Platespin forge is a consolidated recovery hardware appliance that protects physical and virtual workloads operating systems, middleware, and data by using embedded virtualization technology. Forge currently supports these 32 and 64bit windows systems. Create a virtual machine of the source workload for example, by using platespin portability suite at the production site. While in initial stage i have assigned the ip and configured the vm host. Thats where fast track to platespin forge comes in. In the name field, type the name you want to use for the tier in the workload failure field, specify the number of times forge should try to detect the workload before giving up in the workload detection every field, specify the time intervals in seconds that. The guide provides an overview of the appliance and explains how it administers and manages workloads under protection, as well as how to put workloads. Audience this documentation is intended for data center managers, and it or operations administrators.
In the namespace type in the name of the machine you are trying to discover with \root\cimv2 appended to it. Do i need to install the operating system in that vm. Significant migration speed improvements on lan and wan. Novells case study about disaster recovery solution. About platespin, a novell company global independent software vendor three lead product families workload management solutions platespin powerconvert platespin powerrecon platespin forge server consolidation disaster recovery end of lease hardware upgrades data center relocation global vendor headquartered in toronto. Each platespin forge web page contains a navigation bar that allows you to navigate the web interfaces pages, including viewing the help file and the about page. The hardware appliance that includes the appliance host and platespin forge 11 is referred to as the server appliance. The hardware appliance that includes the appliance host and platespin forge 11 is. Platespin forge includes all of the software, hardware, and storage needed to deploy a.
Get started today by comparing novell platespin forge with 57 other virtualization solutions. The ema virtualization solutions center also enables you to compare virtualization solutions sidebyside. Hi all, i need to install the novell platespin forge 310 in two site. Download novell platespin forge getting started guide 2. Multiplatform platespin solutions from novell including the platespin recon. Like most solutions, if you dont fully utilize its capabilities, you wont get the most out of your investment. Figure 42 forge appliance card a card displays basic information about the forge appliance, such as. Platespin forge has received hardware and software updates that make it even more powerful than before. Novells dr product manages server workloads here defined as a servers. To obtain a license key, you must have a novell account. Novell touts server management on windows, linux the register. Platespin forge from novell platespin forge from novell is a great tool to have when you need rapid disaster recovery and workload protection.
On february 25, 2008, novell announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire. Novell platespin forge 525 recovery appliance vla with 1 year standard maintenance overview and full product specs on cnet. To add a user to the administrators group for the platespin forge management vm. Managing platespin forge security groups and workload permissions. Netiq was acquired by attachmatewrq, after that company acquired novell in. Unsupported modifications of the platespin forge or management vm, including running other virtual machines on platespin forge, can impact its performance and might violate the end user license agreement, voiding your warranty. For example, entering 60 means forge attempts every 60 seconds to detect if the workload has gone. On the settings page, click create protection tier the create protection tier page is displayed. Novell s case study about disaster recovery solution platespin forge, implemented for molmed by clever consulting. Private enterprise numbers iana internet assigned numbers. Platespin forge plug in and protect server workloads.
Apr 05, 2008 multiplatform platespin solutions from novell including the platespin recon planning and analysis solution, platespin migrate workload portability software, platespin protect recovery software, and platespin forge disaster recovery appliancesare designed to accelerate the adoption of virtualization technology in enterprise data. Fasttrack virtualization plans with platespin dell. For the most recent version of this guide and other platespin forge. In manual mode, you can plan migrations and monitor semiautomated. Workload protection consolidated recovery business continuity. In the workload detection every field, specify the time intervals in seconds that forge should use between detection attempts. If there is a production server outage or disaster, workloads can be rapidly powered on with in the platespin forge recovery environment and. Novell platespin forge virtualization product profile. Novell platespin forge 525 recovery appliance vla with 1 year priority maintenance overview and full product specs on cnet. Customers have the flexibility ot choose a 10 or 25 workload prot e ction model with builtin storage or opotional external storage to leverage existing san environments. Platespin forge 3 novell software license agreement. Convert, which did conversions from physical to virtual servers and back, as well as virtualtovirtual conversions, which is no mean feat, and powerrecon, which kept track of which virtual and physical machine was using what software and did metering and charge back for it.
