Overview
At this point, the target gateway needs to be up and running, DPOD will perform compatibility checks to make sure the source and target gateways are compatible.
Some of the validations were already performed during Step 2 - Pre-Backup Validations, if the target gateway was available at this stage.
Validations
- Target is in Secure Backup mode - checks whether the target gateway's Backup Mode is "Secure backup", if the gateway is in "Normal" mode - no Secure Backups or Secure Restores can be issued against it.
- Identical firmware level - the source and target gateways must be on the same firmware level, if you need to upgrade the target gateway, consider using DPOD's Firmware Upgrade feature
- Gateway features compatibility - checks whether the source and target have the same license and features (such as ORA-DCO) - this is an informational check,the user can choose to mark it as "ignored" if it fails.
- Hardware compatibility - checks whether the gateways device type is compatible (for example, and IDG gateway cannot be migrated to XG45) - this is an informational check, the user can choose to mark it as "ignored" if it fails.
- Target appliance name matches user input - checks that the target name that was entered in the "Basic Details" step matches the actual target appliance name.
If it is not - either change the appliance name, or edit the details that were entered for the target gateway (There are input fields to edit the target gateway details, just below the list of validations) - Network Interfaces - DPOD will check that only the Management Network Interfaces are up - this is an informational check, the user can choose to mark it as "ignored" if it fails.
If there are no "mgt" or "mgmt" interfaces, DPOD will be unable to do the validation and it will be marked as failed - the user will then need to manually check and mark this validation as "ignored".
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