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Upgrade? Is this 2003 64bit?
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Since he mentioned moving a virtual drive, I don't think in-place upgrading was being considered. A migration to a newer server, software or hardware, is still an upgrade in a generic sense.
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Since he mentioned moving a virtual drive, I don't think in-place upgrading was being considered. A migration to a newer server, software or hardware, is still an upgrade in a generic sense.

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Hi,<br />
We have a File server (windows 2003) which we would like to upgrade to 2012 or possibly even 2016.<br />
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The way we are thinking of doing it is, create a new VM with 2012/2016 and clone/migrate things over<br />
My question is what are some way of making sure the transition is seamless? I know i can disconnect .vhds and attach to new vm, also the security settings will migrate over too. But what about Share permissions, folder management, quota management etc. How can i clone those to new vm,<br />
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Appreciate your response in advance.
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Hi,
We have a File server (windows 2003) which we would like to upgrade to 2012 or possibly even 2016.

The way we are thinking of doing it is, create a new VM with 2012/2016 and clone/migrate things over
My question is what are some way of making sure the transition is seamless? I know i can disconnect .vhds and attach to new vm, also the security settings will migrate over too. But what about Share permissions, folder management, quota management etc. How can i clone those to new vm,

Appreciate your response in advance.

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