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    <title>topic Re: Moving file server to vm in VMware vSphere™ Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I want to upgrade Windows 2008 to Windows 2016.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If I would move this physical instance of file server to VM, I would want to have the hardware used as storage for VMs and user files shared on that file server.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I would no longer need the current two HDDs no the ESXi server so I could move them to the storage server to increase storage.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2018 19:59:18 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>kom23</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2018-04-22T19:59:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Moving file server to vm</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Moving-file-server-to-vm/m-p/938500#M11018</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hello,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Current setup:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;ESXI running on DL360G7, 1TB HDDs, SD card with ESXi.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;File server running on DL380G7, 8TB HDDs running Windows Server W2008R2&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I want to upgrade the system on file server, but I was thinking of moving it to ESXi, moving the HDDs from ESXi to File server, but I don't have enough knowleadge what I would need to do.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Could you give me some tips?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Regards,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Konrad&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2018 17:53:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>kom23</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-04-22T17:53:09Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Moving file server to vm</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Moving-file-server-to-vm/m-p/938501#M11019</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Describe in more detail this phrase "I want to upgrade the system on file server, but I was thinking of moving it to ESXi, moving the HDDs from ESXi to File server, but I don't have enough knowledge what I would need to do."&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;what do you mean "moving the HDDs from ESXi to File server"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2018 18:47:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>IT_pilot</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-04-22T18:47:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Moving file server to vm</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Moving-file-server-to-vm/m-p/938502#M11020</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I want to upgrade Windows 2008 to Windows 2016.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If I would move this physical instance of file server to VM, I would want to have the hardware used as storage for VMs and user files shared on that file server.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I would no longer need the current two HDDs no the ESXi server so I could move them to the storage server to increase storage.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2018 19:59:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Moving-file-server-to-vm/m-p/938502#M11020</guid>
      <dc:creator>kom23</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-04-22T19:59:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Moving file server to vm</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Moving-file-server-to-vm/m-p/938503#M11021</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks for the clarification, now I understand what you want. Take a look at this option.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Configure FreeNAS 9.10 NFS VMware ESXi 6 datastore &lt;A href="https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2017/05/configure-freenas-9-10-nfs-vmware-esxi-6-datastore/" title="https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2017/05/configure-freenas-9-10-nfs-vmware-esxi-6-datastore/"&gt;https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2017/05/configure-freenas-9-10-nfs-vmware-esxi-6-datastore/&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2018 04:05:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>IT_pilot</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-04-23T04:05:53Z</dc:date>
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