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Or better yet, (and faster) you could use clonezilla or acronis to do the clone to a different drive...
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Or better yet, (and faster) you could use clonezilla or acronis to do the clone to a different drive...

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I'll give both answers a try before I do the final move. &nbsp;Thanks for both your input!
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I'll give both answers a try before I do the final move.  Thanks for both your input!

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VMWARE ESX 3.5<br />
LeftHand SAN<br />
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I need to move an exisiting SAN volume from one Server 2003 Virtual Server to another. &nbsp;Here's the catch:<br />
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The existing SAN volume is connected via the iSCSI initiator through Server 2003 OS. &nbsp;I need to move the volume to a new server, keeping all the data intact. &nbsp;<br />
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Instead of having the SAN volume connected through the iSCSI initiator via the OS, I need it to be added as a disk on the VM through ESX. &nbsp;<br />
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Also, I need the permissions to remain intact if possible.<br />
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VMWARE ESX 3.5
LeftHand SAN

I need to move an exisiting SAN volume from one Server 2003 Virtual Server to another.  Here's the catch:

The existing SAN volume is connected via the iSCSI initiator through Server 2003 OS.  I need to move the volume to a new server, keeping all the data intact.  

Instead of having the SAN volume connected through the iSCSI initiator via the OS, I need it to be added as a disk on the VM through ESX.  

Also, I need the permissions to remain intact if possible.



Move existing SAN volume to VMDK

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