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Since I cannot predetermine when the P2V will complete, would the following work: 
 
&nbsp;- P2V the front End Exchange server (2003 server, Exchange 2003 standard) 
 
Let's assume the P2V front end server is out of date by 1 day. 
 
Would backing up the physical machine (System state and Exchange) and restore to virtual &nbsp;server bring the server up to date? 
 
Backup and restore of this data takes less than 30 minutes. 
 
Thanks, 
 
Mark
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Since I cannot predetermine when the P2V will complete, would the following work:

 - P2V the front End Exchange server (2003 server, Exchange 2003 standard)

Let's assume the P2V front end server is out of date by 1 day.

Would backing up the physical machine (System state and Exchange) and restore to virtual  server bring the server up to date?

Backup and restore of this data takes less than 30 minutes.

Thanks,

Mark

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Hello, 
 
I am trying to P2V a front End Exchange server running Exchange server 2003 standard on a windows 2003 server standard server. 
 
I stop all mail services, and any irrelevant services like anti-virus and so forth (nothing else installed) 
 
The size of the disk is just under 200 gig. 
 
The estimated time to P2V is over 24 hours. 
 
Does anyone know it would be this way? 
 
(I even tried without stopping any of the services, and it still took 24 hours) 
 
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! 
 
Thanks, 
 
Mark
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Hello,

I am trying to P2V a front End Exchange server running Exchange server 2003 standard on a windows 2003 server standard server.

I stop all mail services, and any irrelevant services like anti-virus and so forth (nothing else installed)

The size of the disk is just under 200 gig.

The estimated time to P2V is over 24 hours. 

Does anyone know it would be this way?

(I even tried without stopping any of the services, and it still took 24 hours)

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Mark

P2V Exchange Server (front End)

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.