Overview
This service is designed to assist you with migrating AIX, IBM i or SAP HANA workloads to Power Virtual Server (PowerVS). It will assist you with planning, building and performing migration of an on-premise workload to PowerVS, with advice on follow on options for backup and disaster recovery for your new PowerVS cloud environment.
Target Audience
IBM Power clients running AIX, IBM or SAP HANA with on-premise workloads adopting a hybrid cloud strategy.
Clients that lack experience with cloud networking and migrations.
Why Use This Service?
Are you considering Power in the cloud or a pay-as-you-go consumption model for Power?
Are you looking for the flexibility of a hybrid cloud model for your IBM Power environment?
Minimize business disruption by staying on IBM Power vs re-platforming.
Benefits
Utilizing our deep technical skills and broad PowerVS experience can accelerate your migration time by up to 2x.
The service will ensure that you use best practices established over multiple migrations for your applications, data and networking.
Activities
Plan migration including workload selection and network design requirements.
Build new PowerVS environment aligned to solution design.
Configure basic VPN networking connectivity from client on-premise location to PowerVS.
Perform migration of 2 client LPARs to PowerVS.
Advise on best practices for running workloads in PowerVS, including additional automation, modernization, performance or security components.
Note: the base service does not include the following components, but they can be added with follow-on billable services:
Backups configuration, including Virtual Tape Library.
HA/DR configuration.
Migrating additional workloads.
Additional or more complex network configuration.
Deliverables
Infrastructure solution design document with architectural diagrams, assumptions and dependencies.
IBM PowerVS environment, storage and associated network solution.
One on-premise to PowerVS site-to-site IPSEC VPN tunnel.
Migration of 2 LPARs to IBM PowerVS, with up to 4TBs storage/data.
Recommendations for backups, VTL, HA/DR, automation, modernization, performance or security services.
Additional LPAR migrations are available for purchase at an additional cost.
Duration: about 3 weeks
For complex migration requiring more than 10 LPARs, please contact us at systems-expert-labs@ibm.com