Novell PLATESPIN PORTABILITY SUITE 8.1 User manual

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PlateSpin Portability Suite 8.1 Configuration Guide

PlateSpin

Portability Suite

8.1

August 3, 2009

Configuration Guide

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Contents 5

Contents

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About This Guide 7

1 Portability Suite Product Licensing 9

1.1 Activating Your Product License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.1.1 Online Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.1.2 Offline Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1.2 About Per-Migration and Per-Workload Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

1.3 Using the License Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

1.3.1 Managing Available License Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

1.3.2 Managing Workload Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

1.4 License Splitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2 Configuring Portability Suite and Your Network Environment 15

2.1 Setting Up User Authorization and Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.1.1 Portability Suite Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.1.2 Assigning Portability Suite Roles to Windows Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.2 Setting Up User Activity Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.3 Network Communication Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.3.1 Network Communication Prerequisites for Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.3.2 Network Communication Prerequisites for Workload Migration and Protection . . . . 19

2.4 Fine-Tuning Data Transfer Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2.4.1 Fine-Tuning File-Level and VSS-Aware Block-Level Transfer Performance . . . . . . . 21

2.4.2 Fine-Tuning Block-Level Data Transfer Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

2.5 Increasing the Size Limit on Post-conversion Actions Uploaded to Portability Suite Server . . 23

2.6 Configuring Portability Suite Default Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

2.6.1 General Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

2.6.2 SMTP Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

2.6.3 User Activity Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

2.6.4 Default Job Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

2.6.5 Source Service Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

2.6.6 Target Service Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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About This Guide 7

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About This Guide

This guide provides information about licensing your PlateSpin®Portability Suite version 8.1

product (PlateSpin®Protect or PlateSpin®Migrate), managing your license keys, setting up your

network environment in preparation for your workload migration and protection jobs, and

configuring your product’s default settings and behavior.

Chapter 1, “Portability Suite Product Licensing,” on page 9

Chapter 2, “Configuring Portability Suite and Your Network Environment,” on page 15

Audience

This guide is intended for IT staff, such as data center administrators and operators, who use

Portability Suite in their ongoing workload migration and protection projects.

Feedback

We want to hear your comments and suggestions about this manual and the other documentation

included with this product. Please use the User Comments feature at the bottom of each page of the

online documentation, or submit your comments through the Novell Documentation Feedback site

(http://www.novell.com/documentation/feedback.html).

Documentation Updates

For the most recent version of this text, visit the PlateSpin®Portability Suite version 8.1 Web site

(http://www.novell.com/documentation/platespin_portabilitysuite_810/).

Additional Documentation

This guide is part of the PlateSpin®Portability Suite documentation set. Below is a complete list of

the set:

Portability Suite 8.1 Release Notes Provides late-breaking information, as well as information

about known issues and suggested workarounds.

Portability Suite 8.1 Installation Guide Provides information about installing, upgrading, and

uninstalling the product.

Portability Suite 8.1 Configuration Guide Provides information about licensing your product and

managing license keys, setting up your network

environment, and configuring your product’s default settings.

Portability Suite 8.1 User Guide Provides information about using the product in your

workload migration and protection projects.

Portability Suite 8.1 Integrated Help All product documentation in compiled HTML help (CHM)

format, integrated with the product.

Portability Suite 8.1 Online

Documentation

All product documentation in WebHelp format for browser-

based access over the Internet. This distribution should

contain the latest updates at all times.

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Additional Resources

We encourage you to use the following additional resources on the Web:

PlateSpin User Forum (http://forum.platespin.com): A Web-based community with a variety of

discussion topics.

PlateSpin Knowledge Base (http://support.platespin.com/kb2/): A collection of in-depth

technical articles.

Technical Support

Telephone (North America): +1-877-528-3774 (1 87 PlateSpin)

Telephone (global): +1-416-203-4799

E-mail: support@platespin.com

You can also visit the PlateSpin Technical Support Web site (http://www.platespin.com/support/).

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Portability Suite Product Licensing

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Portability Suite Product

Licensing

This section provides information about licensing and activating your PlateSpin®Portability Suite

product (PlateSpin®Migrate or PlateSpin®Protect), as well as managing your license keys.

Section 1.1, “Activating Your Product License,” on page 9

Section 1.2, “About Per-Migration and Per-Workload Licensing,” on page 11

Section 1.3, “Using the License Manager,” on page 11

Section 1.4, “License Splitting,” on page 13

1.1 Activating Your Product License

For product licensing, you must have a license activation code. If you do not have a license

activation code, request one through the Novell®Customer Center Web site (http://

www.novell.com/customercenter/). A license activation code will be e-mailed to you.

When you launch the Portability Suite Client for the first time after installation, the License

Activation Wizard opens and prompts you to activate your product license.

Figure 1-1 License Activation Wizard

You have two options for activating your product license: online or offline.

Section 1.1.1, “Online Activation,” on page 9

Section 1.1.2, “Offline Activation,” on page 10

1.1.1 Online Activation

Online activation requires that your Portability Suite Client have Internet access.

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NOTE: HTTP proxies might cause failures during online activation. If you are using an HTTP

proxy server and are having problems with online activation, try the offline activation method.

1In the License Wizard, select the Online Activation option and click Next.

2Enter the e-mail address that you provided when placing your order, and the activation code

you received.

The Portability Suite Client obtains the required license over the Internet and activates the

product.

1.1.2 Offline Activation

For offline activation, you obtain a license key over the Internet by using a machine that has Internet

access.

1In the License Wizard, select the Offline Activation option and click Next.

The Activate License dialog box is displayed:

2Save your hardware ID for use in the next steps.

3Use a computer with Internet access to obtain a license key by using the Web-based license

activation utility (http://www.platespin.com/productactivation/ActivateOrder.aspx).

NOTE: To obtain a license key, you must have a Novell®account. If you are an existing

PlateSpin®customer and you don’t have a Novell®account, you must first create one. Use

your existing PlateSpin®username (a valid e-mail address registered with PlateSpin) as input

for your Novell®account username.

4Save your new license key in a location accessible to your Portability Suite Client.

5In the License Wizard, type the full path to, or browse to and select, the Portability Suite license

file, then click Next.

The product is activated based on the selected license.

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