Has anyone seen a published migration path that includes accomplishing all of the following:
I've found a lot of the pieces, but I'm not clear what the best order would be, or if there are any additional issues I might have to take into account.
Thanks.
D800088X022 - DeltaV Virtualization Planning and Installation Guide covers the different scenarios for Updating your Virtual Hosts
Each Cluster will need to be destroyed and recreated as Microsoft does not support 2012 and 2016 Nodes in the same Cluster.
With redundant hardware(multiple clusters and/or standalone hosts) you can keep DeltaV running through the entire process.
For Physical Servers to VM Migration, DVS 3.3 has the capability to capture important data and configuration, create a new VM, and restore that data.
Details of Execution require running the System Capture tool on the original Physical Server, then there is a "Create VM from Physical" function on the DVS Client which will use the Capture to create a VM.
More details are in DeltaV Virtual Studio 3.3 Books Online.
KBA AK 1700-0079 DeltaV 14.3 Release Notes covers your 12.3 to 14.3 Migration. Online Upgrading of Controllers is supported for 2 Product Versions.
There are many considerations that require knowledge of your existing installation and your operational uptime requirements for upgrades that would go into designing an execution strategy.