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Hello,
I am planning to migrate a file server from one server to a new server. I want to perform this migration keeping the same access rights for users.
What is teh best way to perfor this migration?
I will migrate from Windows server 2012 to windows server 2019.
I look foward to hearing you.
Best Regards,
Hi
There are a few options, the easiest is do a backup and restore using your current backup and restore solution, or use Robocopy to copy the files from one server to another.
Gary.
Hello Ed-2021,
Thank you for your question.
This topic below discusses how to migrate a Windows server, Windows Failover Cluster, Samba server, or NetApp FAS array, including its files and configuration, to another Windows server or Windows failover cluster using Migration Service Storage and Windows Administration Center.
Access the article below and learn how to do this migration process in just 3 steps:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-migration-service/migrate-data
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Windows Admin Center (WAC) Storage Migration Service used to be great!
Unfortunately it no longer works for versions older than W2K19, which doesn't make sense since most of the time admins want to migrate a server it's precisely to migrate from an older version.
In the link you sent we can read:
"Install the Storage Migration Service proxy on all destination servers running Windows Server 2019 or Windows Server 2022. This doubles the transfer speed when installed on destination servers.
To do so, connect to the destination server in Windows Admin Center and then go to Server Manager (in Windows Admin Center) > Roles and features, > Features, select Storage Migration Service Proxy, and then select Install."
Under que Know Issues session (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-migration-service/known-issues) we can read:
"The Windows Admin Center Storage Migration Service extension is version-bound to only manage Windows Server 2019 version 1809 or later operating systems. If you use it to manage older Windows Server operating systems or insider previews, the tool will not appear. This behavior is by design."
So we are going all the way back to the old robocopy or backup/restore solutions.
This behavior is on demand.
:)