Hi, there,
I’m running AM8.1 on VMware appliance and I would like to migrate it to version 8.3. But I don’t like to upgrade it to AM8.1 SP1 -> AM8.2 -> AM8.2 SP1 -> AM 8.3.
I’d like to install a fresh new AM8.3 Vmware appliance, and then export configurations/tokens from AM8.1, then import to AM8.3.
Is it feasible or not?
Thanks!
Jie ZHANG
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Hi Jie,
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Thanks,
Jeff
Hi Jie Zhang,
This is currently not supported. If you really want to have a "fresh" AM 8.3, you could:
Alternatively, once you have upgraded your system to AM 8.3, you could attach a new 8.3 Replica server and then promote it to become the Primary server. Since you're using a VM, the upgrade process is very safe; you can simply take a snapshot of the system before starting the upgrade,
Many customers like being able to simply upgrade their existing systems without migration export/import and possibly losing platform customization that might have been done.
-Piers
Backups and restore are version-specific. If you have a backup file from [a version] it can be restored to [that version only]. Backup/restore cannot be used to 'leap across' major versions.
What could be done though, is a smaller amount of data...using export/import users and tokens. Export from 8.1 and import that to 8.3, but this will only copy [userids, firstname, lastname and any tokens and pins assigned], it will not copy agents, policies, system domains, or any other settings.
Hi Jie Zhang,
This is currently not supported. If you really want to have a "fresh" AM 8.3, you could:
Alternatively, once you have upgraded your system to AM 8.3, you could attach a new 8.3 Replica server and then promote it to become the Primary server. Since you're using a VM, the upgrade process is very safe; you can simply take a snapshot of the system before starting the upgrade,
Many customers like being able to simply upgrade their existing systems without migration export/import and possibly losing platform customization that might have been done.
-Piers