* Log in as admin & Backup the '''old server''' via a [[SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter6#Option 8: Perform backup to USB device|Console Backup]] to attached USB disk. This may take many hours if you have a lot of data on your server, depending on USB port speed, USB drive speed, and types of files being backed up ie whether already compressed or not etc. Typically for 250Gb of data on your server hard drive, 2 to 4 hours. Multiple terabytes may take multiple days. | * Log in as admin & Backup the '''old server''' via a [[SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter6#Option 8: Perform backup to USB device|Console Backup]] to attached USB disk. This may take many hours if you have a lot of data on your server, depending on USB port speed, USB drive speed, and types of files being backed up ie whether already compressed or not etc. Typically for 250Gb of data on your server hard drive, 2 to 4 hours. Multiple terabytes may take multiple days. |