I've got a license for ESXi 4.x Essentials Plus, so I've got the software to do this with failover and vmotion and such, but the company has not yet sprung for the hardware to set up vCenter. It's a bit frustrating...
Kurt On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 07:22, Christopher Bodnar <christopher_bod...@glic.com> wrote: > Sounds like a well thought out plan. Not sure if anyone brought this up, but > you may want to start considering fail over clustering for the file server > down the road. It will eventually remove the reliance on a real server name. > then you can just swap servers in and out of the cluster, and its' totally > invisible to the user. > > YMMV > > > Chris Bodnar, MCSE, MCITP > Technical Support III > Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services > Guardian Life Insurance Company of America > Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com > Phone: 610-807-6459 > Fax: 610-807-6003 > > > > From: Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > Date: 10/25/2011 07:09 PM > Subject: Possibly a brilliant mistake... > ________________________________ > > > A scenario for y'all to consider... > > I've got a file server (Win2003 R2) running as a VM. It's using the MS > iSCSI connector to connect with the 4 data partitions it's running. > > My cunning plan to upgrade is to: > > > o- Bring up a Win2008 R2 VM > o- Configure all of the print queues on it to match the old server > o- Gin up a batch file that will recreate the shares on new machine to > match the shares on the old machine > o- Down the the original 2003 R2 server and delete the account from AD > o- Change the name of the new 2008 R2 server to match the old server > o- Connect the LUNs on the iSCSI devices to the new machine and give > them the same drive letters > o- Run the batch file on the new machine to create the shares > o- Go home and drink a few glasses of the nice wine I have stashed for > just such an occasion > > I'm sure someone out there has done something like this and can tell > me if it's a viable upgrade method. > > Anyone care to comment? > > Kurt > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > 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 ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > 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 ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- 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 ntsysadmin
