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Windows Storage Server 2012 is an advanced storage and file-serving solution that provides high-level performance and reliability. Dell Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems running Windows Storage Server 2012 operating system are extremely cost effective and help in providing shared storage solutions with storage capabilities. Storage Migration Service makes it easier to migrate storage to Windows Server or to Azure. It provides a graphical tool that inventories data on Windows and Linux servers and then transfers the data to newer servers or to Azure virtual machines. Storage Migration Service also provides the option to transfer the identity of a server to the destination server so that apps and users can access. Name Last modified Size; Go to parent directory: WindowsStorageServer2012R2andWindowsServer2012R2Foundationx64.iso (View Contents): 22-Jun-2020 03:45: 3.8G: WindowsStorageServer2012R2andWindowsServer2012.

We’ve talked previously about some of the features newly introduced with Windows Server 2012. In this article we’ll discuss Storage Spaces, a feature that allows you to provision storage to remove servers by creating storage pools. With Storage Spaces you can utilize physical inexpensive disks that once configured react just like a SAN (storage area network) device. In small enterprises that don’t require dedicated devices for storage space or high I/O operations, Storage Spaces provides a good alternative in achieving similar results.

To configure Storage Spaces you’ll need one or multiple unpartitioned physical disks (two for mirroring, three for mirroring with parity). Note that this technology offers support for SCSI, SATA, SAS and USB so it will suit you well for most configurations. Disks may be provided either externally or internally and can even be used in JBOD configuration. Storage spaces is a feature that will be installed by default on all Windows Server 2012 machines because it’s part of the File and Storage Services role, so you’ll not need to cover the installation part.

We’ll continue by installing and configuring a storage pool and then create a VHD that can be used by other machines. Note that in the context of SAN, a VHD is referred to as a LUN (Logical Unit Number). When talking about Storage Spaces we can use these terms interchangeably because they basically offer similar functionalities. Note that disks initialized for Storage Space will use the GPT partition style.

I’ve created a testing VM on my VirtualBox environment and I’ve attached two extra disks to be able to show you how to configure Storage Spaces.

Once you login on the machine, open the Server Manager console and navigate to the File and Storage Services/Storage Pools Section:

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In the bottom right section of the window, you’ll see the physical disks attached on the machine. Note that in order to be able to create a storage pool, the disk must be at least 10 GB in size. All disks will be automatically added to the Primordial pool which contains all storage available on the server from which you can create storage pools. Use Ctrl to select multiple disks, right click and select Now Storage Pool or use the Tasks menu in the upper right corner of the panel. When the wizard starts, enter a name for the storage pool and then make sure that the desired disks are selected:

There are three options available in the allocation section:

• Automatic – disk drives capacity is configured automatically
• Hot Spare – the disk will not be part of the active pool, it will act as a replacement if one of the active disks fails. A hot spare will automatically be activated if one physical disk is not available anymore
• Manual – the admin will configure manually the storage allocation

You can also use Powershell to configure Storage Pools much faster by using the New-StoragePool cmdlet just like in the following example:

New-StoragePool –FriendlyName MyNewPool –StorageSubsystemFriendlyName “Storage Spaces*” –PhysicalDisks (Get-PhysicalDisk PhysicalDisk1, PhysicalDisk2)

With the Get-StoragePool -IsPrimordial $true | Get-PhysicalDisk | Where-Object CanPool -eq $True you can get the physical disks available in the Primordial pool.

Once the storage pool has been created, we can create a virtual disk by right clicking on the pool and selecting New Virtual Disk:

Choose the storage pool that will host the VHD, set the name and description for your new VHD and set the provisioning method that you desire, there are three options available:

• Simple
• Mirror
• Parity

If you want to find out more about SAN technologies available with Windows Server and more about provisioning method, check out this article.

