Moving MDT deployment share to a new server

Question

Hello,

I'm in the process of building a new VM of Server 2022 and would like some advice on moving our deployment share (MDT) to the new server. I'd like to move the deployment share that resides on a separate partition on the old server and reattach to the new Windows Server 2022. The old server has both MDT and WDS installed with the DeploymentShare and the RemoteInstall folder on the same partition. Looking for some advice before diving in and ending up loosing data.

Would the approach be as follows:

1. Attach the partition containing the DeploymentShare and Reminst folder to the new Server 2022
2. Install WDS on the new server and point the installation to the existing E:\RemoteInstall folder
3. Install MDT and attach the existing DeploymentShare.

or is it best to take the following approach with a less likely chance of overwriting data.

1. Create a new partition with the same share name on the new server.
2. Install WDS pointing the Reminst folder to the new partiton
3. Install MDT to the new partition.
4. Copy the data from the \OldServer\Reminst folder to \NewServer\Reminst folder.
5. Copy the data from the \OldServer\DeploymentShare folder to \NewServer\Deploymentshare folder.

Answer 1

Hi,

Thanks for posting in Microsoft MECM Q&A forum.

Per my experience, you can follow below guide to migrate MDT to new Server:
How to: Migrate MDT to new Server

Thanks for your time.

Best regards,
Simon

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