topic Re: migrate protection manager data from old OC4 to new OV5 server in Active IQ Unified Manager Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/migrate-protection-manager-data-from-old-OC4-to-new-OV5-server/m-p/3785#M865 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Stephen,</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When you say old DFM server to new instance of OC5. Are they on different systems all together ?</P><P></P><P>Old DFM Server: SERVER1</P><P>New OC5 Instance: SERVER2</P><P></P><P>If your situation is&nbsp; above, take a dfm backup using "dfm backup create" from SERVER1 and restore it in SERVER2 using "dfm backup restore &lt;backupFileNameTakenInServer1&gt;</P><P>By doing this you dont have to do anything in the SMO dataset.</P><P></P><P>If your situation is on the same server then you just have to run your OC5 installer and upgrade, which is seamless.</P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P>adai</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 24 May 2012 08:17:33 GMT adaikkap 2012-05-24T08:17:33Z migrate protection manager data from old OC4 to new OV5 server https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/migrate-protection-manager-data-from-old-OC4-to-new-OV5-server/m-p/3780#M863 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>How do I migrate SMO datasets / relationships from an older DFM server to a new OC5 instance?</P><P>Can it be done?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:26:46 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/migrate-protection-manager-data-from-old-OC4-to-new-OV5-server/m-p/3780#M863 stephen2 2025-06-05T06:26:46Z Re: migrate protection manager data from old OC4 to new OV5 server https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/migrate-protection-manager-data-from-old-OC4-to-new-OV5-server/m-p/3785#M865 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Stephen,</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When you say old DFM server to new instance of OC5. Are they on different systems all together ?</P><P></P><P>Old DFM Server: SERVER1</P><P>New OC5 Instance: SERVER2</P><P></P><P>If your situation is&nbsp; above, take a dfm backup using "dfm backup create" from SERVER1 and restore it in SERVER2 using "dfm backup restore &lt;backupFileNameTakenInServer1&gt;</P><P>By doing this you dont have to do anything in the SMO dataset.</P><P></P><P>If your situation is on the same server then you just have to run your OC5 installer and upgrade, which is seamless.</P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P>adai</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 24 May 2012 08:17:33 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/migrate-protection-manager-data-from-old-OC4-to-new-OV5-server/m-p/3785#M865 adaikkap 2012-05-24T08:17:33Z