SQL Server Replication and Environment Movement

Hi All,

we are currently using a SQL server 2008 R2, and we have 2 instances of SQL server for 2 different Application in a single server.

For one of the Application, we a Merge replication setup with Sql Server Compact(PDA).

Now we are planning to Move the environments from one DataCenter to another DataCenter.

As the Server is Quite large, the Physical movement of the server is not possible so we had tried to Backup all the database and restore it to a new server.

Please let me know the steps to be followed, in this scenario where i can avoid subscribers re setup in the SQL server Compact(PDAs).

Joji