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You dont want to just perform an upgrade? why don't you snapshot and upgrade any issues just roll back.
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i have to migrate applications, like file and print servers, also programs like back up exec (symantec)<br />
and apllications which run on .net framework. from windows server 2008 to windows server 2012.<br />
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they are all running on vmware.<br />
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how should i migrate and what tools should i use in migrating from one windows to other windows server.
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i have to migrate applications, like file and print servers, also programs like back up exec (symantec)
and apllications which run on .net framework. from windows server 2008 to windows server 2012.

they are all running on vmware.

how should i migrate and what tools should i use in migrating from one windows to other windows server.

WINDOWS SERVER 2003, 2008, 2012

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

VMware

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Microsoft server applications are those applications developed specifically, but not necessarily exclusively, on the Windows Server platform. In addition to well-known products like SQL Server, Exchange, Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft Dynamics, Forefront, Lync and Sharepoint, they include applications like Skype, BizTalk, Hyper-V, Groove and Commerce Server. Server applications are managed with the Microsoft System Center.