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VMWare 5.1 migration 4.98TB of storage
Hi!
I want to migrate an existing server with 4.98Tb of storage. It's going to be migrate from old SAN (MSA2312) to the new one (VNX 5300).
We are using VMWare 5.1
The server have 6 disks
Disk01 - 40 gig
Disk02 - 1.07 Tb
Disk03 - 1.5625 Tb
Disk04 - 1.5625 Tb
Disk05 - 100 gig
Disk06 - 650 gig
From those disks, the server have 5 Disk
Drive C - 40 gig
Drive E - 1.07 Tb
Drive F - 3.12 Tb
Drive G - 650 tb
Drive H - 100 gig
Is there a risk of migrating a server this big?
Thanks!
I want to migrate an existing server with 4.98Tb of storage. It's going to be migrate from old SAN (MSA2312) to the new one (VNX 5300).
We are using VMWare 5.1
The server have 6 disks
Disk01 - 40 gig
Disk02 - 1.07 Tb
Disk03 - 1.5625 Tb
Disk04 - 1.5625 Tb
Disk05 - 100 gig
Disk06 - 650 gig
From those disks, the server have 5 Disk
Drive C - 40 gig
Drive E - 1.07 Tb
Drive F - 3.12 Tb
Drive G - 650 tb
Drive H - 100 gig
Is there a risk of migrating a server this big?
Thanks!
ASKER
I have from Friday 5:00pm to Monday 8:00. I assume it's going to be enough.
I will use vMotion. I have done this with all other servers and everything went perfeclty but it was a lot smaller than this one! :)
If vmotion is unable to complete; does it keeps the storage on the old SAN until everything is moved and verified?
Thanks
I will use vMotion. I have done this with all other servers and everything went perfeclty but it was a lot smaller than this one! :)
If vmotion is unable to complete; does it keeps the storage on the old SAN until everything is moved and verified?
Thanks
I assume you mean Storage vMotion, personally, I would shutdown services, and perform a "clone/backup/restore" manual move, so you can always rollback easily.
ASKER
How to you perform a clone/backup/restore with vmware?
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Worked like a charm. It only took only 3 hours to complete
Thanks a lot!
JS
Thanks a lot!
JS
I assume you will be doing this our of hours with Storage vMotion?