Assess the System To Be Migrated

The system image to be installed through P2V must not be newer than the target host operating system release, or the installation will fail.

Depending on the services performed by the original system, the global administrator might need to manually customize the zone after it has been installed. For example, the privileges assigned to the zone might need to be modified. This is not done automatically. Also, because all system services do not work inside zones, not every physical system is a good candidate for migration into a zone.

To begin, examine the source system and collect needed information.

• Obtain the hostname:

  # hostname

• Obtain the host ID:

  # hostid

  Also see Host ID Emulation.

• Obtain the RPC domainname:

  # domainname

• Obtain the root password.

• View the software being run on the system:

  # ps -eaf

• Check the networking utilized on the system:

  # ifconfig -a

• View the storage utilized, for example, by viewing the contents of /etc/vfstab.

• View the amount of local disk storage in use, which determines the size of the archive:

  # df -k

• Determine the packages and patches that are on the system.

• Examine the contents of /etc/system.