Migration of an existing computing system to new hardware

摘要

Software, firmware, and systems are described herein that migrate functionality of a source physical computing device to a destination physical computing device. A non-production copy of data associated with a source physical computing device is created. A configuration of the source physical computing device is determined. A configuration for a destination physical computing device is determined based at least in part on the configuration of the source physical computing device. The destination physical computing device is provided access to data and metadata associated with the source physical computing device using the non-production copy of data associated with the source physical computing device.

主权项

1. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, which when executed by at least one data processing device performs a method for migrating functionality of a source physical computing device to a destination physical computing device, the method comprising:
identifying a non-production copy of data and metadata associated with a source physical computing device,
wherein an information management system maintains and stores the non-production copy of data and metadata,wherein the information management system is capable of transferring data from the source physical computing device to the destination physical computing device,wherein the information management system includes a computing device; determining a configuration of the source physical computing device; determining a new configuration for a destination physical computing device based at least in part on the determined configuration of the source physical computing device; identifying a destination physical computing device to which functionality of the source physical computing device may be migrated,
wherein the destination physical computing device has an existing configuration; providing, via the information management system, the destination physical computing device with access to data and metadata from the non-production copy, wherein the data and metadata from the non-production copy includes application-specific data and metadata; modifying the existing configuration of the destination physical computing device based at least in part on the new configuration for the destination physical computing device,
wherein modifying the existing configuration of the destination physical computing device comprises modifying the existing configuration to substantially match the new configuration for the destination physical computing device; decommissioning the source physical computing device after migration is complete, wherein the source physical computing device is inoperable after being decommissioned; executing a routine to permanently wipe data and metadata from the decommissioned source physical computing device; and notifying a party that the decommissioned source physical computing device is available by providing at least a partial description of the decommissioned source physical computing device specification.