Hi Christy,
I would suggest to install the new version of DFM on your new windows machine ( WIN 2008 ) and restore your OLD DFM DB to it, Procedure as follows...
Prerequisite:- Have a copy of your DFM license and keep it safe
dfm license list
Procedure:-
Stop/Start services as below
dfm service stop
dfm service start sql
dfm backup create -v
Note :- This creates a backup file (.ndb format) which is stored in the <install_dir>\Netapp\DataFabric Manager\DFM\data folder.
Disable any monitoring or purging
dfm option set discoverEnabled=No
Windows: for /f "tokens=1" %i in ('"dfm host list -a | findstr /I "yes""') do dfm host delete -f %i | echo HostID=%i
Perform another backup
dfm backup create -v
Note:- This creates a backup file (.ndb format) which is stored in the <install_dir>\Netapp\DataFabric Manager\DFM\data folder
Copy the .ndb file to a safe location to be use to restore on to the new server
Now login to the new windows machine ( Windows 2008 )
Install the new version of DFM
Restore the backup
dfm backup restore <path-to-dbfile>
Change the new server DNS names to olddfm.local ( In case if required )
Once done , Start all the DFM services
Note:- If you think you have huge number of mark-deleted objects , use purge tool to purge all the deleted objects
DFM Purge Tool Download
DFM Purge Tool Usage Doc
Thanks,
Nayab
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