PlateSpin Migrate

PlateSpin Migrate 2018.11 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 2016
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 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 2017 Express Edition (included)
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2016
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2014
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2

Note: For an external database, you must install Microsoft SQL Server Native Client on the PlateSpin Migrate host server. If TLS 1.0 is disabled on the PlateSpin Migrate Server host, then the remote database and the host on which the database resides must support TLS 1.2.

Software prerequisites
  • Installed and activated OS license
  • Latest OS updates applied
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.1
  • Web Server
    • IIS 10.0 (Windows Server 2016)
    • IIS 8.0 (Windows Server 2012 R2)
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 2016
  • 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 4.7.1
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 2 SP2
National language support

EN, DE, FR, JA, CN, CT

Also ES and PT-BR for documentation only

PlateSpin Migrate Web Interface requirements

The PlateSpin Migrate Web Interface supports migration of Windows and Linux workloads to VMware, Microsoft Azure, VMware vCloud Director, VMware Cloud on AWS and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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

Also ES and PT-BR for documentation only

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

Notes: The following guidelines apply to Windows migrations to non-cloud target platforms:

  • Migration of workloads to a target virtualization platform is subject to the support of the guest operating system on the target host by the host vendor.
  • Windows UEFI workloads are migrated as UEFI or BIOS, as supported by the target platform vendor.

Servers

  • Windows Server 2016
  • 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

Note: Migration of Windows Server 2016 to VMware requires VMware vCenter 6.0 or later.

Clusters

  • Windows Server 2016 Cluster
  • Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 Cluster
  • Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Cluster
  • Windows Server 2003 and 2003 R2 Cluster

Notes:

  • Migrate supports only block-level replication for clusters.
  • Driver-based block-based transfer is supported for incremental replications on Windows Server 2008 R2 and higher clusters on FC SANs only.
  • Migrate does not support migration of clusters to images and cloud targets.
  • Migration of Windows Server 2016 Cluster to VMware requires VMware vCenter 6.0 or higher.

Desktops

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

To migrate the workloads to Microsoft Azure, VMware vCloud Director, VMware Cloud on AWS, and Amazon Web Service (AWS), use the PlateSpin Migrate Web Interface.

Note: Windows UEFI workloads are migrated as UEFI workloads to the target vCloud platforms. However, for other target cloud platforms such as Azure and AWS that do not support UEFI workloads, Windows UEFI workloads are migrated as BIOS workloads.

Microsoft Azure

  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2008 R2

VMware vCloud Director

  • Windows Server 2016

    Note: Migration of Windows Server 2016 to vCloud requires VMware vCloud 8.20 or higher. The hosts backing the VMware resource pool must support VMs with Hardware Version 10 or higher. The Provider VDC policy for the highest supported hardware version must be set to at least Hardware Version 10.

  • 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

VMware Cloud on AWS

  • Windows Server 2016
  • 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 2016
  • 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, and XFS file systems on any supported Linux system. XFSv5 support requires PlateSpin Replication Environment based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 for 64-bit architectures. 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

Notes: The following guidelines apply to Linux migrations to non-cloud target platforms:

  • Workload imaging is not supported in Linux workloads.
  • Conversion of BIOS-based Linux system to UEFI-based is not supported.
  • Migration of workloads to a target virtualization platform is subject to the support of the guest operating system on the target host by the host vendor.
  • Linux UEFI workloads are migrated as UEFI or BIOS, as supported by the target platform vendor.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

Versions: AS/ES/WS 4.x, 5.0 to 5.11, 6.0 to 6.9, and 7.0 to 7.5

Notes:

  • 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.
  • For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8, Oracle Linux 6.8, and CentOS 6.8 workloads with LVM volumes, PlateSpin Migrate supports incremental replication only for the latest available kernel (version 2.6.32-696.20.1.el6.x86_64) for the 6.8 distribution.
  • Supports GRUB and GRUB 2 boot loaders.
  • Migration of a paravirtualized source workload to a target platform as a fully virtualized workload is supported for RHEL 5.
  • For VMware vCloud target platforms, Migrate supports XFS v5 file system on source Linux UEFI workloads for migrations using the vCloud PRE based on SLES 12 SP3. However, Migrate does not support XFS v5 for source Linux BIOS workloads migrated using vCloud PRE based on SLES 11 SP4.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)

Versions: 9, 10, 11 (SP1 to SP4)

  • 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.
  • Migration of a paravirtualized source workload to a target platform as a fully virtualized workload is supported for SLES 10 and 11.

Oracle Linux (formerly Oracle Enterprise Linux)

Versions: See Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

  • Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK) versions based on supported RHEL distributions for OL 6.6 or prior versions.
  • RHCK and Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) versions based on supported RHEL distributions for OL 6.7 to 6.9 and 7.0 to 7.5.

CentOS

Versions: See Red Hat Enterprise Linux

  • Versions based on supported RHEL distributions.
  • CentOS 4.x is not supported for Hyper-V.
  • Migration of CentOS 7.x to VMware requires VMware vCenter 5.5 or higher.
Linux platforms for migration to cloud targets

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

Notes: The following guidelines apply to Linux migrations to cloud target platforms:

  • Linux UEFI workloads are migrated as UEFI workloads to the target vCloud platforms. However, for other target cloud platforms such as Azure and AWS that do not support UEFI workloads, Linux UEFI workloads are migrated as BIOS workloads.
  • Migrate supports Linux workloads with /boot on the first disk (sda).
  • Migrate supports the XFS version 5 (v5) file system on RHEL 7.3 and later, and on distributions based on those versions. However, this support does not apply for BIOS source workloads to vCloud target platforms.

