Migration of an existing computing system to new hardware
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause a system to perform a method for migrating functionality of a source physical computing device to a destination physical computing device, the method comprising:
- identifying data associated with a source physical computing device,wherein an information management system maintains and stores the data;
determining a configuration of the source physical computing device;
determining a configuration for a destination physical computing device based at least in part on the determined configuration of the source physical computing device;
selecting a destination physical computing device to which functionality of the source physical computing device may be migrated,providing, via the information management system, the selected destination physical computing device with access to the data associated with the source physical computing device;
modifying an existing configuration of the selected destination physical computing device to match at least part of the configuration of the source 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.
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Abstract
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.
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause a system to perform a method for migrating functionality of a source physical computing device to a destination physical computing device, the method comprising:
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identifying data associated with a source physical computing device, wherein an information management system maintains and stores the data; determining a configuration of the source physical computing device; determining a configuration for a destination physical computing device based at least in part on the determined configuration of the source physical computing device; selecting a destination physical computing device to which functionality of the source physical computing device may be migrated, providing, via the information management system, the selected destination physical computing device with access to the data associated with the source physical computing device; modifying an existing configuration of the selected destination physical computing device to match at least part of the configuration of the source 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, which when executed by a processing device perform a method for migrating functionality of a source physical computing device to a destination physical computing device, the method comprising:
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maintaining a copy of data associated with a source physical computing device, wherein the copy is maintained by an information management system, wherein the information management system is at least partially located on the source physical computing device and at least partially located on a destination physical computing device; migrating an existing configuration of the source physical computing device to the destination physical computing device; providing, via the information management system, the destination physical computing device with access to the copy of data associated with the source 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 wipe data 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. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for managing a network of physical machines in a cloud computing environment, the method comprising:
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receiving a notification that a source physical computing device has met information management policy criteria to be decommissioned; based on the notification, initiating a process to decommission the source physical computing device, wherein the process comprises; generating, via an information management system, a copy of data associated with the source physical computing device using an existing backup copy of data associated with the source physical computing device; decommissioning the source physical computing device, wherein decommissioning comprises executing a routine to permanently wipe data from the decommissioned source physical computing device; and providing a description of the decommissioned source physical computing device to an intranet site, wherein the description is at least partially based on a configuration of the source physical computing device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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