We are currently running VM Pro and Contact Store on a white box server that has long since gone out of warranty. Since buying this server from the original installer of the system we have invested in an elaborate ESXI setup more then capable of handling this server as a VM. As for moving the server we are not sure what method we should use, should we use a P2V converter, shut down the database service for VM Pro and Contact store and run the converter, or should we rebuild the server on a new install of Windows Server ?
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Avaya Voicemail Pro & Contact Store Server Virtualization
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Good Enough, I think we have found the services we will need to stop to make sure the data is moved correctly but do you know of any we should look for. Also what happens when the server is taken off line, We will obviously not do it during peak hours. I just wanted to check as for the 2 years we have had this system in place we have not shut the server off for any reason and when this has happened before we have had issues with hard drives starting back up after being spinning for that long ( the last person was sold consumer grade hard drives).
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Just follow the VMWare P2V guides and you will be fine.
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