Microsoft Azure

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • Versions 6.7 to 6.9 and 7.1 to 7.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
    • Versions 11 SP3 and 11 SP4
  • Oracle Linux
    • RHCK and UEK versions based on supported RHEL distributions.
  • CentOS
    • Versions based on supported RHEL distributions

VMware vCloud Director

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    • Versions 4.x, 5.0 to 5.11, 6.0 to 6.9, and 7.0 to 7.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Linux (SLES)
    • Versions 10 and 11 SP1 to 11 SP4
  • Oracle Linux
    • RHCK versions based on supported RHEL distributions for OL 6.6 and prior versions
    • RHCK and UEK versions based on supported RHEL distributions for OL 6.7 to 6.9 and 7.0 to 7.4
  • CentOS
    • Versions based on supported RHEL distributions

VMware vCloud on AWS

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    • Versions 4.x, 5.0 to 5.11, 6.0 to 6.9, and 7.0 to 7.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Linux (SLES)
    • Versions 10 and 11 SP1 to 11 SP4
  • Oracle Linux
    • RHCK versions based on supported RHEL distributions for OL 6.6 and prior versions
    • RHCK and UEK versions based on supported RHEL distributions for OL 6.7 to 6.9 and 7.0 to 7.4
  • CentOS
    • Versions based on supported RHEL distributions

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    • Versions 5.1 to 5.11, 6.1 to 6.9, and 7.0 to 7.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Linux (SLES)
    • Versions 11 (SP2 and SP4)
  • Oracle Linux
    • RHCK versions based on supported RHEL distributions for OL 6.6 and prior versions
    • RHCK and UEK versions based on supported RHEL distributions for OL 6.7 to 6.9 and 7.0 to 7.4
  • CentOS
    • Versions based on supported RHEL distributions
Supported target VM platforms
Web Interface and Migrate Client

Notes:

  • Automated and semi-automated migrations to VMware are supported by the Migrate Client.
  • VMware vSANs 5.5, 6.2, 6.6, and 6.7 are supported.
  • Raw Device Mapping (RDM) for target VMs in VMware is supported only using semi-automated migration with Migrate Client.
  • The following VMware datastore types available in VMware 6.0 and higher are not supported: Virtual Volumes, and vFlash.
  • NFS v3 is supported for all VMware vCenter and ESXi platforms.
  • NFS v4.1 is supported for VMware vCenter 6.x and ESXi 6.x platforms.

VMware vCenter

  • 6.7
  • 6.5 (U1)
  • 6.0 (U1, U2, U3)
  • 5.5 (U1, U2, U3)
  • 5.1 (U1, U2, U3)
  • 5.0 (U1, U2, U3)
  • 4.1 (U1, U2, U3)

VMware ESX

  • 4.1 (U1, U2, U3)

VMware ESXi

  • 6.7
  • 6.5 (U1)
  • 6.0 (U1, U2, U3)
  • 5.5 (U1, U2, U3)
  • 5.1 (U1, U2, U3)
  • 5.0 (U1, U2, U3)
  • 4.1 (U1, U2, U3)

Note: Requires a paid VMware license.

Migrate Client

Note: Only semi-automated migration to VMs on target virtual host platforms is supported for Citrix XenServer, Xen, and KVM.

Microsoft Hyper-V Server

  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016

Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V

  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2

Note: Automated and semi-automated migrations to Hyper-V are supported.

Citrix XenServer

  • Citrix XenServer 7.3

Note: Fully virtualized guests are supported.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) with Xen

  • 11 SP3 and SP4

Note: Fully virtualized guests are supported.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) with KVM

  • 11 SP4
  • 12 SP1

Notes:

  • Fully virtualized guests are supported.
  • Virtio devices are supported.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) with KVM

  • 7.5

Notes:

  • Fully virtualized guests are supported.
  • Virtio devices are supported.
Supported target cloud platforms
Web Interface
  • Microsoft Azure
    • Azure Global
    • Azure China
    • Azure Germany
    • Azure Government

Note: Configure preferred target Azure environment at the server level.

  • VMware vCloud Director
    • Versions 5.5.x, 5.6.x, 8.20 and 9.1
  • VMware vCloud on AWS
    • VMware DRS Clusters as clusters. See VMware vCenter for versions.
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
    • Amazon EC2 environment
    • Windows License activation support
Storage
  • Multipath I/O (MPIO)
    • Windows Server 2012 R2
    • Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster
    • Windows Server 2008 R2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2, 6.8
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

Note: MPIO is supported for workloads with all disks on the FC SAN.

  • Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
    • Windows Server 2012 R2
    • Windows Server 2008 R2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

Note: FCoE is supported for P2P and P2V migrations.

PlateSpin Migration Factory
  • PlateSpin Transformation Manager 2
  • PlateSpin Migrate Connector 2

Note: See the PlateSpin Transformation Manager 2 Documentation website.

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