How to install Block based component manually on source server There are 2 components needed for the install: PsMonInstall.exe the psmon driver files – psmon.sys and psmon.inf PsMonInstall.exe you can download from here The psmon driver files are found in the 1.package in C:Program FilesPlateSpin Portability Suite ServerPackagesC221392A-D69A-417C-B359-EBEBEFBBFBA0. Copy this 1.package to another location then extract the files....
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Platespin Migrate 8 – Best Practice and Guidebook
Today, after few weeks of testing PlateSpin 8 Migrate, my PlateSpin 8 Migrate Guidebook is finally finished. This guidebook is a set of earliest posts put together in one place plus some additional “Best Practice” by Artur...
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In case you have to migrate server which is behind firewall perform below steps: MS KB article how to limit port range for RPC – KB 154596 Open following ports: source server >> target server Port: 3725 TCP – data transfer platespin server >> souce server Port: SMB (TCP 139, TCP 445, UDP 137,UDP 138), 135 TCP/445, and RPC ports which you specified while made port limitation – default port range 5000-5100 TCP...
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Ports used by Platespin 8 for communication and data transfer. PlateSpin KB article – you need to have account on support.platespin.com page X2V – migration directly to ESX host (ESX hosts was added to Platespin inventory without VC X2V with Virtual Center X2V to ESX version 3.0 X2I...
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Solution 1: Below are the steps for manually discovering the machine, if the MachineDiscovery.exe file exists in the target machine’s Admin$ share: 1) Run MachineDiscovery.exe. It will generate a MachineDiscovery.xml file 2) Rename the MachineDiscovery.xml file to ManualMachineDiscovery.xml 3) Attempt to discover the machine again. Solution 2: 1. Download the attached zip folder (GetMachineInfo.zip) from the link below. Extract it...
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