[rt-users] Moving RT from sparc to x86 OS on VMWare?

[Ruslan U. Zakirov]

Randy Millis (lists account) wrote:
> We are looking at moving our RT server from a SPARC Sunblade 150 running
> Solaris 9 over to an x86 OS on a VMWare ESX virtual infrastructure node.
>  
> Anyone done this?
>  
> Any comments?
>  
> I'm looking to answer a few things:
>  
> Which OS would I be better off using in terms of ease of setup and
> performance / cost / support:
>  
> - Fedora Core 3
> - Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (update 1)
> - Solaris 10 x86
Which one you familiar with.
I don't like RH based distros(IMHO), but there is good InstallGuide for
RHEL4 on the wiki.


>  
> Any ideas on how to migrate from on RT release (3.0.3) on SPARC over to
> the new OS / platform and RT 3.4.2?
>  
> I was thinking:
>  
> - Install a minimal OS on the new Virtual node
> - Satisfy RT 3.4.2 dependencies
> - Install and configure 3.0.3 on the new virtual node
> - Copy the existing 3.0.3 database over and test
> - Upgrade to 3.4.2
> - Cut over the from the SPARC to the new virtual node
Roadmap looks good.

>  
> Any comments / suggestions?
> 
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