Want to clone server to another box with all the software setup

Question

Is there a way to clone a server with the same OS and similar board except moving from an HDD to SDD and slightly more faster CPU.

Answer 1

You can follow along here.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/askcore/bare-metal-restore

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Answer 2

Something here may help.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/backup-and-storage/how-to-restore-windows-installation
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000136759/windows-server-how-to-perform-a-bare-metal-restore-of-windows-server-2008-r2

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Answer 3

Hi,

We could back up system and restore it, but except clone it. As clone will let several hardware devices use a same computer security identifier (SID) which will cause activation error and security issue.

Here is a link for backup Windows server, please check if it is helpful for you.
AD Forest Recovery - Backing up a full server

Bests,

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Answer 4

Hi,

We would like to know if any update about this issue.

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Bests,

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