Follow these best practices when migrating to the Secure Workload Software Appliance.
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Upgrade the existing hardware appliance to Secure Workload Release 4.0 before starting the migration process.
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Ensure that the software appliance cluster is also running Secure Workload Release 4.0 to guarantee compatibility during data transfer.
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Use the Data Backup and Restore mechanism to migrate your configurations.
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Monitor migration progress through the Infrastructure Management status panels, and frequently review operational logs to identify and resolve any issues during virtual machine provisioning.