The table lists requirements for this lift and shift scenario. This document includes instructions for satisfying these requirements.
Patch 151934 – You must be able to download and install the latest version of the Oracle VM Server for SPARC patch 151934-06 (or later) on the control domain of the source system.
Working directory – The ovmtcreate command requires temporary space in a working directory where the guest domain's storage is compressed.
There is no way of knowing in advance how much compression will be achieved, which makes it difficult to estimate the size of the working directory. As a conservative best practice, ensure that the working directory has space equal to the guest domain's virtual disks that you plan to capture in the archive, divided by 2.
For instructions, see Prepare the Source System.
Must be running Oracle Solaris 11.4 with SRU 7 or later, and with the ovmtutils package installed.
The target system must provide sufficient resources for the incoming guest domain:
CPU and Memory Resources –Prior to the lift and shift activity, you must ensure that there are enough available CPU and memory resources to support the guest domain.
Virtual Disks – The exact same number of virtual disks with the same capacities that the guest domain has on the source system.
For instructions, see Prepare the Target System.
Provide storage space for creating the source archive. The shared storage is attached to the target system. The target system exports the storage, and it is mounted by the source system. For instructions, see Prepare Shared Storage (Alternate Method)