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General Migration Requirements

Before deciding on the type of migration to perform, make sure that the source computer (i.e. the computer that you will migrate or that stores the virtual machine or Container before its migration) and the destination computer (i.e. the computer that runs Parallels Cloud Server and that will host the resulting virtual machine or Container) meet the requirements below.

Source computer requirements

The source computer can be a physical computer, a virtual machine, or a Container. The software requirements for source computers are given in the following table:

Operating System

Physical Computers

Virtual Machines

Containers

Windows

Windows Server 2012 R2

+

+

-

Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 (x64)

+

+

-

Windows Server 2003 R2 with Service Pack 2 (x86, x64)

+

+

-

Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x (x64)

+

+

+

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x (x86, x64)

+

+

+

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x (x86, x64)

+

+

+

Fedora 21 (x64)

+

-

+

Fedora 20 (x86, x64)

+

+

+

CentOS 7.x (x64)

+

+

+

CentOS 6.x (x86, x64)

+

+

+

CentOS 5.x (x86, x64)

+

+

+

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 with Service Pack 2 or Service Pack 3 (x86, x64)

+

+

+

openSUSE 13.1 (x86, x64)

+

+

+

openSUSE 13.2 (x64)

+

-

+

Debian GNU/Linux 7 (x86, x64)

+

+

+

Debian GNU/Linux 6 (x86, x64)

+

+

+

Ubuntu 14.10 (x86, x64)

+

-

+

Ubuntu 14.04 (x86, x64)

+

+

+

Ubuntu 10.04.4 (x86, x64)

+

+

+

FreeBSD

FreeBSD 10 (x86, x64)

+

+

+

FreeBSD 9 (x86, x64)

+

+

+

Note : In the current version of Parallels Cloud Server, you cannot migrate Containers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x to virtual machines.

Destination server requirements

The destination server must meet the following requirements:

  • Has enough hard disk space to store the resulting virtual machine or Container.
  • Has enough memory and CPU power to run the resulting virtual machine or Container.
  • Has a stable network connection with the source server.