Hey everyone! I'm planning to perform a storage vMotion for several Exchange 2019 servers, moving them from HPE 3PARs to Pure storage. Has anyone done this before? I'd love some recommendations for guides or knowledge base articles. I'm looking to migrate a LUN which includes C: (Windows), D: (Exchange Setup), and all database and log volumes. I'm operating in a DAG environment with 2 production machines and 2 disaster recovery machines (passive copies). Do I just need to put the server in maintenance mode, or should I completely power it off? I'd appreciate any insights or experiences you can share. Thanks!
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You should aim to pick a quiet time for the database. There's no need for an outage since you can just vMotion without taking anything offline. It typically works seamlessly!
Thanks for the tip! Just to clarify, since I have to migrate C: and D: drives along with the databases, is maintenance mode enough, or should I power off the server entirely?