Backup Starwindconfig and Move Targets to another host

[ThomasS]

Hi

I am planning to move several starwind targets from one "starwind host" to another.
The drives are in use for several test clusters W2k3/8/R2/SQL.

What's to do?:

I will install the same starwind release onto the new host in the same directory.
After this I will move the target files to the new host (same directory like old targets).
Than I will copy the starwind.cfg to the new host.
Perhaps there will be a (re)registering with serial needed...

Is this way correct?

Thanks

Thomas

[ThomasS]

Havn't anyone moved his targets to another machine?

[mooseracing]

If you are talking about the img files, I just move them like a vhd for a virtual machine I want to move. I haven't tried moving the config file as well.

When doing HA I then tell it not to re-synch if it was the last one off.

So basically I do:
-Move IMG file
-Create a target in starwind and point it to the old img

[@ziz (staff)]

The better is to install StarWind to the new server, then copy the images, create new targets using existing images.

[sensor]

Can the image files be copies while being used by the current starwind server? The image files I need to copy are 550GB and 800GB. Would rather not have to shutdown the service to copy them.

[lodiver]

Hey Sensor

You will need to stop the starwind services to copy the image files, otherwise you'll may get data corruption

[sensor]

I guess I need to schedule some downtime.

[Anatoly (staff)]

Yes, this is definitely correct. BTW, in future releases you`ll get ability to use Snapshots and HA bundled.