In this video, Rob Hirschfeld and Greg Althaus provide operators real-world examples of how best to migrate your provisioning platform to Digital Rebar Provision. This blog highlights one of these migration ideas.

Scenario

• 10 Servers running in multiple subnets
• DHCP Server
• Cobbler Provisioning Tool

Migration Process

• Setup Digital Rebar Provision (DRP) in the Network
  • Create a new subnet with DHCP server installed
  • Operate the DHCP in reservation mode
• Run DRP to discover the entire network across subnets without DHCP access
  • Create a mapping of infrastructure including MAC address to IP address
• Migrate DRP control server by server
  • Turn off old DHCP server control for a specific MAC address and turn it on for new DHCP server
  • Reboot the specific MAC address node and DRP will manage the provisioning for that specific server
  • Confirm reset server and continue to manage the changeover server by server
• Other Options
  • Continue to manage Cobbler for existing infrastructure and use DRP for all new nodes
  • Split provisioning services based on application being deployed

Watch the full video below to hear other scenarios presented for migration options.

Video Participants:

Rob Hirschfeld, Co-Founder/ CEO, RackN   Twitter: @zehicle
Greg Althaus, Co-Founder / CTO, RackN      Twitter: @galthaus

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