 workloads with LVM volumes, incremental replication is supported only for the latest available kernel (version 2.6.32-642.13.1.el6) for the 6.7 distribution. This is the same kernel that is used by the RHEL 6.8 distribution.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)

Versions: 9, 10, 11 (SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4)

Note: The SLES 11 SP2 (32-bit) with kernel 3.0.13-0.27-pae is not supported. The kernel for this version of SLES must be upgraded to 3.0.51-0.7.9-pae so that the conversion works. For SLES 11 SP4, only BIOS-based workloads are supported.

Oracle Linux (formerly Oracle Enterprise Linux)

Versions: See Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Note: Standard kernel versions based on supported RHEL distributions for OL 6.6 or prior versions. Standard and Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) versions based on supported RHEL distributions for OL 6.7 and later.i

CentOS

Versions: See Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Note: Versions based on supported RHEL distributions. CentOS 4.x is not supported for Hyper-V.

Red Hat Linux (Migrate Client only)

Versions: 8

Note: 32-bit systems; Migrate Client only.

Linux platforms for migration to cloud targets

To migrate the workloads to Microsoft Azure and VMware vCloud Director, use the PlateSpin Migrate web interface. To migrate the workloads to Amazon Web Services, use the PlateSpin Migrate Client.

Note: Migration of UEFI machines to cloud targets is not supported. Migrate supports Linux workloads with /boot on the first disk (sda).

Microsoft Azure

  • CentOS (same versions as RHEL)
  • Oracle Linux (standard kernels for the same versions as RHEL; UEK kernels based on supported RHEL distributions for OL 6.7 and later)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7, 6.8, 7.1, and 7.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (SP3 and SP4)

VMware vCloud Director

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4, 5.0 to 5.11, 6.0 to 6.8, and 7.0 to 7.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Linux (SLES) 10 and 11 (SP1, SP2, SP3, and SP4)
  • CentOS (same versions as RHEL)
  • Oracle Linux (standard kernels for the same versions as RHEL; UEK kernels based on supported RHEL distributions for OL 6.7 and later)

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.1 to 5.11, 6.1 to 6.8, and 7.0 to 7.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Linux (SLES) 11 (SP2 and SP3)
  • CentOS (same versions as RHEL)
  • Oracle Linux (standard kernels for the same versions as RHEL; UEK kernels based on supported RHEL distributions for OL 6.7 and later)
Supported target VM containers
Web interface and migrate Client

VMware vCenter

  • 6.0 (U1 and U2)
  • 5.5 (U1, U2, and U3)
  • 5.1 (U1, U2, and U3)
  • 5.0 (U1, U2, and U3)
  • 4.1 (U1, U2, and U3)

VMware ESX

  • 4.1 (U1, U2, and U3)

VMware ESXi

  • 6.0 (U1 and U2)
  • 5.5 (U1, U2, and U3)
  • 5.1 (U1, U2, and U3)
  • 5.0 (U1, U2, and U3)
  • 4.1 (U1, U2, and U3)

Note: Requires a paid VMware license.

Migrate Client

Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V

  • Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2008 R2

Migration of UEFI-based Linux workloads to Hyper-V target container is not supported.

Citrix XenServer

  • 6, 6.1, 6.2, and 6.5

Note: Fully virtualized guests are supported.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) with Xen

  • 11 SP3

Note: Fully virtualized guests are supported.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) with KVM

  • 11 SP3
  • 12 SP1

Note: Fully virtualized guests are supported.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) with KVM

  • 6.4 to 7
  • 7.2
Supported target cloud platforms
Web interface
  • Microsoft Azure
  • VMware vCloud Director 5.5.x
Migrate Client
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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