RE: File Server Migration to VM

2010-02-15 Thread N Parr
@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 2:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: File Server Migration to VM Sorry for jumping in late.. I'm pretty sure you can export from the old server and import to the new the following bits o' registry: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Curr

Re: File Server Migration to VM

2010-02-15 Thread S Conn.
s to > re-create either. > > From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 10:50 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: File Server Migration to VM > > In the interest of not giving you something else to learn... > > Wha

RE: File Server Migration to VM

2010-02-09 Thread N Parr
I was thinking about doing that also. I don't have a lot of shares to re-create either. From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 10:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: File Server Migration to VM I

Re: File Server Migration to VM

2010-02-09 Thread Jonathan Link
n't plan on any more for a long time. > -- > *From:* Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 09, 2010 9:00 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: File Server Migration to VM > >You really need to l

RE: File Server Migration to VM

2010-02-09 Thread Ken Schaefer
would you? Cheers Ken From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2010 11:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: File Server Migration to VM I will look it to DFS some more. But I only have two file servers, I don't plan on consolidating them and don't pl

RE: File Server Migration to VM

2010-02-09 Thread N Parr
stem Admin Issues Subject: RE: File Server Migration to VM You really need to learn DFS. It's not complex, but will make your life much easier. If you have no legacy problems with your current setup, I'd consider P2V-ing your current setup (to preserve all the current settings) and th

RE: File Server Migration to VM

2010-02-09 Thread Ken Schaefer
Win2k8 R2 servers at your leisure down the track. If you do it all in one big-bang, you need to have all the security migration nailed-down on migration day. Cheers Ken From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2010 10:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: File Server

File Server Migration to VM

2010-02-09 Thread N Parr
Getting ready to P2V a couple file servers. OS is C: and all file shares are on D:, E:, etc. Our plan is to end up with the file share drives on their own Volumes on our ISCSI SAN and use the ISCSI connector on the VM guest over it's own VNIC. This is the way we do it now with Virtual SQL server