How to move iSCSI volume from one Windows server to a new one ?

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ProFuZion
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How to move iSCSI volume from one Windows server to a new one ?

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Hi All,
One quick question:

We have a QNAP NAS connected with iSCSI to a file server (W2k8). Only 1 volume with 100% of the RAID5 and 1 iSCSI Target configured
This server will be replaced in few hours by a new one.
How can we move this Windows partition to the new server without data loss ? Do I need to remove the iSCSI initiator on the old server and then create a new initiator on the new server ?
Windows will detect a new partition already formatted or do I need to format it. In 2nd case, I will need to restore all the data ...
Or I'm wrong ? If yes, one of you could please give me a step by step procedure to realize this ?

Thanks a lot for your help,
BR
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Re: How to move iSCSI volume from one Windows server to a new one ?

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ProFuZion wrote:Hi All,
One quick question:

We have a QNAP NAS connected with iSCSI to a file server (W2k8). Only 1 volume with 100% of the RAID5 and 1 iSCSI Target configured
This server will be replaced in few hours by a new one.
How can we move this Windows partition to the new server without data loss ? Do I need to remove the iSCSI initiator on the old server and then create a new initiator on the new server ?
Windows will detect a new partition already formatted or do I need to format it. In 2nd case, I will need to restore all the data ...
Or I'm wrong ? If yes, one of you could please give me a step by step procedure to realize this ?

Thanks a lot for your help,
BR
Yes simply disconnect it from old server
New server will detect it formatted.
Do not connect to new server before disconnecting from old server.
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