To discover a physical target and inventory its hardware components, you must boot the target machine with the PlateSpin ISO image on a CD or other media from which your target can be booted.
PlateSpin ISO registers the target physical machine with the PlateSpin Migrate server and performs an inventory of the machine to collect information about it, such as the amount of RAM, number of cores and processors, storage disks, and NICs.
You must prepare the PlateSpin ISO file and attach it as a boot CD for the physical machine.
Download the PlateSpin ISO image for use with the target VM.
Prepare the PlateSpin ISO image for use with the physical machine. Attended and unattended registration options are possible.
See Preparing the PlateSpin ISO Image for Target Registration and Discovery.
Ensure that the physical machine is configured to restart on reboot and that you attach the PlateSpin ISO file as a boot CD.
After you create and prepare the physical machine to boot with the PlateSpin ISO, you are ready to register the target machine with your PlateSpin Server.
Boot the target machine from the PlateSpin ISO image.
At the initial boot prompt, type one of the following options, then press Enter:
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Boot Option |
Boot Action |
|---|---|
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ps |
PlateSpin Linux for taking control You can also press Enter to select this option. |
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fcoe |
PlateSpin Linux for taking control with FCoE support |
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next |
Boot from the next boot device set in the BIOS |
If no key is pressed for 20 seconds, the workload boots from the next boot device set in the BIOS.
At the command line, provide the required information at each individual prompt:
PlateSpin Server: Enter the PlateSpin Server URL, using the following format:
http://Your_PlateSpin_Server/platespinmigrate
Replace Your_PlateSpin_Server with the host name or the IP address of your PlateSpin Server host.
Credentials (User Name/Password): Enter the name of an administrator-level user on the PlateSpin Server host, including the domain or machine name. For example: domain\username, or localhost\Administrator. Provide a valid password for the specified user.
Network Card: Select the network card that is active, then either enter a temporary static IP address for this NIC or press Enter to dynamically obtain an IP address from a DHCP server.
Temporary hostname: Provide a temporary VM name for PlateSpin Migrate Client to use to list the newly registered VM. The workload’s target host name you select in the migration job overwrites this name.
SSL encryption: If your PlateSpin Migrate is installed on a host with SSL encryption enabled, enter Yes. If not, enter No.
PlateSpin Migrate Network: Unless you have defined your own PlateSpin Migrate Network in PlateSpin Migrate Client, press Enter. If you are working with a non-default PlateSpin Migrate Network, type its name, then press Enter.
A controller on your target virtual machine communicates with PlateSpin Server and registers the virtual machine as a physical target for a migration job.
After a few moments, PlateSpin Migrate Client displays the physical target in the Servers view.
NOTE:If registration fails with an authorization error, you might need to synchronize the clocks of the source and the target, modify the LAN Manager Authentication Level on the target, or both. See Table D-1, Common Issues and Solutions Related to Discovery Operations.
For information about configuring migration to physical machines, see Migration to Physical Machines.