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  • The PIM planner connects to the Abiquo kinton database and extracts the data for the PIM migrator tool.
      It doesn
      • The PIM planner will process each deployed VM to:

        1. Compute the provider ID
        2. Define the rename of any backup jobs or groups
        3. Define the rename of any firewalls and load balancers
    • The PIM planner doesn't make any changes to the platform

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    • A log in standard output (you should redirect it to a file)
    • A migration plan in ZIP format called migration-plan.data

    Requirements

    The PIM planner requires:

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    requires access to the MariaDB kinton schema via the JDBC URL. 

      • It encrypts the
    • DB
      • database credentials
    • at
      • for runtime
    • and
      • use only; it does not save or export
    • them to 
      • credentials

    Run the PIM planner

    To run the PIM planner do these steps:.

    Warning

    Before you run the PIM planner you MUST:

    1. Start the Abiquo upgrade to 5.3 as usual including
      1. Stop the Abiquo platform
      2. Create backups including snapshots, Database dump, and Redis dump
    2. Upgrade the database
    3. STOP the upgrade

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    1. On the Abiquo API Server, install the Abiquo PIM tools package

      Code Block
      yum install abiquo-pim-tools

      By default, it should install in the /opt/abiquo/pim-tools folder

    2. Run the PIM planner against your database. Redirect the standard output of the PIM planner to a file (question) should they use a .txt for easier viewing (question)

      For example:

      Code Block
      java -jar /opt/abiquo/pim-tools/pimplanner.jar --jdbc-url="jdbc:mysql://my.database.server:3306/kinton?autoReconnect=true&user=root&password=root" > output_pimplanner.log

      The PIM planner will process each VM to:

    3. Compute the provider ID
    4. Define the rename of any backup jobs or groups
    5. Define the rename of any firewalls and load balancers


    6. Check the output file from the PIM planner
      (warning) If there are any warnings or errors, resolve them before you continue. If you have any doubts, please contact Abiquo Support.
    7. For ALL Remote Services servers 
      1. Copy the migration-plan.data file to each Remote Services server
      2. Follow the instructions to run the PIM migrator on each Remote Services server

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