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PatGGerard
Level 2
3 years ago

Replacing Windows Media Servers with Linux Media Servers

Good Afternoon. I have a customer planning to replace his existing Windows Media Servers with new RHEL servers, and I'm wondering if that will cause issues when trying to use the new Media Server to...
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PatGGerard's avatar
PatGGerard
Level 2

Thanks Stefanos. Is that something we can do "As required", or does every image have to be transferred over to the new Linux Media servers before the Windows Media Servers are decommissioned? In other words, can we decomm the Windows Media Servers right away and then IF we ever need to restore an older image we can do the transfer at that time?

quebek's avatar
quebek
Moderator
3 years ago
Hi
Look at nbdecommission command it might help you out :grinning_face:
  • L_BR's avatar
    L_BR
    Level 5
    3 years ago

    Quebek's suggestion is a good one. nbdecommission will move any images owned by media1 to media2.

    nbdecommission -oldserver <media1> -newserver <media2>

     

    • July1008's avatar
      July1008
      Level 2
      3 years ago
      nbdecommission changes the image ownership but doesn’t copy the advanced disk images from windows media server to Linux media server.