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Hi All,
I need help, in my environment I have a file server cluster & I need to migrate the file server to azure, the file server is a physical server so since the file server is cluster I can't use the ASR to replicate the file server, how can I migrate this file server to azure with lift & shift I can't do this, what is the available options for my scenario?
I think I can migrate the file server to a storage account, I have another option to use azure file share, what is your opinions regarding my scenario?
Kindly note: I need to migrate the file server with the current permissions.
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hi
I don't have kwnolage in this
but I think because it is default file you can migrate it
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@Anonymous Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Q&A. I understand that you want to migrate your file server to Azure and want to know the right option for the same.
As you mentioned, you can use the Azure Files option to replace your on-premises file servers. Azure Files makes it easy to "lift and shift" applications to the cloud that expect a file share to store file application or user data. Please refer to the Azure Files documentation here- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-files-introduction
However, I am not sure what you mean by - I think I can migrate the file server to a storage account. Are you looking for other options on Azure Storage other than Azure Files? Please let me know.
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Storage Migration Services (https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/storage/storage-migration-service/overview?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004796) allows you to migrate files shares and fileserver to other servers.
It can take care of a lot of the work on migrating for you - including to Azure File Sync (https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/file-sync/file-sync-introduction?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004796).
Even if your actual file server is not running, Windows Server 2019 or 2022 - you can use another 2022 or 2019 server, to act as the orchestration server to do your migration for you (for example, from a 2003).
I am not entirely sure - how this will work with a failover cluster - but it should be able to migrate the fileshares at least.