Antivirus Software; Dual-Boot; Resizing Ntfs Volumes For Windows Migration - Compaq 226824-001 - ProLiant - ML750 User Manual

NOTE: SMP uses the following encryption types:
SSL RSA with RC4 128 MD5
SSL RSA with RC4 128 SHA
TLS RSA with AES 128 CBC SHA cipher suites

Antivirus software

For optimal performance during migration, verify that no antivirus scans are running or are scheduled to run
while the migration is performed on the application station, source server, or virtual machine hosts.

Dual-boot

In a dual-boot scenario, where one or more operating systems on the boot disk of the source server are not
supported but the operating systems exist on a supported file system, keep in mind the following:
A supported operating system must be set as the default operating system for the boot disk.
The Migration Wizard enables the migration of all partitions with supported file systems. Unsupported
operating systems on those partitions are also enabled for migration, but SMP does not support them.
If unsupported operating systems are migrated, they might be detected, but proper drivers might not
be installed, which can leave the unsupported operating system on the destination server unbootable.

Resizing NTFS volumes for Windows migration

Under some conditions, SMP cannot resize New Technology File System (NTFS) partitions. Examples include
the following:
Large NTFS partitions, usually larger than 1 TB, or NTFS partitions with too many clusters, resulting in
large volume cluster bitmaps that cannot be resized. In some cases, the volume might be recognized
as RAW (partitions in which no file systems exist). Although SMP can perform migrations on these
volumes, SMP cannot resize them.
Volumes with bad clusters. If an NTFS volume is detected but cannot be resized, you must run a disk
check (for example CHKDSK.exe) to verify the volume has no bad clusters before beginning the migration
process. The migration of volumes with bad clusters is not supported by SMP and requires that you
manually migrate volumes with bad clusters to the destination server after a migration.
Resizing disks for agent-based P2V or V2V migrations cannot be performed using a Windows 2008
application station. The partitions can be resized only if they are migrated using a Windows 2003
application station.
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