I.4 Migration of Workloads Using File-Based Transfer Method

Use information in this section to help troubleshoot common problems that might occur during migration of workloads using file-based data transfer method.

File-Based Transfer Conversion Fails at Cutover with Kernel Panic or GRUB Rescue Mode for Older Linux Workloads with an XFS /boot Directory

I.4.1 File-Based Transfer Conversion Fails at Cutover with Kernel Panic or GRUB Rescue Mode for Older Linux Workloads with an XFS /boot Directory

Issue: In the Migrate Client, file-based transfer conversions fail at cutover for older Linux workloads that have an XFS /boot directory. The replication completes normally. However, when the target workload boots at cutover, it either has a kernel panic (UEFI workloads) or fails into a GRUB rescue console with XFS errors (BIOS workloads). This issue has been observed on RHEL/CentOS/OL 7.1 and older workloads.

Fix: You can try the migration using block-based data transfer.