Sorry for what seems like a stupid question, but i just want to make sure.
A google says this is possible, but i wanted to double check in a bit more detail..
I have an R220 running Hyper V:
120GB SSD for the windows host OS running veeam for backups.
500GB SSD running the VM OS's
2x 8TB drives in RAID 1 (perc H310, no IT mode) holding the bulk of data for the VMs and general file sharing etc < This is the data I'm most concerned about.
I want to migrate to proxmox. Fortunately a I have a couple of other servers laying round (R210 ii and DL320e) to aid in migrating.
What i don't have is the space to do a simple copy of my data from 1 host to another.
I want to use the R220 for proxmox.
The R210 has a H200 which i've switched to IT mode (This will go in the R220 for proxmox). Currently it's just running a 500GB SSD for proxmox.... not really relevant.
DL320e is crap, but has 2TB of storage in RAID 0, which I will use to hold some additional data which i'm not too bothered about losing during migration.
What i was thinking of doing, for minimal downtime is -
Take out 1x 8TB from my R220 H310 RAID 1 - (Drive A)
Take the H310 and RAID 1 with it's 1x remaining drive out of the R220 (Drive B) and put it to one side.
Put the H200 and Drive A in the R210 and setup a zfs raid 1 (?) on Drive A
Put the H200 and newly formatted zfs Drive B in the R220.
Put the H310 and Drive B in to the R210 so the raid config and files are still accessible.
Transfer everything from R210 Drive B over network to R220 Drive A.
Take Drive B out of R210, put it in R220.
Wipe Drive B.
Set Drive B up as a 2nd drive to mirror Drive A (which now has all original data transferred)
I now have the R220 with H200 running zfs with 2 drive mirroring, with no data lost.
Am i correct in thinking this should work?
I do have onsite backups and off site backups of data that I care about, just in case, but I liked the idea of doing it this way instead.
Thanks in advance!
A google says this is possible, but i wanted to double check in a bit more detail..
I have an R220 running Hyper V:
120GB SSD for the windows host OS running veeam for backups.
500GB SSD running the VM OS's
2x 8TB drives in RAID 1 (perc H310, no IT mode) holding the bulk of data for the VMs and general file sharing etc < This is the data I'm most concerned about.
I want to migrate to proxmox. Fortunately a I have a couple of other servers laying round (R210 ii and DL320e) to aid in migrating.
What i don't have is the space to do a simple copy of my data from 1 host to another.
I want to use the R220 for proxmox.
The R210 has a H200 which i've switched to IT mode (This will go in the R220 for proxmox). Currently it's just running a 500GB SSD for proxmox.... not really relevant.
DL320e is crap, but has 2TB of storage in RAID 0, which I will use to hold some additional data which i'm not too bothered about losing during migration.
What i was thinking of doing, for minimal downtime is -
Take out 1x 8TB from my R220 H310 RAID 1 - (Drive A)
Take the H310 and RAID 1 with it's 1x remaining drive out of the R220 (Drive B) and put it to one side.
Put the H200 and Drive A in the R210 and setup a zfs raid 1 (?) on Drive A
Put the H200 and newly formatted zfs Drive B in the R220.
Put the H310 and Drive B in to the R210 so the raid config and files are still accessible.
Transfer everything from R210 Drive B over network to R220 Drive A.
Take Drive B out of R210, put it in R220.
Wipe Drive B.
Set Drive B up as a 2nd drive to mirror Drive A (which now has all original data transferred)
I now have the R220 with H200 running zfs with 2 drive mirroring, with no data lost.
Am i correct in thinking this should work?
I do have onsite backups and off site backups of data that I care about, just in case, but I liked the idea of doing it this way instead.
Thanks in advance!
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