Hardware Upgrade
I have four 4 Windows 2003 servers that I would like to upgrade the hardware.
1. Two are Windows 2003 R2 Standard DC
2. One Windows 2003 R2 Standard Member Server
3. One Windows 2003 R2 Standard 64 Bit Member Server Running Exchange 2007 Enterprise 64 bit
They all are currently desktop models running server software.
Number 3 is a PowerEdge T310
One and Two are Dell Inspiron
Just invested in a Server Rack and would like to convert the above to rack mount servers.
I have one in mind
My question is will acronis copy my windows server software from the old computer to the new one.
Will they startup properly or will I have tons of hardware related issues drivers etc.
I am hoping not to have to reinstall
reinstalling is not the problem it is all the configuration settings and details
1. Two are Windows 2003 R2 Standard DC
2. One Windows 2003 R2 Standard Member Server
3. One Windows 2003 R2 Standard 64 Bit Member Server Running Exchange 2007 Enterprise 64 bit
They all are currently desktop models running server software.
Number 3 is a PowerEdge T310
One and Two are Dell Inspiron
Just invested in a Server Rack and would like to convert the above to rack mount servers.
I have one in mind
My question is will acronis copy my windows server software from the old computer to the new one.
Will they startup properly or will I have tons of hardware related issues drivers etc.
I am hoping not to have to reinstall
reinstalling is not the problem it is all the configuration settings and details
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My suggestion would be VM. Physical to Virtual conversion.
My advice would be to invest in a nice large server to move everything to.. use a hypervisor such as Microsoft's HyperV, or VMare, and visualize the whole thing. Both systems have good Physical to Virtual tools that will take care of the hardware stuff, and it gets in into a nice centralized environment.
Virtualisation is the way forward , will give you loads options and ease of management of your infrastructure in terms of adding more servers , backup/restore/disaster recovery.
all depends upon your budget, you can go for atleast 2 physical hosts and with storage to make failover cluster.
or cheaper option go for single Virtual Host and put all servers as VMs on that.
once you decided upon base options from above then next step is to migrate your existing physical servers to virtual machines.
there are loads options.
physical to Virtual conversion tools are avialable for VMware and Hyper V . so not big issue at all.
all depends upon your budget, you can go for atleast 2 physical hosts and with storage to make failover cluster.
or cheaper option go for single Virtual Host and put all servers as VMs on that.
once you decided upon base options from above then next step is to migrate your existing physical servers to virtual machines.
there are loads options.
physical to Virtual conversion tools are avialable for VMware and Hyper V . so not big issue at all.
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OK Guys thanks for the input.
New to VM
Can I run 2003 Servers VM?
Do I need to make the host Windows 2008 Server?
Windows 2008 server using Hyper V correct.
I have 2 Domain controllers how would that work?
How much storage and memory would the host require?
New to VM
Can I run 2003 Servers VM?
Do I need to make the host Windows 2008 Server?
Windows 2008 server using Hyper V correct.
I have 2 Domain controllers how would that work?
How much storage and memory would the host require?
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Thanks guys
I need to learn more about Hyper V
I need to learn more about Hyper V