Hello,
Current setup:
ESXI running on DL360G7, 1TB HDDs, SD card with ESXi.
File server running on DL380G7, 8TB HDDs running Windows Server W2008R2
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.
Could you give me some tips?
Regards,
Konrad
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."
what do you mean "moving the HDDs from ESXi to File server"
I want to upgrade Windows 2008 to Windows 2016.
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.
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.
Thanks for the clarification, now I understand what you want. Take a look at this option.
Configure FreeNAS 9.10 NFS VMware ESXi 6 datastore https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2017/05/configure-freenas-9-10-nfs-vmware-esxi-6-datastore/
