Prepare & ramp down:
- Prepare racks (cabling, power, network)
- buildup new “bridgehead” at target & test
Cutover
- Reduce the workload to 0
- Shutdown
- Logical cutover (Transfer active configuration)
- Startup “bridgehead”
- Validation
- Ramp-up
- Disconnect unused nodes at source
- De-install servers,
- Prepare & move the servers
- Install the servers at target
- Re-connect & bring into production
Production
- Ramp-up
- Aftercare