Platespin forge appliance platespin forge is a consolidated recovery hardware appliance that protects physical and virtual workloads by using embedded virtualization technology. This document is intended for it staff who maintain the platespin forge appliance. The guide provides an overview of the appliance and explains how it administers and manages workloads under protection, as well as. Csh surrey deploys platespin migrate to plan, test, and automate a lowrisk migration of physical. The topic for the august 19th meeting was novells platespin forge. At the site, attach the media to a workstation that has network access to forge. Platespin forge includes all of the software, hardware, and storage needed to deploy a simple disaster recovery solution. Atos leverages platespin to seamlessly migrate multinational electronics manufacturer to amazon web services.
Platespin forge is a consolidated recovery hardware appliance that protects both physical and virtual server workloads by using embedded virtualization. Platespin forge dashboard platespin forge test environment web server tto. Consolidated workload protection with novell platespin. Program files\ platespin migrate server\ platespin forge \web\nfig.
Licenses purchased for platespin forge 11 cannot be used for platespin forge 3. If there is a production server outage or disaster, workloads can be rapidly powered on within the platespin forge recovery environment and continue to. Select the forge vm in the inventory list on the left. Platespin forge from micro focus is a highperformance disaster recovery appliance for server. We want to hear your comments and suggestions about this manual and the other documentation included with this product.
Platespin forge is a consolidated recovery hardware appliance that protects both physical and virtual server workloads using embedded virtualization technology. Platespin protect recovery software, and platespin forge disaster recovery. Platespin forge is available in a range of hardware configurations that allow enterprises to costeffectively match their recovery investment with the size of their data center. In the platespin forge web interface, click users on the toolbar, then click local users. Novell touts server management on windows, linux the. If there is a production server outage or disaster, workloads can be rapidly powered on within the platespin forge recovery environment and continue to run as normal until the. Novell and sets forth the terms and conditions governing your use of software embedded in, supplied with or otherwise forming a part of the platespin forge server appliance server appliance, any media and accompanying documentation collectively the. In the event of a production server outage or disaster, workloads can be rapidly powered on. Chapter 3, using external storage solutions with platespin forge, on page 17 chapter 4, platespin forge appliance maintenance, on page 19 audience this guide is intended for it staff, such as data center administrators and operators, who use platespin forge in their ongoing workload protection projects. Platespin migrate, the novell multiplatform workload migration solution, organizations gain a complete endtoend solution with tightly integrated planning and execution for data center initiatives. Novell platespin forge 525 recovery appliance vla series. To get an average failover time for workloads in your environment, perform test failovers at various times and run the forge reports.
Platespin forge is a consolidated recovery hardware appliance that protects both physical and virtual server workloads by using embedded virtualization technology. If platespin forge is provided to you for evaluation purposes, then your license to use the software is limited solely to internal evaluation purposes and in accordance with the terms of the evaluation offering under which you received. Is it possible to purchase additional workload licenses for platespin forge. Platespin recon is a sophisticated workload analysis, planning and management solution that provides new levels of intelligence, visual. Platespin forge a disaster recovery hardware appliance. Platespin forge is a hardware appliance that allows system administrators to protect physical and virtual workloads by leveraging embedded virtualization. In the event of downtime, workloads can be rapidly powered on in the platespin forge recovery environment and. Forge incremental and full blocklevel transfer jobs showing. View pdf version of this guideview printer friendly version of this topicnetiq.
Explore the novell product profile, do a virtualization tool comparison, and view the rest of the ema virtualization solutions center today. If you are an existing platespin customer and you dont have a novell account, you must first create one. Beyond disaster recovery restoring production workloads with platespin forge jan kotowski product manager jan. Workload protection consolidated recovery business. Platespin migration and dr our vendor partners tech data. From the forge management vm, click start run, type wbemtest and press enter. In the workload failure field, specify the number of times forge should try to detect the workload before giving up.
Novell platespin forge 310 installation dell community. Platespin is a software suite of micro focus international. Copy the files to a portable media such as a portable hard drive and transport it to the disaster recovery site. Use your existing platespin username a valid email address registered with platespin as input for your novell. Platespin forge 11 netiq end user license agreement. Consolidated workload protection with novell platespin stanley cheng business development manager novell. Individual forge appliances, when added to the platespin forge management console, are represented by cards.
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