Xenserver migration of Exchange 2007
We are migrating virtual iron to xenserver. One of the servers I need to migrate is our exchange 2007 server. Using xenconvert takes forever doing migrations, plus on the exchange server we have 5 partitions. I was wondering the best way someone can suggest to do this. One way I was thinking was to migrate the C drive of exchange only, and once in xen setup the other drives and copy the databases for each drive accross the network manually. this way when I restart the exchange services it would still see the same drives and databases. Anyone know if that has anychance of working or any other suggestion to move exchange into xen? thanks for any and all help.
Busbar
well, I would say tha I am not a fan of P2V for DCs and Exhcange servers, I would say that you can do a virtual machine on the xenserver, install Exchange on it, move the users and then remove the old server
i probably think this is more p2v
i have used a 3rd party software call platspin migrate.
they able to migrate from whatever platform to whatever virtual platform.
i have used a 3rd party software call platspin migrate.
they able to migrate from whatever platform to whatever virtual platform.
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How long does the platespin process take? Did everything migrate correctly?
the process are vary (disk space and etc) but the good thing of it is zero downtime.
and it is hardware independence.
and it is hardware independence.
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I have to read up on how it works. How does it perform zero downtime within Exchange if it is sending and receiving email the whole time?
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