Moving storage from Win2K3 32 bit to Win2k3 64 bit

14/04/2008, 13h50

Hi,
I have a big SCSI attached RAID box that is currently running on a 32 bit
Windows Server 2003 Standard Server (SP2). I need to connect it to a server
running 64 bit. If I do that will the data survive the change? Does 64 bit
need to change anything in NTFS? Thanks.
Dennis Gee

22/04/2008, 22h10

Did I say something wrong? Does anyone have any experience with this?
DG

"dgeedgee" wrote:

> Hi,
> I have a big SCSI attached RAID box that is currently running on a 32 bit
> Windows Server 2003 Standard Server (SP2). I need to connect it to a server
> running 64 bit. If I do that will the data survive the change? Does 64 bit
> need to change anything in NTFS? Thanks.
> Dennis Gee

22/04/2008, 23h52

dgeedgee wrote:
> Did I say something wrong? Does anyone have any experience with this?
> DG
>
> "dgeedgee" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I have a big SCSI attached RAID box that is currently running on a
>> 32 bit Windows Server 2003 Standard Server (SP2). I need to connect
>> it to a server running 64 bit. If I do that will the data survive
>> the change? Does 64 bit need to change anything in NTFS? Thanks.
>> Dennis Gee

NTFS doesn't have such a distinction. The driver for the raid controller
will of course need to be different and the vendor *may* implement changes,
but the NTFS format doesn't change. Permissions *may* be valid if it's still
in the same domain and there's no local groups.

Still, a complete and verified backup is appropriate. Not expecting to boot
from the existing array, right?

--
/kj

14/04/2008, 13h50	#1
dgeedgee Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	Moving storage from Win2K3 32 bit to Win2k3 64 bit Hi, I have a big SCSI attached RAID box that is currently running on a 32 bit Windows Server 2003 Standard Server (SP2). I need to connect it to a server running 64 bit. If I do that will the data survive the change? Does 64 bit need to change anything in NTFS? Thanks. Dennis Gee

22/04/2008, 22h10	#2
dgeedgee Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	RE: Moving storage from Win2K3 32 bit to Win2k3 64 bit Did I say something wrong? Does anyone have any experience with this? DG "dgeedgee" wrote: > Hi, > I have a big SCSI attached RAID box that is currently running on a 32 bit > Windows Server 2003 Standard Server (SP2). I need to connect it to a server > running 64 bit. If I do that will the data survive the change? Does 64 bit > need to change anything in NTFS? Thanks. > Dennis Gee

22/04/2008, 23h52	#3
kj [SBS MVP] Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	Re: Moving storage from Win2K3 32 bit to Win2k3 64 bit dgeedgee wrote: > Did I say something wrong? Does anyone have any experience with this? > DG > > "dgeedgee" wrote: > >> Hi, >> I have a big SCSI attached RAID box that is currently running on a >> 32 bit Windows Server 2003 Standard Server (SP2). I need to connect >> it to a server running 64 bit. If I do that will the data survive >> the change? Does 64 bit need to change anything in NTFS? Thanks. >> Dennis Gee NTFS doesn't have such a distinction. The driver for the raid controller will of course need to be different and the vendor may implement changes, but the NTFS format doesn't change. Permissions may be valid if it's still in the same domain and there's no local groups. Still, a complete and verified backup is appropriate. Not expecting to boot from the existing array, right? -- /kj

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