VMWare - Move a 5 TB Virtual Disk from a W2008 to W2012
Hi, I am currently migrating my virtual AD environment from a single 2008 R2 AD to a clustered 2012 virtual environment (VMware)
The 2008 R2 AD has a Virtual Disk of 5 TB that is used as an office share and I would like to disconnect it and connect it to the new 2012 Virtual Machines. What is the best way to do this? Any special considerations? Thank you!
The 2008 R2 AD has a Virtual Disk of 5 TB that is used as an office share and I would like to disconnect it and connect it to the new 2012 Virtual Machines. What is the best way to do this? Any special considerations? Thank you!
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If you want ton continue access all the file shares, i'm recommend to go with File server migration tool as a first option. or consider about the in-place upgrade of existing windows 2008 r2 to 2012
In place upgrades should be avoided. Given this is a VM, simply moving the virtual disk to a new drive should be almost instant.
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Thank you very much for the Tips. I will be just removing from VM and add it to the new one while exporting the registry key and maintaining the same drive letter. Thanks!