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Migrate EV 10 to EV 12

Itegral
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Hello All,

I have a few questions around migration from EV 10 to EV 12 with hardware, OS referesh and Exchange 2016 activities;

Current environmentWIndows 2012, EV 10 and SQL 2012 and Exchange 2010

Exisiting Solution: Mailbox archive and Journal Archive - separate VSG

Objective: We have multiple EV sites in the same geographical location, each pointing to the same local exchange server for mailbox archiving. One EV server is having a dual role i.e. Journal and mailbox archiving.

  • We are looking to consolidate the three EV sites (same geographical location) in to one, and also migrate the current EV set up to the new hardware within the same geographical location.
  • We intend to move the current EV set up to new hardware, and migrate the Exchange 2010 to 2016. 

Questions:

  1. When is Windows 2016 support expected to be available for EV 12?
  2. What mechanism is preferred to consolidate the three EV sites contaning mailbox and journal archive?
  3. We intend to execute hardware refresh by going to Windows 2016 and SQL 2016. Right now EV 11 and EV 12 are not compatible with Windows 2016. However, once compatible, question is, would it be more of a installing new Windows 2016 OS with same EV 11 version by keeping the same hostnames etc, run server settings migration wizard, disconnect LUNS and reconnect to new hardware, and same with SQL - install new SQL 2016 on Windows 2016 and move the SQL database? Or something bigger, would you suggest using a 3rd party tool (commecial impact)? The underlying data is 20TB mailbox archive and approx the same size with Journal Archive.
    1. shall we consider the hardware referesh after consolidation so we dont repeat few steps?
  4. Is it possible to move Archives (Journal and Mailbox) from EV 10 to EV 12 directly without upgrading the current EV to ver 11 first?
  5. Can Journal archives from EV 10 closed partitions be moved to the new EV 12 site without losing the chain of commands?
  6. Is it possible to move Journal Archives from EV 10 to EV 12 directly without;
    1. without losing chain of commands?
    2. without upgrading to EV 11 first
  7. If move archive feature is used to migrate the mailbox archives from from one EV site to another (different geographical location, and no knowledge of each others Exchange and SQL severs), will it retain shortcuts? If not, once ingested will it recreate its shortcuts?
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GertjanA
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Few answers: you cannot use move archive to move Journal Archives between EV sites. This requires 3rd party tooling.

I believe Move Archive will update shortcuts in mailboxes, but that mght require moving the mailboxes first, so they are archived by the new EV site. 3rd party tooling can/will do this.

W2016 is pending support. Might not be given for EV11.

I would upgrade each site to EV12 (on current HW/SQL/OS), then consolidate. Then (if W2016 is supported) upgrade OS. That way, you only need to do that once.

For best experience, look at 3rd party tooling. Quadrotech Archive Shuttle or TransVault migrator.

Regards. Gertjan

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GertjanA
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Hello,

You should be able to, but it looks like SSMW 12 only allows migrating EV12.0, not 12.1

See http://www.veritas.com/docs/000107844 for more info.

Regards. Gertjan

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GertjanA
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Few answers: you cannot use move archive to move Journal Archives between EV sites. This requires 3rd party tooling.

I believe Move Archive will update shortcuts in mailboxes, but that mght require moving the mailboxes first, so they are archived by the new EV site. 3rd party tooling can/will do this.

W2016 is pending support. Might not be given for EV11.

I would upgrade each site to EV12 (on current HW/SQL/OS), then consolidate. Then (if W2016 is supported) upgrade OS. That way, you only need to do that once.

For best experience, look at 3rd party tooling. Quadrotech Archive Shuttle or TransVault migrator.

Regards. Gertjan

Thanks. Any idea on Windows 2016 support to be available for EV 12?

  1. Consolidation is Journal archives is not possible between sites, also the we have chain of commands and legal hold in place.
  2. Upgrade from EV 12 (Windows 2012) to EV (Windows 2016), can we use SSMW?

GertjanA
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Hello,

You should be able to, but it looks like SSMW 12 only allows migrating EV12.0, not 12.1

See http://www.veritas.com/docs/000107844 for more info.

Regards. Gertjan