P2V Migration

Today I completed work for a P2V (Physical to Virtual) migration. The physical box was a Dell running FC6. The virtual machine was also running FC6 but under VMWare running under windows.

The steps I took were as follows.

Inventory physical box

1. Accounts
2. Scripts
3. Services
4. RPMs

Create Virtual Machine

1. Boot VM
2. Insert CD-ROM
3. Install Vanilla OS
4. Patch

Migrate

1. RPMs
2. Home directory
3. Services

Test

1. Verify servies
2. Check filesystem

In all, it was a pretty complicated move. Luckily, I've done this before and knew what I was up against.