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Morning all, <br />
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Recently we bought a new Netapp storage array. I'm looking for ideas/help on how to move the VMware Exchange 2013 Server and its databases from the old Netapp array to the new array. <br />
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We are thinking vMotion, and looking for the steps on doing this. <br />
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Does anyone have any 'gotchas', advice or links on how to get this done? Best practices etc?<br />
<br />
Thanks in advance.
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Morning all, 

Recently we bought a new Netapp storage array. I'm looking for ideas/help on how to move the VMware Exchange 2013 Server and its databases from the old Netapp array to the new array. 

We are thinking vMotion, and looking for the steps on doing this. 

Does anyone have any 'gotchas', advice or links on how to get this done? Best practices etc?

Thanks in advance.

Storage vMotion Exchange 2013 Server?

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Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

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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.