Conversion of a file server to reduce the size of disk - things to consider?

Hi all

This weekend I plan to do a conversion, v2v of our file server to reduce one of the discs of 600 GB to 250 GB and also change the disk type of thin thickness.  I expect it to take quite long time so want to make sure I have to work on my first attempt!

I will warn users that the file server is not available during this period, there is always the danger someone could connect remotely and connect during the conversion process (they have roaming profiles/home folders stored on this server).

My main concern is that if a user connects and modifies a file, etc. in their home folder during the process, it may fail.

My boss has proposed to vcentre server and the server I want to convert in one vlan private during the process, so that no one can connect, but I am a little concerned that the servers may need to communicate with controllers of domain/dns during the process?

Is someone able to provide advice regarding my concerns?  Especially if someone connect/change a file on the server of files during the process.

Thank you

Hello

If you really do a v2v conversion, you must stop the machine before the conversion. So nobody will be able to connect (obviously). You seem to plan a p2v (treats converter powered on virtual machines the same as physical devices). I suggest that you consider making a volume based v2v turned off (if it's a Windows machine because it seems to be)

If for some reason, this is not possible, can you consider to stop the 'Server' service during the conversion? Thus, all actions will become unavailable.

Note: You must have a converter agent deployed before that.

HTH

Plamen

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