Double-Take Move For Windows

Double-Take Move is a comprehensive migration solution. It allows you to move an entire server, known

as a source, by mirroring an image of that source to another server, known as the target. The source and

target servers can be physical or virtual.

Step1

You can download the Double take Move for windows from Vision solution URL using your login credentials.

Step2

Once download completes, Please install the DT Move for Winows on Source Server.

Step3

As you have downloaded latest version from website, you can select No, Skip upate option and accept the licence agreement. 

Step4

License activation read the information and click Next and select client and server components on following screen.

Step5

The Double-Take installation program will automatically attempt to configure ports 6320,

6325, and 6326 for Double-Take. If you cancel this step, you will have to configure the ports manually.

Step6

Import your source Licence key file here and mark the Activate licenses at the end of the setup.

Step7

Please leave the default setup value on queue options untill if you have specific changes.

Step8

After the steps completes, please click Install button to begin the Double-Take installation

Double-Take Console and Migration of Servers

Step1

After you have installed the console, you can launch it by selecting Double-Take, Double-Take Console from your Programs, All Programs, or Apps, depending on your operating system.

The Double-Take Console is used to protect and monitor your servers and jobs. Each time you open theDouble-Take Console, you start at the Servers page which allows you to view, edit, add, remove, ormanage the servers in your console. You can also create a new job from this page.

Step2

Once the Double take instlation completes on source server follow the same above steps on target server and activate the target licence. Below the picture shows the target licence activated.

Step3

Add server icon enter the server IP and it’s login credntails to authenticate your target server.

Migration Of Server

Step1

Create a full server migration job when you want to migrate the entire source, including the server's system state and applications.

From the Servers page, right-click the server you want to migrate and select Migrate. You canalso highlight a server, click Create a New Job in the toolbar, then select Migrate.

Step2

Choose the type of workload that you want to migrate. Under Server Workloads, in the

Workload types pane, select Full Server Migration. In the Workload items pane, select the volumes on the source that you want to migrate.

Step3

Choose your target server. This is the server that, after the migration, will become your new source.

Step4

On the Options tab leave the default value until you would require any modifications

Step5

The summary tab will show you the job details and ensure that no error occurred on this stage.

Step6

The following Job screen will help you to know about your migration status once the migration completed the Mirror stauts turn to Completed.

Step7

The final steps to failover your sorce server to target and this would take hardly 1-2 minutes only.

After these failover completes you will able to see your target server turned as your source server.

Double-Take OS and Technical Requirements

Your source server must meet the requirements below. In addition, each target server must meet certain requirements, however, they depend on the type of migration job you will be using. See the specific requirements for each migration type for target server requirements.

Operating system—The source server can be a physical or virtual server running any of the following operating system editions.

Windows 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 or later with the following editions: Datacenter,

Enterprise (i386, x64), Standard (i386, x64), Essential Business Server, Web Server,

Foundation Server, Small Business Server (including SBS 2011), or Storage Server

Edition

Windows 2012 or Windows 2012 R2 with the following editions: Datacenter, Standard,Essentials, or Foundation Edition

File system—Double-Take supports the NTFS file system. FAT, FAT32, and ReFS are not supported.

System memory—The minimum system memory on each server is 1 GB.

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Disk space for program files—This is the amount of disk space needed for the Double-Take program files. The amount depends on your operating system version and ranges from 350-500 MB.