Prerequisites

2.1 Prerequisites

You must perform the following tasks to set up the migration environment:

Verify if the mated site has the capacity to handle the traffic. For information, contact My Oracle Support.
Run the following command on the Host hardware to check the IP connectivity between BM and VM host hardware.
```
ping (baremetal SDS NOAM IP)
```
Divert all the traffic to the mated site.
Take a backup of all the servers from the SDS GUI as described in SDS Software Upgrade Guide.
Export SDS 8.6.x configuration data from NOAM and SOAM as described in Exporting Data on SDS 8.6.X.
Run the following commands on Active and Standby NOAM and SOAM one after another:
```
iset -fvalue=1 IdbParamDef where "param='IdbDisableUpgBarrier'"
sudo init 6
```
Run the following commands on QS and DP servers one after another:
```
iset -fvalue=1 IdbParamDef where "param='IdbDisableUpgBarrier'"
sudo init 6
```

Note:

Store the backed up data on a remote server. This data is required while performing backout.