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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 physical computer that you will migrate or that stores the virtual machine before its migration) and the destination computer (i.e. the computer that runs Parallels Server for Mac Bare Metal Edition and that will host the resulting virtual machine) meet the requirements below.

Requirements for the Source Computer

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

Operating System

Physical Computer

Virtual Machine

Windows

 

 

Windows 7 (x32, x64)

+

+

Windows Server 2003 (x32, x64)

+

+

Windows Server 2008 (x32, x64)

+

+

Windows 2000 Server (x32)

+

+

Windows XP (x32, x64)

+

+

Windows Vista (x32, x64)

+

+

Linux

 

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x32, x64)

+

+

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (x32, x64)

+

+

CentOS 5 (x32, x64)

+

+

CentOS 4 (x32, x64)

+

+

Fedora 11 (x32, x64)

+

+

Fedora 10 (x32, x64)

+

+

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x32, x64)

+

+

Debian GNU/Linux 5 (x32, x64)

+

+

Debian GNU/Linux 4 (x32, x64)

+

+

Ubuntu Linux 9.04 Server (x32, x64)

+

+

Ubuntu Linux 8.10 Server (x32, x64)

+

+

Requirements for the destination Server

The destination server must meet the following requirements:

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