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Ensim® Pro and Ensim Basic 4.0.3 for Linux® (ServerXchange®) Migration Guide


February 23, 2005

Introduction

This guide provides information and instructions on migrating to Ensim® Pro and Ensim Basic 4.0.3 for Linux®. For simplicity, we refer to Ensim Pro and Ensim Basic 4.0.3 for Linux as “Ensim Control Panel” throughout the document.

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The migration is platform-independent. Irrespective of the current operating platform of your Ensim Control Panel server, you can migrate from version 4.0.1 and version 4.0.2 to any supported platform—Fedora Core 1, Fedora Core 2.

Topics in this guide include:

About the migration

You can migrate to Ensim Control Panel 4.0.3 from version 4.0.1 and version 4.0.2.

Migration is a two-step process that requires you to:

System requirements

Before you migrate, you must install Ensim Control Panel 4.0.3 on the server to which you want to migrate data.

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Please note the version of the base file system (BFS) that must be installed on the server to which you migrate.

Fedora Core 1: Ensim Control Panel 4.0.3 requires BFS 01-13 to be installed on your Private and Dedicated servers. Once you install BFS 01-13 on your Private and Dedicated servers, you cannot install earlier versions of Ensim Control Panel on them.

Fedora Core 2: Ensim Control Panel 4.0.3 requires BFS 02-3 to be installed on your Dedicated servers. The release does not support installation of Ensim Control Panel 4.0.3 on Private servers.

For information on installation requirements and instructions, please refer to the document Ensim Pro and Ensim Basic 4.0.3 for Linux (ServerXchange) Installation Guide available at http://www.ensim.com/support/sxc/index.shtml.

Migrating to the latest version of Ensim Control Panel

The following section provides instructions on migrating to the latest version of Ensim Control Panel. Please review the section System requirements before you migrate data.

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To migrate to the latest version of Ensim Control Panel:

  1. Log on to the Appliance Administrator control panel on the Ensim Control Panel server from which you want to migrate data.
  2. Back up the data on the server.
    1. In the shortcuts section of the Home page, click Backup/Restore (Tools section).
    2. Click Backup (if not already selected). The Backup form opens.
    3. Perform an appliance backup. For instructions on backing up data, please refer to the online Help Appliance Administrator online Help (Book: Backing up and restoring data)
  3. Log on to the Appliance Administrator control panel on the server on which you installed Ensim Control Panel 4.0.3.
  4. Restore the data on the server.
    1. In the shortcuts section of the Home page, click Backup/Restore (Tools section).
    2. Click Restore. The Restore form opens.
    3. Restore the data. For instructions on restoring data, please refer to the online Help Appliance Administrator online Help (Book: Restoring archived data)

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