Migrate to New Server

OES 11 SP2 on an older PE2850 that does not support virtualization!! This existing OES 11 install runs eDir, iFolder, LUM, and imanager (all installed from the disc). We need to migrate off the existing server, replace it with a new server and then migrate back to new server. Can someone point me to a document or instructions on how to do this?

Originally Posted by mrosen
Willem,
Am 14.03.2015 um 22:36 schrieb magic31:
>
> Hi,
>
> carnold6;2349684 Wrote:
>> ...This existing OES 11 install runs eDir, iFolder, LUM, and imanager
>> (all installed from the disc). We need to migrate off the existing
>> server, replace it with a new server and then migrate back to new
>> server.
>
> I'm curious why you are needing to do this (as you are already running
> OES 11 and you want to migrate back)?
Yeah, good question. I understand heneeds to migrate to new hardware,
but why back and forth is a good question. I wonder if there's a SAN
involved which could make it allso much easier..
Yes, need to migrate to new hardware (server) as our current poweredge CPU's do not support virtualization and as i understand it, you can not upgrade from non-virtualization CPU's to CPU's that support virtualization on this poweredge. The reason i say back and forth is because we do not have the new hardware yet. We do have a system that we can virtualize SLES11 on while waiting for the funds and waiting for the new hardware to get here.

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