Migrating File Server from Windows Server 2008 R2 to 2012 R2 - Volume Shadow Copies
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I am migrating my last physical file server to a VM and was wondering if there is a way to copy/preserve the volume shadow copies from the old box when moving to the new one. The only thing I see on MS technet site is noting the copy schedule to apply it on the new server. Nothing about actually preserving the copies.
Anyone know if there is a way to do this?
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huh - I don't, but I have a few thoughts.
P2V the server, then upgrade the server - as in an in-place upgrade from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2.
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Yeah, P2V would maintain that.
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Interesting. I appreciate the creativity but this is also a DC that I want to demote and get rid of and in-place upgrades are pretty much the worst thing I could imagine.
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@wrx7m said:
Interesting. I appreciate the creativity but this is also a DC that I want to demote and get rid of and in-place upgrades are pretty much the worst thing I could imagine.
Demote it down from being a DC.
Then P2V it.
No reason to get rid of the server itself for no reason.
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Why would you do that? Never heard of anyone needed that.
I personally wouldn't do an inplace upgrade. Fresh installs are so much nicer. (We Actually have a policy against doing in place upgrades)
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@Jason said:
Why would you do that? Never heard of anyone needed that.
I personally wouldn't do an inplace upgrade. Fresh installs are so much nicer. (We Actually have a policy against doing in place upgrades)
He wants to get rid of the DC but yet he wants to keep all the file history.
Demote it as a DC and P2V it. Gives him what he wants.
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@JaredBusch said:
@Jason said:
Why would you do that? Never heard of anyone needed that.
I personally wouldn't do an inplace upgrade. Fresh installs are so much nicer. (We Actually have a policy against doing in place upgrades)
He wants to get rid of the DC but yet he wants to keep all the file history.
Demote it as a DC and P2V it. Gives him what he wants.
I get that but does he not have backups? Or why is there a big need to keep the versioning?
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@Jason said:
@JaredBusch said:
@Jason said:
Why would you do that? Never heard of anyone needed that.
I personally wouldn't do an inplace upgrade. Fresh installs are so much nicer. (We Actually have a policy against doing in place upgrades)
He wants to get rid of the DC but yet he wants to keep all the file history.
Demote it as a DC and P2V it. Gives him what he wants.
I get that but does he not have backups? Or why is there a big need to keep the versioning?
Oh trust me, I agree with you. I was simply stating a method to achieve his stated goal.
IMO, he should just spin up a new server and migrate the shares, but that was not what he was asking.
