mankymanning Posted April 2, 2015 Share #1 Posted April 2, 2015 Is it possible to take 2 disks in a JBOD array from a Synology 212+ and install them into a server running XPEnology? I was hoping to do this with XPEnology running under ESXi and RDM passthrough of the disks to the VM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samy Posted April 3, 2015 Share #2 Posted April 3, 2015 Don't know if it could work , but it will be a very interesting feedback if you test it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balrog Posted April 4, 2015 Share #3 Posted April 4, 2015 I think it works as the partitioning of the harddisks are not changed. For a test I pulled all harddisks out of my production machine (bare metal) into the test machine (virtual under esxi) and all data were still intact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mankymanning Posted April 4, 2015 Author Share #4 Posted April 4, 2015 Yes I can confirm that's the case. I got it all set up, booted with XPEnoboot and went through the web based installer. It said it recognised the disks were pulled from a 212_ and would I like to migrate. Clicked yes and everything was as it was. As it happens I need to move fro mJBOD -> SHR so need to wipe anyway but very impressed! DSM certainly runs fast now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrayDeath Posted April 5, 2015 Share #5 Posted April 5, 2015 It Works ... i have migrate disks from a 1815+ to a AsRock 1900-ITX with 4port Controller Card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samy Posted April 5, 2015 Share #6 Posted April 5, 2015 Super ! Can you give details about what to do EXACTLY in Esxi ? Thanks all of you ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jitesh_88 Posted April 22, 2015 Share #7 Posted April 22, 2015 i would also be interested in a step by step guide to move hard drives from real synology to XPEnology running as a VM on ESXi host. when running through the web based installer does it install on a separate hard drive or will it put it on the drive that has been pulled from the real synology?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrayDeath Posted April 22, 2015 Share #8 Posted April 22, 2015 just do it it appeas an MIGRATE option not an INSTALL option. is the same way like an nomal install ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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