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CadenL's avatar
CadenL
Level 6
7 years ago

EV Server consolidation

Hi How easy\practical would it be to consolidate 6 EV servers into 1 or 2 EV servers? The scenario is that I have 6 EV servers that are archiving 6 windows file servers and this seems a little over...
  • GertjanA's avatar
    GertjanA
    7 years ago

    They will show as hosted. There might also be an issue with upgrading (so I am told..)

    You might want to read this one : https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.100017529.html

    and this one https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/115743999-121370778-0/id-SF390589499-121370778

    But, as you are talking about FSA, you might want to check with support if that works the same. I assume it will, but am not sure. (especially in regards to the shortcuts.

  • WiTSend's avatar
    WiTSend
    7 years ago

    The complicating factor is moving the Indexes if the index locations are the same on each server.  You may need to create a second set of index locations and updating the pointers to the new location.  There are whitepapers on moving vault stores to a different server that are very straightforward.  Just take you time and do one at a time, testing to make sure it's right be moving to the next.

WiTSend's avatar
WiTSend
Level 6
7 years ago

The complicating factor is moving the Indexes if the index locations are the same on each server.  You may need to create a second set of index locations and updating the pointers to the new location.  There are whitepapers on moving vault stores to a different server that are very straightforward.  Just take you time and do one at a time, testing to make sure it's right be moving to the next.