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Planning a migration strategy
One challenge when migrating operating systems, applications, and data is modifying the migrated
operating system to boot on the destination server and to function properly on the hardware. SMP
Universal is adept at making the required operating system changes.
To best prepare for an SMP Universal migration, consider developing a migration strategy before
running a migration. Migration strategies vary depending on machine hardware, network landscape,
and applications. To develop a migration strategy, review the following items before beginning your
migration.
Upgrading to SMP Universal from SMP or P2P
You can upgrade a previous version of SMP 2.x or SMP–P2P 1.x to SMP Universal. SMP Universal
automatically detects older versions upon install.
If you are upgrading from a previous version of SMP–P2P 1.x, then all remaining licenses within
SMP P2P 1.x are automatically detected, upgraded, and included in the SMP Universal application.
This includes Flexible Quantity, Demo, and Subscription licenses. The licenses retain their product
name in SMP Universal; however, they are still available for any P2P or V2P migrations.
If you are upgrading from a previous version of SMP 2.x, then only remaining Flexible Quantity
(usage-based) licenses can be detected, upgraded, and included in the SMP Universal application.
Demo or Subscription licenses are not upgraded to the SMP Universal application. The licenses retain
their original product name; however, they are still available for any P2V or V2V migrations.
If you are installing SMP Universal on a separate system from the previous SMP 2.x or SMP–P2P 1.x
application station, then the remaining Flexible Quantity licenses (usage-based) can be exported and
added to the SMP Universal application. Export and import tools for these licenses are included with
SMP Universal. For more information on these tools, see the “Licensing” chapter in this guide.
Downgrading to SMP or P2P from SMP Universal
If you need to downgrade, manually uninstall SMP Universal before downgrading to SMP or SMP-P2P
or SMP Universal.
After an SMP Universal application is installed over the previous version of SMP 2.x or SMP–P2P 1.x,
the previous version of SMP or SMP–P2P should not be reinstalled. Licenses that were migrated from
the previous version of SMP or SMP–P2P are automatically upgraded to SMP Universal and cannot be
downgraded back to SMP or SMP–P2P.
Hardware and operating system support
Before beginning a migration, verify that the source server operating system is supported on the
destination server or host by HP and that the operating system is supported for the migration type
selected.
Because the SMP Universal wizard does not block migrations of unsupported operating systems, you
must verify that the selected operating system is supported before beginning the migration. To verify if
the operating system is supported on ProLiant destination servers, see http://www.hp.com/go/
ossupport.
CAUTION: Attempting to migrate an unsupported operating system configuration might result in a
failed migration and unnecessarily consuming a license.
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