Moving the management server (explained)
You may sometimes need to move the management server installation from one physical server to another. The management server stores your system configuration in a database. If you are moving the management server from one physical server to another, it is vital that you make sure that your new management server also gets access to this database. The system configuration database can be stored in two different ways:
- Network SQL Server: If you are storing your system configuration in a database on an existing SQL Server on your network, you can point to the database's location on that SQL Server when installing the management server software on your new management server. In that case, only the following paragraph about management server hostname and IP address applies and you should ignore the rest of this topic:
Management server hostname and IP address: When you move the management server from one physical server to another physical server, it is by far the easiest to give the new server the same hostname and IP address as the old one. This is due to the fact that the recording server connects to the hostname and IP address of the old management server. If you have given the new management server a new hostname and/or IP address, the recording server cannot find the management server. Manually stop each recording server in your system, change their management server URL, and when done, restart them.
- Local SQL Server: If you are storing your system configuration in a local SQL Server database on the management server itself, it is important that you back up the existing management server's system configuration database before the move. By backing up the database, and subsequently restoring it on the new server, you avoid having to reconfigure your cameras, rules, time profiles, etc. after the move.
Requirements
- Your software installation file for installation on the new management server.
- Your software license file (.lic), that you received when you purchased your system and initially installed it. You should not use the activated software license file which you have received after a manual offline license activation. An activated software license file contains information about the specific server on which the system is installed. Therefore, an activated software license file cannot be reused when moving to a new server.
Note that if you are also upgrading your system software in connection with the move, you have received a new software license file. Simply use this.
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