In the provisioning tab select the type that suits best for your environment:

•Thin – uses storage space from the pool as written on the VHD
• Fixed – allocates all disk space from the beginning

All that’s left to do is to set the VHD size and finish the configuration. Once the VHD is ready, it will appear in the Virtual Disks section on the selected Storage Pool. Now you can use this VHD and allocate it to a server within your network:

That’s a about it for this article folks, as you can see, Storage Pools VHDs can be easily configured with Windows Server 2012 and really offers a fast and cheap solution to provide storage to your network servers. Because this feature is included in the Windows Server 2012 Edition by default, you only have to purchase the necessary license and physical disks rather than buy a SAN device thus seriously decreasing costs. Hope you’ve enjoyed this article and if so, please rate it in our dedicated section.

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This topic discusses how to migrate a server, including its files and configuration, to another server by using Storage Migration Service and Windows Admin Center. Migrating takes three steps once you've installed the service and opened any necessary firewall ports: inventory your servers, transfer data, and cut over to the new servers.

Step 0: Install Storage Migration Service and check firewall ports

Before you get started, install Storage Migration Service and make sure that the necessary firewall ports are open.

Check the Storage Migration Service requirements and install Windows Admin Center on your PC or a management server if you haven't already. If migrating domain-joined source computers, you must install and run the Storage Migration Service on a server joined to the same domain or forest as the source computers.
In Windows Admin Center, connect to the orchestrator server running Windows Server 2019.
This is the server that you'll install Storage Migration Service on and use to manage the migration. If you're migrating only one server, you can use the destination server as long as it's running Windows Server 2019. We recommend you use a separate orchestration server for any multi-server migrations.
Go to Server Manager (in Windows Admin Center) > Storage Migration Service and select Install to install Storage Migration Service and its required components (shown in Figure 1).Figure 1: Installing Storage Migration Service
Install the Storage Migration Service proxy on all destination servers running Windows Server 2019. This doubles the transfer speed when installed on destination servers.
To do so, connect to the destination server in Windows Admin Center and then go to Server Manager (in Windows Admin Center) > Roles and features, > Features, select Storage Migration Service Proxy, and then select Install.
If you intend to migrate to or from Windows Failver Clusters, install the Failover Clustering tools on the orchestrator server.
To do so, connect to the orchestrator server in Windows Admin Center and then go to Server Manager (in Windows Admin Center) > Roles and features, > Features, > Remote Server Administration Tools, > Feature Administration Tools, select Failover Clustering Tools, and then select Install.
On all source servers and on any destination servers running Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2016, in Windows Admin Center, connect to each server, go to Server Manager (in Windows Admin Center) > Firewall > Incoming rules, and then check that the following rules are enabled:
- File and Printer Sharing (SMB-In)
- Netlogon Service (NP-In)
- Windows Management Instrumentation (DCOM-In)
- Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI-In)
If you're using third party firewalls, the inbound port ranges to open are TCP/445 (SMB), TCP/135 (RPC/DCOM endpoint mapper), and TCP 1025-65535 (RPC/DCOM ephemeral ports). The Storage Migration service ports are TCP/28940 (Orchestrator) and TCP/28941 (Proxy).
If you're using an orchestrator server to manage the migration and you want to download events or a log of what data you transfer, check that the File and Printer Sharing (SMB-In) firewall rule is enabled on that server as well.

Step 1: Create a job and inventory your servers to figure out what to migrate

In this step, you specify what servers to migrate and then scan them to collect info on their files and configurations.

Select New job, name the job, and then select whether to migrate Windows servers and clusters or Linux servers that use Samba. Then select OK.
On the Enter credentials page, type admin credentials that work on the servers you want to migrate from, and then select Next.
If you're migrating from Linux servers, instead enter credentials on the Samba credentials and Linux credentials pages, including an SSH password or private key.
Select Add a device, type a source server name or the name of a clustered file server, and then select OK.
Repeat this for any other servers that you want to inventory.
Select Start scan.
The page updates to shows when the scan is complete.Figure 2: Inventorying servers
Select each server to review the shares, configuration, network adapters, and volumes that were inventoried.
Storage Migration Service won't transfer files or folders that we know could interfere with Windows operation, so in this release you'll see warnings for any shares located in the Windows system folder. You'll have to skip these shares during the transfer phase. For more info, see What files and folders are excluded from transfers.
Select Next to move on to transferring data.

