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Storage Consolidator for Windows

Quest Storage Consolidator for Windows automates the online migration of data and printers with their security settings intact. Storage Consolidator enables you to perform pre-migration testing to ensure sufficient, rights, trusts and free disk space are available to complete the migration. You can also exclude outdated or inappropriate data from the migration. In addition, this ZeroIMPACT solution updates end user desktops and profiles to ensure mapped drives, printer connections, desktop shortcuts and OLE and hyperlinks continue to function after the move, minimizing impact to critical business activity.

  • Online Data Movement – Schedule online data movement and synchronization for specific times
  • Online Printer Migration – Allows you to migrate printers online — including shares, permissions, attributes, ports and drivers to other print servers or clusters
  • Bandwidth Throttling – Control bandwidth usage on a per-project basis to minimize the effect on vital network applications
  • Detailed Reporting – Simplified project management with detailed migration activity reports
  • Exclusion Options – Extends storage space by excluding outdated or inappropriate data from consolidation projects to ensure that only current and appropriate data is moved
  • Link Updater – Automatically updates hyperlinks and Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) links in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents
  • Shortcut Updater – Updates shortcuts to files, folders and computers, saving valuable time and effort by eliminating the need to visit individual desktops
  • User Home Path Updater – Updates the home directory paths that are stored as an attribute of user accounts
  • User Profile Path Updater – Updates the user profile paths that are stored as an attribute of user accounts
  • Registry Tool – Updates client computer registries after a migration by updating the drive mappings in local and roaming user profiles, and updating client printer connections

System Requirements

 

For a full list of system requirements download the Storage Consolidator Quick Start Guide

Application Server (the server where the product is installed)One of the following:
  • Windows Server 2003 (Service Pack 1) (32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 (32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Windows Server 2008 (32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bit only)
Note: You cannot install QSS on a domain controller.
Supported Databases
  • MSDE 2000
  • SQL Server 2000
  • SQL Server 2005 (Service Pack 2)
  • SQL Server 2005 Express (Service Pack 2)
  • SQL Server 2008
  • SQL Server 2008 Express
Database ServerOne of the following:
  • Windows 2000 Server (Service Pack 4 is recommended) (32 bit only)
  • Windows 2000 Advanced Server (Service Pack 4 is recommended) (32 bit only)
  • Windows Server 2003 (Service Pack 1) (32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 (32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Windows Server 2008 (32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bit only)
Client (optional, used for remote access)
  • Windows Server 2003 (Service Pack 1) (32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 (32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Windows XP Service Pack 2 (32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Windows Server 2008 (32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bit only)
Note: You cannot install QSS on a domain controller.
Supported Source and Target Computers for data migrations
  • Windows NT 3.5.1 - source only through proxy (32 bit only)
  • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 on Alpha platform with FX!32 emulation(source only)(32 bit only)
  • Most Storage Area Networks (SANs) - source and target through proxy
  • Windows NT 4.0 Server (Service Pack 6a) (32 bit only)
  • Windows 2000 Server (Service Pack 4) (32 bit only)
  • Windows Server 2003 (32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 (32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Windows Storage Server 2003 (Service Pack 1) (32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Windows Server 2008 member servers (32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Windows Server 2008 (32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bit only)
  • Windows Server 2008 Core (32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 Core (64 bit only)
  • Microsoft Clusters (Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003/2003 R2)
  • Microsoft Clusters (Windows Server 2008/2008 R2) - source and target through proxy
  • Network Appliance Filer Network Attached Storage (NAS) - source and target through proxy
  • EMC Celerra file servers - source and target through proxy

Language Supported:

  • US English
 

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