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title: Create new pool in mdh

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# Create new pool in mdh

## Firewall changes

* Find which interfaces on firewall are plugged into which switch ports.
* remove ILAB from the Mobile Client VPN tunnel P2
* Remove the ILAB network and cabling.
* Rename the DMZ network to be MSD.



## Migrate MSD

* Once everything is in the new pool.
* change MSD firewall interface ports on the switch to be vlan 3
* change the network interface on xcp for socialmail1, sftp and instron to be MSD and reboot them.

## Create new mdh pool

* install 2 new servers with xcp-ng (done)
* migrate off all VMs on servers we want to remove
* Remove xen-rp-hv6,7 and 11 from the current pool.
* remove these servers form the rack. Keeping cables labled.
* Install new pool using previous cables.
* Configure the new ports for these as Trunk ports.
* Setup new network interfaces vlan 3 = MSD, vlan 4 = Hornbill
* Test interfaces are working.
* Setup monitoring on the new pool.
* Migrate all Vm's from xen-rp-hv8,9,10 (if they fit) on the new pool.
* Remove hv8,9,10 from old pool shutdown and install xcp-ng
* insert into the new pool. adding correct interfaces.
* spread the machines out 
* Migrate all mahcine off xen-rp-hv5
* Switch off xen-rp-hv5



## Tidy up wiring

* This scares me why are we doign it.

## Fix ES interfaces.

* unplug eth1 on both eshv1 + 3 and work out which interface they are present on. (update the docs)
* Configure both these ports a Trunk ports 
* Configure the rest of the Machines to use HornbillVLAN
* unplug eth 2 + 3 on eshv1,2,3

