Migrating Physical Server to Container

Parallels Infrastructure Manager provides you with an effective tool for a fast and reliable physical to virtual machine migration. Migration of a stand-alone physical server to a Container may be useful for a server using its available resources only partially, as the usage of the resources on the Hardware Node hosting Containers is distributed efficiently among the Containers. Therefore the Node is never idle at the same time allotting the Containers enough resources to operate. You can benefit from the physical server to Container migration by:

• Cutting down administrative and operations costs. Decreasing the number of physical servers under management reduces administrative overhead, as well as rack space, power, and hardware replacement costs.
• Reducing downtime costs. Container allows you to back up your production environment, which can be rapidly deployed in the event of a system failure.
• Optimizing resource utilization. Each server under management is fully used; its resources are not wasted.
• Improving standardization. Deployment of standard hardware allows for improved security and reliability across your organization's network as well as the streamlined management that virtual infrastructure brings.

The migration procedure is rendered easy and smooth with the help of the Migration wizard which can be invoked by following the Containers link on the Infrastructure Manager main menu or on the Infrastructure Manager dashboard and then clicking on the Migrate Server to Container icon.

Notes: 1. The Migration wizard works for both Linux- and Windows-based server migration. However, Linux-Windows differences result in some differences in the corresponding migration procedure steps.

2. Although the Virtuozzo Containers software allows you to migrate virtually any physical server running the Windows Server 2003/Windows Server 2000 or Linux operating system to a Container on your Hardware Node, there is a number of limitations which should be taken into account before deciding on the migration process. To get detailed information on these limitations, please consult the Migration Restrictions subsection of the Parallels Virtuozzo Containers User's Guide.

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