Step 2: Transfer data from your old servers to the destination servers

In this step you transfer data after specifying where to put it on the destination servers.

On the Transfer data > Enter credentials page, type admin credentials that work on the destination servers you want to migrate to, and then select Next.
On the Add a destination device and mappings page, the first source server is listed. Type the name of the server or clustered file server to which you want to migrate and then select Scan device. If migrating from a domain-joined source computer, the destination server must be joined to the same domain. You can also click 'Create a new Azure VM' then use the wizard to deploy a new destination server in Azure. This will automatically size your VM, provision storage, format disks, join the domain, and add the Storage Migration Service proxy to a Windows Server 2019 destination. You can choose from Windows Server 2019 (recommended), Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2012 R2 VMs of any size and use managed disks.
Note
Using 'Create a new Azure VM' requires that you have:
- A valid Azure subscription.
- An existing Azure Compute resource group where you have Create rights.
- An existing Azure Virtual Network and subnet.
- An Azure Express Route or VPN solution tied to the Virtual Network and subnet that allows connectivity from this Azure IaaS VM to your on-premises clients, domain controllers, the Storage Migration Service orchestrator computer, the Windows Admin Center computer, and the source computer to be migrated.
Here's a video showing how to use Storage Migration Service to migrate to Azure VMs.
Map the source volumes to destination volumes, clear the Include checkbox for any shares you don't want to transfer (including any administrative shares located in the Windows system folder), and then select Next.Figure 3: A source server and where its storage will be transferred to
Add a destination server and mappings for any more source servers, and then select Next.
On the Adjust transfer settings page, specify whether to migrate local users and groups on the source servers and then select Next. This lets you recreate any local users and groups on the destination servers so that file or share permissions set to local users and groups aren't lost. Here are the options when migrating local users and groups:
- Rename accounts with the same name is selected by default and migrates all local users and groups on the source server. If it finds local users or groups with the same name on the source and destination, it renames them on the destination unless they're built-in (for example, the Administrator user and the Administrators group). Do not use this setting if your source or destination server is a domain controller.
- Reuse accounts with the same name maps identically named users and groups on the source and destination. Do not use this setting if your source or destination server is a domain controller.
- Don't transfer users and groups skips migrating local users and groups, which is required when your source or destination is a domain controller, or when seeding data for DFS Replication (DFS Replication doesn't support local groups and users).
Note
Migrated user accounts are disabled on the destination and assigned a 127-character password that's both complex and random, so you'll have to enable them and assign a new password when you're finished to keep using them. This helps ensure any old accounts with forgotten and weak passwords on the source don't continue to be a security problem on the destination. You might also want to check out Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) as a way to manage local Administrator passwords.
Select Validate and then select Next.
Select Start transfer to start transferring data.
The first time you transfer, we'll move any existing files in a destination to a backup folder. On subsequent transfers, by default we'll refresh the destination without backing it up first.
Also, Storage Migration Service is smart enough to deal with overlapping shares—we won't copy the same folders twice in the same job.
After the transfer completes, check out the destination server to make sure everything transferred properly. Select Error log only if you want to download a log of any files that didn't transfer.
Note
If you want to keep an audit trail of transfers or are planning to perform more than one transfer in a job, click Transfer log or the other log save options to save a CSV copy. Every subsequent transfer overwrites the database information of a previous run.

At this point, you have three options:

Go to the next step, cutting over so that the destination servers adopt the identities of the source servers.
Consider the migration complete without taking over the source servers' identities.
Transfer again, copying only files that were updated since the last transfer.

If your goal is to sync the files with Azure, you could set up the destination servers with Azure File Sync after transferring files, or after cutting over to the destination servers (see Planning for an Azure File Sync deployment).

Step 3: Cut over to the new servers