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P2V Migration Checklist Hostname: HOST INFORMATION Hostname OS & Service Pack Data Network IP Address Subnet Mask

Gateway DNS PortGroup OS Drive C Drive 2 E Drive 3 Drive 4 Cluster

Application Rep Application Code Backup Network

Rack Info Migration Date & Time

Current Size Current Size Current Size Current Size vCPU #

Used Size Used Size Used Size Used Size vRAM

New Size New Size New Size New Size Remark

Datastore

Total Data

MIGRATION TIMING AND RECORDING Scheduled Date/Time Downtime (hrs) P2V Started Date/Time P2V Ended Date/Time SERVER MIGRATED BY: Migration Engineer Name Migration Engineer Signature Date/Time Comments

Cleanup Started Date/Time Cleanup Ended Date/Time User Test Started Date/Time User Test Ended Date/Time MIGRATION ACCEPTED BY: RAx/TISPL Representative Name RAx/TISPL Representative Signature Date/Time Comments

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Pre-Migration Checklist No Description Pass / Fail / NA

To be completed by O/S SA 1. Has network configuration information been collected? (a) Record IP address Details Command=> IPCONFIG /ALL > C:\%COMPUTERNAME%_IPDETAILS.TXT (b) Record DNS Hostname Command=> HOSTNAME > C:\%COMPUTERNAME%_HOSTNAME.TXT (c) Record Running Services Command=> SC QUERY > C:\%COMPUTERNAME%_SERVICES.TXT 2. 3. Change request submitted and approved? Application Owner and End User notified of outage? Inform application team that server will be rebooted and application needs to be shutdown. If any special shutdown instructions is required. If Physical Server is configured to be backed up via SAN, ensure that backup team has been informed to configure the server to be backed up via LAN.

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Checked by Name/Signature ______________________ . To be completed by Virtualization SA with help from O/S SA 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Network access to vCenter server checked? Network access to destination ESXi server checked? Local administrator username and password tested? Event log contains no critical hardware errors (e.g. disk, memory)? Adequate space on target datastore? Adequate resources on target ESX host / VI cluster? Verify disk size and used size as documented? Verify network details as documented? Pass / Fail / NA Pass / Fail / NA

Complete only if using Cold Cloning (Alternative Cloning Method) 13. 14. Server memory at least 384MB? Verify storage controller and network adapter type as documented?

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15. Storage controller and network adapter driver available in Converter CD?

Checked by Name/Signature ______________________

Migration Checklist No Description Pass / Fail / NA

To be completed by O/S SA 1. Confirm with Backup Team that last backup is successful.

Checked by Name/Signature ______________________

To be completed by Virtualization SA with assistance from O/S SA 2. 3. Logon as local administrator, reboot and verify event logs. Confirm no major hardware errors? Capture Server Configuration before migration. Run WinAudit (capture all network, system, application and service specific information in a format that can be utilized at a later stage to validate that the machine is in the same state as prior to migration.) Stop application services if required by application team. Co-ordinate with application team if necessary.

Pass / Fail / NA

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Complete only if using Hot Cloning 5. 6. Stop application, database, antivirus services and other infra services. Start the Vmware Converter task from vCenter Converter Server and import the physical server into a VM. Vmware Converter task completed successfully? Power down the physical server.

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Complete only if using Cold Cloning (Alternative Cloning Method) 9. 10. 11. 12. Perform a graceful shutdown of the server. Insert Converter CD and boot server. Confirm boot successfully? Enter network details and set network adapter speed. Verify network connectivity? Configure VMware Converter task (select the appropriate source drive, new size, target VMFS, target network). Vmware Converter task completed successfully?

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14. Power down the physical server.

Checked by Name/Signature ______________________

Post-Migration Checklist No Description Pass / Fail / NA

To be completed by Virtualization SA with assistance from O/S SA 1. Before power on the VM. Check the following: Number of vCPU Memory Number of disks / size Network port group Network connected (add and configure vNIC to VMXNET3) upon power up OS type Remove USB Controller / COM Port VM hardening parameters (In line with Architecture Design) If the Physcial Server is configured to be backed up via SAN, add a vNIC to the backup vlan

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Power on the VM, logon as local administrator. Allow plug and play devices to be auto detected and installed. Remove NIC teaming driver and remove unnecessary software such as the VM converter software and System Director agent. Reboot.

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Logon as local administrator, install Vmware Tools. Reboot. Logon as local administrator, remove all hardware management agents and disable hardware management services. Reboot. Logon as local administrator, remove hidden devices. (launch devmgmt.msc with the switch set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1) Change HAL driver from multi to uni processor if 1 vCPU VM. Configure network settings. Shutdown the guest OS, power off the VM completely. Power On the VM.

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Logon with local administrative rights. Verify network connectivity. Verify no major error in event logs.

Checked by Name/Signature ______________________

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To be completed by O/S SA 7. OS, Infra services and Application Testing are successful. Co-ordinate with application team if necessary.

Pass / Fail / NA

Checked by Name/Signature ______________________

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