Service Solutions

Virtualization

To aid in the process of consolidating HP-9000 Servers, SMS offers VSE migration services that help you seamlessly consolidate many physical servers into a single physical server with many virtual machines, VPARs or NPARs.

SMS's VSE service delivers a proven methodology to migrate existing physical servers to virtual machines, VPARs or NPARs. The physical-to-virtual (PTV) server migration process involves copying a physical server and transforming the server into a nearly identical virtual machine, VPARs or NPARs. The virtual machine retains the identity of the physical server such as name, disk configuration, and IP settings.

Virtual Machine (VM) Benefits:

  • A smooth path for server consolidation and/or migration
  • Expedited server consolidation
  • The ability to rebuild a server with limited knowledge of the legacy server
  • PTV migrations are ideal because they provide customers with a path for server consolidation and/or server migration. PTV migrations can save time and effort by eliminating the need to reinstall and reconfigure complex application environments. PTV migrations are also helpful in situations where rebuilding a server by reinstalling and reconfiguring software is not possible due to limited knowledge of the legacy server.

Virtual Machine Deliverables:

  • Set up a PTV virtual machine migration environment
  • PTV virtual machine migration process knowledge transfer
  • PTV virtual machine migration proof of concept
  • Provide consultation regarding the requirements for server migration and consolidation planning and considerations

Virtual Partitioning (VPAR) Benefits:

  • The ability to leverage our extensive industry and product experience for efficient knowledge transfer
  • Speed in getting HP-UX VPARs running
  • The ability to ensure a successful HP-UX VPAR deployment

Virtual Partitioning (VPAR) Deliverables:

  • Set up, install, configure, and run HP-UX VPAR software tailored to your environment
  • Provide working virtual machines for testing and discussion
  • Deliver HP-UX VPAR knowledge transfer via an interactive proof of concept working session
  • VPAR creation and management
  • Provide consultation regarding the requirements for integrating HP-UX VPAR into your enterprise operations
  • Develop and implement best practices for product use

Our high level of experience with HP-UX, Solaris, OpenVMS, AIX, and Windows maximizes your IT investments, minimizes your service costs, and extends your product life-cycle.

We use a flexible and collaborative process that is customized to help you design, build, integrate, and manage solutions in the most effective way for your business.