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Home > Forums > MIS/IT > Operating Systems - Hardware Independent > Microsoft: Windows Server 2008 Forum

Server Migration

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melbert09 (IS/IT--Management)

19 Jun 12 6:38

Hi all,
I have a blade system and SAN that I am looking to rebuild from scratch. This is due to the way it was originally configured which to be honest is quite bad. There are a few servers that I need to move off the blade system to some temporary servers, and then migrate them back to the freshly built servers. The servers in question are running some applications that do not seem to be that easy to rebuild and configure and they are critical (HR, Payroll). Is there good way to image the servers from what they are currently running on HP BL480c to a DL165 without any issues? I am concerned about the Hardware difference causing some issues. I am also wondering would Windows System State recovery or similar work? Especially with the applications.

Thanks in advance.

kmcferrin (MIS)

19 Jun 12 13:26

P2V them using your hypervisor of choice. Then you can run them wherever you want without worrying about hardware differences.

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melbert09 (IS/IT--Management)

21 Jun 12 5:07

I wish I could but we dont have a virtualized environment here.

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