Cutting over to a new server by using Storage Migration Service

Now that we have reviewed the approach for setting up Storage Migration Service for both phase 1 and phase 2 of the migration approach, let’s walk through the steps and considerations for phase 3, which involves cutting over to a new server:

1. The first step involves validation of whether we would like to reuse the existing credentials or create new credentials, as shown in Figure 13.16:

Figure 13.16 – Entering credentials for the source and destination devices

2. In this series of configuration steps, we are asked to make out the network settings from the source server to the destination server as shown in Figure 13.17:

Figure 13.17 – Review and configure the source and destination network adapters

3. Note that as part of this process, we can also rename the source device after the cutover has been completed, as shown in...