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Questions tagged [migration]

The process of moving one system or service from one location or model to another.

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Roaming user profiles in Linux

My company is evaluating a plan to migrate from Windows to Linux. Can you suggest something in Linux analogous to roaming user profiles and domain users in an Active Directory environment?
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issue when trying migration via Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter

I want to migrate my Esxi VM from on promise to Azure cloud. I've found solution which provides it to me. Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter, provides migrating to Azure Cloud. During migration procedure application wants " Subsciption ID and…
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Migrate Active Directory to new server?

We bought new server and we want to turn our current server off. how can I restore our active directory and DHCP and DNS(current server states) to new one? we got Active Directory, DNS, DHCP. our old server is Windows Server 2003 and the new of is…
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Best tool to migrate a PostgreSQL database to MS SQL 2005?

I have a database in PostgreSQL 8.3.1 that I'd like to migrate to MS SQL Server 2005 (or maybe 2008), including both the table schema and the data. The database is about 50GB in size with about 400,000,000 rows, so I think simple INSERT statements…
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SCCM user state migration - is this user's data gone?

Long story short(ish), we're on the tail-end of our XP to Windows 7 migration project, and finally got some VIP's machine in to be migrated. Since the machine is almost as old as the OS on it, this particular user was "blessed" with new hardware, in…
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Migrate raw disk image over LAN

Here is my situation: Two dedicated servers in the same datacenter with gigabit ethernet between them. Both dedicated servers booted into a rescue environment based on Debian Squeeze with extra tools and utilities added. Also plenty of tmp space…
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Windows 2003; Find folders with non-inherited/changed permissions

The question: I'm looking for a good way to audit/search a directory structure (Windows 2003) and locate any folders that either don't inherit permissions from their parent -or- have additional users/groups added. The Back Story We're migrating an…
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Migrating from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2010

I'm in the unenviable situation of being asked to migrate a mail server from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2010. The domain has two sites connected via T1 and an exchange 5.5 server (neither are installed on DCs). I know there is no direct path from…
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Moving many sites to new server - whats the quickest way to update their DNS records?

I'm planning on migrating a large-ish amount of websites (approx 100) to a new server and I'm in the migration planning process. A typical DNS zone for each website has two A records pointing to the web server IP, one for example.com and one for the…
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Active Directory migration from Windows 2003 to Windows 2016

I've inherited an old Windows 2003 based Active Directory installation and I'm tasked to upgrade it to modern standards. I've done various (successful) test in my lab using the plan below, but I really want a reality-check / best practices…
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AD: Domain migration or renaming?

I've been given the task of listing down important activities with their estimated effort to help choose the best option/solution for the following scenario: The current domain is named "Domain0" and users have logins like name@domain0.com New users…
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Migrating from Windows Domain (SBS) to Macs (workstations and servers)

So a couple of Mac consultants walked into one of my customers office and convinced the business owner that they could completely swap in Macs across the board for the entire office. Being a Mac lover at home (and who isn't?), the business owner…
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How to properly migrate file server data?

We are in the process of decommissioning our old file server in a much-needed upgrade. It goes without saying that this needs to be as seamless as possible, as to affect the end-users as little as possible. We're upgrading from Server 2000 to Server…
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How do I get the Activation Key in Windows 2003 Server

I have a machine that I'm migrating from physical hardware to a VMWare server. It is Windows 2003 and the license key fell off the machine and is gone. I know when I start up the virtualized version of that machine, it will ask me to Activate. I…
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Migrating from one dedicated linux server to another?

I have a dedicated server running ubuntu server 9.04 for web, database and mail. There's about 5 GB of data on the entire hard drive. I want to migrate the server to a more affordable dedicated server provider but I am unsure how to do this. Can…
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