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How to install Storage Migration Service on windows 2012 R2 as I wish to migrate applications and files from a box with old hardware to a box with newer hardware. Same operating system.
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Can robo copy copy my installed apps and registry files?
No, robocopy is for moving storage and permissions to a new location.
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Best solution to migrate my system is not to use robo copy as many of my apps have registry files along with other things. I am looking for a solution to move my ERP and SQL database without a reinstall.
Something here might help.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/backup-and-storage/how-to-restore-windows-installation
but a complex install of ERP plus sql server is probably not going to work. The much safer method is to clean install the operating system on new hardware, patch fully and migrate over to it.
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The OS on the new machine is fresh and was looking for simple copy and paste situation where I would not need to reinstall the ERP and database.
You might try acronis or some of the other third party tools. There are no native tools for this.
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