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Migrating On-Premises IBM i Systems to Skytap

You can migrate your on-premises IBM i system to Skytap.

Procedure

  1. Install the IBM i File System Agent on the Linux server that is used as the access node.

    The Linux server can be a MediaAgent on the same network as the IBM i system.

  2. Optional: Create a plan for migration.

  3. Configure the on-prem IBM i system as an IBM i client.

    To verify the DR pre-requisites for IBM i, see Verify the DR pre-requisites for IBM i.

  4. Ask the IBM i system administrator to run the IBM i Disk Space Report.

  5. Perform an IBM i backup of the DR Subclient.

  6. Perform an IBM i backup of all non-DR subclients.

  7. Create and deploy a MediaAgent (with sufficient storage) on Skytap.

  8. Create a deduplicated storage pool on the Skytap MediaAgent.

  9. Create a secondary copy for the non-DR backup subclients pointing to the Skytap storage pool.

    The auxiliary copy subclient performs a backup to the Skytap MediaAgent.

  10. Create two IBM i virtual machines in Skytap (one will be used as an NIS server, and the other as a restore destination).

  11. Configure the Skytap NIS IBM i virtual machine as an IBM i client.

  12. Configure the Skytap IBM i virtual machine as an IBM i client.

  13. Start the 1-Touch restore process from the CommServe server:

    1. Restore the DR Backup ISO to the NIS IBM i virtual machine .

      The 1-Touch restore job is suspended at this point.

  14. Complete the following steps by following the Skytap documentation:

    1. Create an image on the server (NIS Server).

    2. Restore the image to the client (Restore destination).

    3. Install LIC.

    4. Install the operating system.

  15. After the operating system is recovered, restore the remaining data from the ISO images, and then configure TCP/IP.

    For more information, see Recover system data and Commvault libraries from the DR Backup.

  16. Resume the 1-Touch restore job to restore the data.

  17. Optional: Deconfigure the NIS IBM i virtual machine in Commvault.

  18. Optional: Decommission the NIS IBM i virtual machine in Skytap.

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