Also, do a backup, you should do that before a p2v regardless of os or backup setup. How to migrate solaris 10 global zone into solaris 11. Before you can start, download the latest solaris 10 x64 iso file from and install vmware server from vmware. Linux, netware, or solaris in fully networked, portable virtual machines with no. Solaris 10 x8664 conversion to vmware howto horizon. How to install the oracle vm server for sparc p2v tool. In this entry i will demonstrate how to use logical domains p2v migration tool to migrate solaris running on v440 server physical into guest domain running on the t5220 server virtual. There is a flarcreate bug on solaris 9 that can be worked around by using the aforementioned file in this example, we will use oldphysserver jumpstart as the p2v source and cdom001 as a p2v target. Works for solaris 8 and 9 guests on vmware workstation 3, 4 and 5.
How to install solaris 1011 on vmware workstation 12. Physical p2v migration in solaris solaris 9 to solaris 10 physical p2v migration in solaris p2v migration is the excellent feature of solaris where you can migrate the physical server as zone into any another solaris server which has sufficient resources. To host vmware vcenter converter standalone, you need a physical or virtual machine based on. Basically, the p2v process will not p2v the asm disks because they arent mounted filesystems i. Only plain disks devdskc0t0d0s0, oracle solaris volume manager metadevices devmddskdnnn, and vxvm encapsulated boot disks are supported on the source system. Installing vmware converter to run in installless mode 23. Solaris sparc in vmware hi there, i wonder if anyone can help, i have an application that is compiled to run on solaris sparc 10 we currently run it on sun sparc v490ss.
Solaris 10 x8664 conversion to vmware howto horizon systems. Vmware s own p2v tools specify windows and linux only. Its just amazing the you can install most of the operating systems under vmware workstation and here we are going to see about how to setup solaris 10 virtual machines. This same procedure should work for doing either a p2v or v2v. This is video showing to how to install solaris 10 operating system in vmware workstation 7. Convert physical linux server to vmware p2v vmware starwind. This feature provides the ability to build a solaris 10 images from physical system and migrate it into a virtualized operating system environment there are three main steps using this tool 1. I am planning to upgrade the solaris 10 servers to p2v and v2v to t72 and t82 hardware. Solaris 10 physical server must be running with solaris 10 1011 update. Now i want to access virtual machine from vista using putty.
Problem is that i insalled the solaris machine as dhcp. You also need to install vmware tools after p2v migration if you convert. Havent tried to p2v any solaris derivative so no idea if the linux toolset will work or not but as the system replaces drivers as it does the p2v i cant imagine that the linux process will work. Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 11 host. Oracle solaris 11 is a supported guest operating system on oracle vm server for sparc, oracle vm server for x86, and oracle vm virtualbox. Where to download oracle solaris iso images and update releases. T72 oracle solaris 10 910 or oracle solaris 10 811, plus oracle solaris 10 1 sparc bundle and patches. Vmware esxi servers transform datacenters into scalable and aggregated infrastructure along with vcenter server. Oracle vm server for sparc physicaltovirtual conversion. P2v for sun solaris running on sparc hardware vmware. This procedure describes how to install the ldmp2v command on an oracle solaris 10 system by using the sunwldmp2v package if you want to install the ldmp2v command on an oracle solaris 11 system, the command is installed by default when you install the ldomsmanager package go to the oracle vm server for sparc download page at. Oracle vm templates for sparc and x86 for oracle solaris 10 oracle vm templates for sparc.
The oracle vm server for sparc p2v tool automatically converts an existing physical system to a virtual system that runs in a logical domain on a chip multithreading cmt system. The art of p2v and oracle asm virtualize applications. It is a separate download for solaris 10 control domains, and goes up to release 3. Vmware provides platform to use the various services on single physical node. Install the zone using the flar which we have created from the solaris 10 physical machine. Virtual machine timekeeping best practice recommendation. Then attempt to replicate the many configuration changes and previously applied patches necessary to get the system to match the current physical system. Go to the oracle vm server for sparc download page at download the p2v software package, sunwldmp2v. How to install solaris 10 in vmware workstation 7 1 video. Vmware isnt able to emulate sparc so you have to install the x84. In this article we will be using the solaris version 10 but you can follow the same instruction for the latest version of solaris 11 that has been just released. Solaris 10 is shipped with vmware svga driver included so you dont need information on this page.
