P2V Steps

P2V steps:
* RDP to the target server
* Make a note of: number of drives and the space used on each drive
* Take a note of ip address and all information of target server
*Now login to the PowerConvert PlateSpin server and load PowerConvert
*Start discovery on the host [ESX host] and target (physical/virtual server) you are virtualizing
*1st discover the Windows and then host (ESX)
*Once both host and target are discovered, you should able to see them
*Drag the target server over the host and let go; that will let PowerConvert know that you are trying to add the target to the host as VM
*During this process, you need two virtual ip addresses for source server & target VM for data transfer process
*Always set 100MB full duplex to source server and for target VM make sure to choose the right virtual network [In V2V, you won’t get the duplex setting]
*Always choose source server [Physical] power off after p2v is complete
*In license, choose PowerConvert Project edition for V2Vs & PowerConvert for Server Consolidation for P2Vs
*Check for memory and CPU allocation settings
*Make sure you choose right datastore for the server. It’s the same location as the LUN destination
*Make sure you define right vlan & define new ip address that will be used after the new VM is powered on
*System partition gets at least 12GB. If it already has more than 12GB USED space, then add 20% more space to it.
*Data partition gets 20% added to whatever USED space it has now.