10.4 Understanding PlateSpin Replication Environment

PlateSpin requires a replication environment to migrate workloads to a vCloud Organization. The replication environment is a virtual appliance based on a SLES 11 Operating System and contains all the required PlateSpin tools.

To create this virtual appliance, you must upload a PlateSpin Replication Environment OVF Package to the vCloud organization. You can download this package from the NetIQ Download site for this PlateSpin Migrate release. For more information, see Creating the PlateSpin Virtual Appliance in the vCloud Organization.

Review the following sections:

10.4.1 Resources Used in the PlateSpin Replication Environment

PlateSpin uses the following minimum resources for the Replication Environment Virtual Machine:

Hardware Resource

Details

Virtual CPUs

1

Cores Per Socket

1

RAM

1 GB

Disk

4 GB

Network Adapter of type E1000

1

Virtual Hardware Version

7

10.4.2 Creating the PlateSpin Virtual Appliance in the vCloud Organization

  1. Ensure that you have set up a vCloud Organization with at least the minimum set of resources. See Setting up vCloud Organization.

  2. Download the PlateSpin Replication Environment file named PlateSpin_Replication_Environment.zip from the NetIQ Download site for this PlateSpin Migrate release.

  3. Unzip the PlateSpin_Replication_Environment.zip file and extract the contents to a temporary directory. For example, C:\PlateSpin_Replication_Environment.

  4. Use the vCloud Director Web Console to upload the OVF PlateSpin package, which you extracted in the previous step, as a vApp Template to the PlateSpin Catalog.

    The vCloud Director Web console displays the replication environment in the following hierarchy:

    • Catalog Name Catalog (Catalog)

      • PlateSpin Replication Environment (vApp Template)

        • PlateSpin Virtual Appliance (VM Template)