Windows 2008 R2 Guide

Learn how to setup the windows agent on Windows 2008 R2.

Introduction

Microsoft has deprecated Windows 2008 R2 however it is still widely in use in legacy environments and in some environments it is not possible to use a virtual machine to act as a jump host to transfer the data with Movebot.

In this guide - we will cover how you can setup and run the Movebot windows agent in this type of environment.

Running a migration directly on Windows 2008 R2 is not recommended as it requires using a legacy version of the Movebot/Couchdrop windows agent that is not as robust as more recent versions and may be unreliable. If possible - we recommend using a virtual machine to connect via SMB/CIFS to the legacy server instead.

Requirements

To get started - you will need:

• Administrator access to the server

• A RDP session or physical access to the server

• Basic knowledge of server administration

• The modified windows agent - Contact support for the download link

• The storage authentication token from Movebot

Installation Steps

To install and start the agent

1. Install python3.8 - https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-380/

2. Uncompress the downloaded modified agent from above

3. In the command line - run the agent using the batch file

$> cd C:\Users\%username%\Downloads\<location of download>
$> INSTALL.bat

1. Stop the agent - Ctl-C

2. Setup the configuration - see Configuring the agent manually

3. Start the agent again:

$> cd C:\Users\%username%\Downloads\<location of download>
$> INSTALL.bat

1. Test the agent from Movebot

Configuring the agent manually

The agent uses a configuration file stored in the filesystem. When running the agent on windows 2012 - the GUI front end does not work so you will need to configure the process manually.

This is relatively easy:

1. Open the configuration file with notepad - creating it if it does not already exist.

 C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\CouchdropCloudConnector\configuration.conf

1. Copy the JSON configuration below - with a valid storage_id

{"storage_id":"KEY_FROM_MOVEBOT_FRONTEND"}

1. Save the configuration file and start the Movebot agent again.