Oh, for this to work you CANNOT change the folder structure whatsoever. And stop the MSFTE service too.
For example Robocopy D:\ G:\ /S /E /COPYALL From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 2:32 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 DAG move to new storage Then I think you are doing it the hard way. Move the mailbox databases, DISMOUNT (or stop MSExchangeIS) on the passive server, mount both the new storage and the old storage at the same time, copy from old to new, remove the old storage, remap the new storage to the proper drive letters (or mount point), start MSExchangeIS. Of course, as always, I would suggest you have a good backup "just in case". But this process is pretty well-defined IMO. From: Candee [mailto:can...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 2:25 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchange 2010 DAG move to new storage The main thing is to get the databases on the new SAN. The virtualization can wait; it was suggested to do them both at once, but it's not required. *yet* Thanks Michael! On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com<mailto:mich...@smithcons.com>> wrote: So you are actually trying to do two things at once? [1] Move your mailbox servers to virtual, [2] Move your mailbox server storage to "new storage"? From: Candee [mailto:can...@gmail.com<mailto:can...@gmail.com>] Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 2:11 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 DAG move to new storage I have an Exchange 2010 DAG with 2 mailbox servers and 2 CAS servers. The CAS servers are already virtual. I need to move the databases to our new SAN. The problem is that the mailbox servers are physical, with two fiber connections. I do have the option of adding a third mailbox server (virtual). The plan so far, would be to bring up the third mailbox server, add it to the DAG, add mailbox copies. Take one physical server, mark the databases passive, remove the databases, remove it from the DAG. P2V it, bring it back up, add it back to the DAG, add mailbox copies to it on the new storage. Rinse and repeat for the third server. Will that work? Am I going about it bass-ackwards? Is there an easier way? Thanks! Candee --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist