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Migrating data to an existing target

Use the following instructions to migrate data from your source to an existing physical or virtual target.

Click Migrate Data from the left navigation pane.
Identify the source that contains the data that you want to migrate.
- Server—Specify the name of the source server. You can also click Browse to select the name from Active Directory or from a network drill-down list.
- User name—Specify a user that is a member of the Double-Take Admin security group on the source.
- Password—Specify the password associated with the User name you entered.
- Domain—If you are working in a domain environment, specify the Domain.
Click Next to continue.
Identify the target server. This is the server that, after the migration, will contain the source data. The target must be an existing physical or virtual server.

Server—Specify the name of the existing target server. You can also click Browse to select the name from Active Directory or from a network drill-down list.
User name—Specify a user that is a member of the Double-Take Admin security group on the target. If your source is the only domain controller in your network, the account must also be a local account in the local administrators group on the target.
Password—Specify the password associated with the User name you entered.
Domain—If you are working in a domain environment, specify the Domain.

Click Next to continue.
By default, Double-Take Move selects all of the data on your source for migration. It automatically excludes system state information. If desired, you can exclude other files that you do not want to migrate, but be careful when excluding data. Excluded volumes, folders, and/or files may compromise the integrity of your installed applications. Volumes, folders, and files that are marked with a checkmark are included. If there is no checkmark, the item is excluded. Expand and collapse the directory tree and click on an item to add or remove a checkmark. Once you have configured the data to migrate, click Next to continue.

The Select all and Deselect all buttons allow you to quickly select or deselect all user data on your server.
Specify the location, including the volume, on the target to store the data from the source. For example, you might enter C: or C:\directory.
Click Next to continue.
Specify your migration shutdown options.
- Wait for user intervention before cutover—If you select this option, Double-Take Move will pause the migration process after the source data has been mirrored to the target, which allows you time to coordinate any other tasks. Replication will continue during this time. If you do not select this option, cutover will be automatic, meaning the source will cutover to the target immediately after the mirror is complete. If your source is running applications, it is important that you enable this option. During the intervention time, you can stop your applications that are running on the source. This lets you stop services cleanly on the source and let that final application data be replicated and applied on the target. This helps ensure your applications will start cleanly on the target after cutover.
- Shut down the source server—Specify if you want to shut down the source server before the migration job is terminated.
At the Migration summary page, you can review the choices you have made and you can also configure optional settings. If you need to make any changes to the selections you made, click Back to return to the previous pages. If you want to configure optional settings, click Configure. Once you have completed your configuration, click Finish to start the migration.
Monitor the progress of the migration mirror on the Monitor page.
When the migration mirror has completed, the migration job may or may not terminate automatically depending on your selection for Wait for user intervention before cutover. If you disabled user intervention, the migration job will terminate automatically to complete the migration process. If you enabled user intervention, when the migration mirror is complete, the status will change to Ready for Cutover. Use this time to complete any necessary tasks. When you are ready to complete the migration, click Cutover on the Monitor page toolbar to complete the migration process, which will terminate the migration job.

If your source was disconnected from the network during the cutover process, the original job that was mirroring the data will still be active on that machine. Do not bring that machine back on the network. If you do, the original job will attempt to begin mirroring data again which could result in data loss. While the machine is still disconnected from the network, stop the Double-Take service, delete the file connect.sts located in the Double-Take Move installation directory, and then restart the Double-Take service. This will delete the original job. After the original job is deleted, you can bring the machine on the network if desired.