| Summary: The process of migrating the system to new hardware is more complex than software sellers advertise. The last migration was about 2 weeks, but hopefully I have provided information to help with your migration. (I really wish that I had such a resource available before I did my migration) Background: In this case, we have Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 running services such as Web Server, SQL Server, and Exchange Server 2003. It is running on a custom built dual Xeon Intel Motherboard in a 4U rack mount server. We needed to migrate to a HP DL360 G5 1U rack mount server. Normally, a new (or same) OS would be installed on a new server, and then all the related services and their configuration settings. However, tweaking of configuration in a dozen or so applications can be very time consuming. So, we researched into the feasibility of moving the system to a new server. The two favorites were Acronis and CA Arcserve D2D. Our reseller convinced us that Arcserve had superior support and was a better path. The vendor's sales department had set the expection that the migration was going to be very easy. Well, we found that the CA knowledge base/website was useless, and finding the tech support contact phone # for D2D was a challenge. So, yes, we did run into issues when trying to do the Bare Metal Recovery (BMR) on new hardware. I have attempted to document how we did the full backup, preparation, restore, and reconfiguration. I had configured the Arcserve D2D to ... |