This oracle solaris 10 zone download will install an oracle solaris 10 1 zone on any release. So, this is a good time to convert this to a virtual machine. Create a virtual machine like the one we have configured here. Reboot your solaris vm to make changes take effect. Take advantage of the massive thread scale to create up to 128 virtual servers on one system. Sparc and x86 are processor architectures on which solaris is able to run. Solaris 10 installation on vmware workstation unixarena. Solaris p2v physical to virtual on vmware oracle inoue. Centralized management console allows users to queue up and monitor multiple simultaneous remote, as well as local, conversions. Oracle vm server for sparc integrates sparc servers and oracle solaris to increase flexibility, isolate workload processing, and maximize server utilization.
Hi all i am having a solaris 10 virtual machine on vista using vmware 7 laptop. Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 10 host. This is a sequel to my backing up solaris x86 using linux entry in which i wrote about how vmware 5. How to install vmware tools on different guest oss.
Oracle solaris zones physical to virtual p2v oracle. My boss wants us to move all our appication to our new vmware platforn. Solaris 10 operating system x86 platform edition vmware. Solaris 10 on vmware installation complete notes daves. Here is a compete stepbystep notes that i recorded while walking through the installation process. It also supports conversion of thirdparty virtual machines like hyperv and kvm. I have no reason to believe it doesnt work also on other vmware platforms esx, gsx, vmware server, vmware player, etc. Oracle solaris zones physicaltovirtual p2v a new feature for solaris 10 910.
Esx can not run sparc solaris, it only virutalises x86 chipsets. However if you download there ova and run it in vb, you get a x64 version. Cloning and system reconfiguration of physical machines 10. For information about the tool and about installing it, see. How to create solaris virtual machine in vmware workstation. The sunwldmp2v package is included in the oracle vm server for sparc zip file. Oracle solaris 11 is known to work on a number of other thirdparty virtualization offerings from vendors including vmware, microsoft, and red hat. The easiest method of installing the solaris 10 operating system in a virtual machine is to use the standard solaris 10 for x86 installation media. For the vm you can disconnect the nic so its not on the network the same time as the original. The oracle vm server for sparc p2v tool has the following limitations. Analysis of the oracle solaris configuration, including networking, storage, and oracle solaris operating system features in use. Migration of solaris 8 physical system with oracle database version 10.
Any sun4u sparc based system that runs at least the solaris 8 os. Solaris 11 global zone must have minimum 7gb of free space for solaris 10 zone installation. The administrator configures the guest domain template name, ip address, etc. These guest domains can be installed on any system running oracle vm server for sparc 3. Vmware is only x86, so you have to download x86 version of solaris. Downloads for oracle vm server for x86, oracle vm agent 3. To work with oracle vm manager, download oracle vm agent for sparc, search patch id 22902518. The sparc version of solaris 10 cant run on virtual box.
Download oracle vm tools such as automated virtual machine migration from vmware to oracle vm. Oracle vm server for sparc p2v tool overview oracle vm. I just got to know that the best way to achieve this is to. Does anyone know how to do p2v for sun solaris running on sparc to x86 virtualization. Installing the oracle vm server for sparc p2v tool. During the p2v process, each guest domain can have only a single. It was a manchester uk based company however they have been bought out be ibm.
In our previous article we setup a new virtual machine for solaris on vmware workstation 12 and now we are going to show you a complete demonstration on the installation of solaris 1011. Many of them want to become unix expert but they wont get opportunity to play on it. Oracle has had another vm solution that can run on sparc servers and host sparc solaris. Note you cannot use the p2v tool to convert an oracle solaris 11 physical system to a virtual system.
Download oracle vm server for x86 and oracle vm manager from oracle. Oracle vm templates for sparc and x86 for oracle solaris 10. Oracle vm server for sparc physicaltovirtual conversion tool. For an example,we can have different linux flavours, solaris x86 and windows operating systems on same box as virtual guests using vmware vsphere. In this post we will see how to install solaris 10 os with zfs root filesystem using the dvd. Vmware validated design for softwaredefined data center. I recently had to migrate several solaris 10 x8664 systems from xen server to vmware. I will be installing solaris 10 x86 on a vmware workstation. But if you have a desktop or laptop, you can learn everything using vmware workstation. Solaris os patches, and any oracle vm server for sparc software patches.
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