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When an organization decides to replace a production server, a successful server migration is crucial to the business<\/strong>\u00a0and must be planned carefully.<\/p>\n Before proceeding with the migration, there are some steps to follow and some requirements to meet to avoid nasty surprises such as data loss or service disruption<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The\u00a0migration procedure<\/strong> involves the following steps:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The server migration is the process of moving data<\/strong> from an old server to a new one and involves the selection of a new server to use and its configuration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The reasons for a server migration can be summarized as follows:<\/p>\n Because the server migration will cause some downtime for data accessibility and services<\/strong>, you need to plan carefully the entire procedure to ensure all data are properly transferred.<\/p>\n Using the Nakivo's monitoring tool<\/a>, you can have an overview of your infrastructure health highlighting what servers are running out of resources<\/strong> and what server should be considered for a replacement.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The migration should be well planned to limit data unavailability preventing possible issues. You should consider the following scenarios before scheduling the server migration:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Once the migration plan is complete, the effective time required for the data transfer process depends on several factors:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Before proceeding with the migration, you should collect the list of data and applications<\/strong> to migrate. This avoid forgetting to migrate specific data or applications.<\/p>\n \n<\/div>\n For a successful migration, the new server must be properly sized<\/strong> in terms of space and resources. The new server must have enough room, CPU and memory<\/strong> to satisfy current resource demand and future grows. For the initial migration you should consider at least an extra 20% of space in the new server for application installation, updates and so on.<\/p>\n The new server must be also scalable<\/strong> to satisfy the possible increase of resource demand.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Before migrating, you should take a backup of the server<\/strong> to have a copy of your data in case something wrong happens during the migration.\u00a0Regardless if the source server is physical or virtual<\/strong>, the backup can be taken using software like Nakivo Backup & Replication<\/a> configuring the appropriate Backup Job<\/a>.<\/p>\n The available bandwidth and installed NICs<\/strong> will heavily affect the data transfer speed. A large bandwidth with 10 GB NICs will perform better in terms of speed compared to a narrow bandwidth with 1 GB NICs.<\/p>\n A faster data transfer will reduce the server downtime<\/strong> ensuring a limited unavailability of data and services.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Once all the data have been migrated to the new server, you must test if everything works as expected<\/strong> before putting the new server on production.<\/p>\n The test is a crucial part of the migration process because you need to ensure that all data are accessible <\/strong>and services are working<\/strong>:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Once the migration procedure has been completed, keep the old server<\/strong> for at least one month before deleting<\/strong>. If any problem arises with the new server, you always have the chance to fallback<\/strong> providing a protection against unforeseen issues.<\/p>\n The backup of your replaced server can be stored in a supported cloud storage<\/strong> (i.e. Azure<\/a>, AWS<\/a>, Wasabi<\/a>) for a long period without consuming your on-prem backup repository space. It can be deleted later when you are 100% sure that the new server works as expected without any issue.<\/p>\n Server migration can be tricky, time-consuming, and demands considerable effort from IT staff. A good analysis and planning<\/strong> make the difference between a successful migration or a global failure.<\/p>\n When an organization decides to replace a production server, a successful server migration is crucial to the business\u00a0and must be planned carefully. 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What is server migration?<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nWhen to migrate<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\n\nTime required to complete a migration<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Collect data and applications to migrate<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\n\nNew server installation<\/h2>\n
Data transfer<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nTest the new server<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nKeep old server<\/h2>\n
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