21.5 Preparing Paravirtualized Linux Source Workload

Before you migrate a paravirtualized Linux source workload that is hosted on a Citrix XenServer or KVM virtual host to a target platform as a fully virtualized workload, do the following:

  • Ensure that both the paravirtualized kernel and the standard kernel are installed on the paravirtualized Linux source workload.

  • Manually compile the block-based drivers for Xen kernel. See Section E.0, Linux Distributions Supported by Migrate.

  • Use block-based data transfer for the migration.

  • For semi-automated (X2P) migrations, ensure that your target is a fully virtualized (not paravirtualized) VM.

See Paravirtualized Source Workloads.