Moving OMSA install from one PE model to another one

Tom Brown tom at ng23.net
Sat Apr 11 06:56:33 CDT 2009


> RHEL5, OMSA 5.5
>
> Let's ignore storage/network drivers problems.
>
> 1)
> Suppose I install OMSA on a PE model X (say 840), then I move the HDs to a
> PE model Y (say T300) and boot the system.
>
> If the OMSA version supports the new PE model, what happens next:
> a) OMSA will automatically detect and adapt to the new PE model, nothing is
> required on my part.
> b) I have to run a command (which one?) to tell OMSA about the PE switch.
> c) I have to edit a file (which one?) to tell OMSA about the PE switch.
>
> 2) 
> Suppose I install OMSA in a test VMware image, using 
> 	export OMIIGNORESYSID=1
> If I then install the content of this image on a bare metal PE (no more
> VMware involved in any way),  are the answers to the above 3 questions the
> same?
>
>   


may i ask why you would want to be moving drives around like that ?



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