The wizard maps NICs between source and target servers when they're on the same LAN, and NICs in the target server will have their IP addresses changed at the end of the migration process.
When the source and target servers have been specified and checked for suitability, you can set options for compression and bandwidth throttling for migrations over a WAN and for excluding unwanted files and folders. I created a Migrate Sever job, which was a simple task using the wizard. Migrate Data includes all selected data Migrate Server includes selected data plus the system state and installed applications. NET Framework 3.5 SP1 be installed on the source and target servers.ĭouble-Take Move features two migration options: Migrate Data and Migrate Server. You prepare the source and target servers for migration by pushing an agent to both machines through the Double-Take Move console, which Figure 1 shows. The source server was a member of my AD domain and the target a standalone machine. In my testing, I moved a Windows Server 2003 file server to a physical target machine with Windows 2003 preinstalled. Although hardware doesn't need to be identically matched, the target server must have a similar configuration, and Double-Take Move performs the necessary checks before starting a migration job. If physical hardware is used as the target, the OS must be preinstalled. Double-Take Move can also be used for migrating data between different storage solutions (e.g., from DAS to a SAN).ĭouble-Take Move can provision new virtual machines (VMs) on Hyper-V or VMware ESX Server, to which you can migrate existing physical or virtual workloads. An example use of Double-Take Move would be to migrate an operational instance of Small Business Server (the workload) to new physical hardware. Double-Take Move works with Windows Server 2003 SP1 and later. After a Migrate Server operation, the target has the same OS, system state, data, applications, and configuration as the source server.ĭouble-Take Move migrates workloads between physical or virtual servers by using a simple workflow, one console, and most importantly, with minimal interruption to end users. Double-Take Move works at the file-system level it's not application-aware. For example, you can't opt to move just Exchange mailbox data to another server without moving the whole Exchange server and its configuration at the same time. Double-Take Move isn't a replacement for Microsoft’s Exchange Server and Active Directory (AD) migration tools. Think of the product as a very advanced Robocopy, Xcopy, or physical to virtual (P2V) migration tool. After reading that Double-Take Move "revolutionizes the migration process with real-time data movement" (from Double-Take Software's website), I wondered if this product could solve my migration woes.ĭouble-Take Move transfers data and workloads (defined as complete working systems with data) from one machine to another: either physical to physical, virtual to virtual, or any combination thereof. Like most IT professionals, I've been involved in many hardware migration projects.
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