Migrating To A New Appliance; Overview; Supported Migration; Licenses - VMware VCENTER APPLICATION DISCOVERY MANAGER 6.1.1 Administration Manual

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Migrating to a New Appliance

This chapter provides instructions on migration of an existing physical or virtual ADM appliance to a virtual
appliance supplied by VMware. This chapter includes the following topics:
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"Overview" on page 45
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"Preliminary Procedures" on page 46
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"Data Restoration" on page 47
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"Post‐Migration Steps" on page 48

Overview

Additional documentation as described below is available at http://downloads.vmware.com/

Supported Migration

Appliance migration is supported from ADM 6.0.x. Upgrade earlier versions to the latest 6.0.x version by using
the procedures described in the "Upgrading ADM" on page 41.
N Part of the upgrade procedure to ADM 6.0.x can include upgrading custom fingerprints created in
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earlier version. Additional information on fingerprints is available in the VMware vCenter Application Discovery
Manager Fingerprint Developers Guide.

Licenses

You need a new license to use ADM after migrating to a new appliance. Obtain the license from your VMware
Sales representative. More information is provided in "Licenses" on page 13.

System Architecture

Detailed descriptions are provided in "System Architecture" on page 9. Migration steps differ for different
appliance setups:
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Single‐Box
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Distributed
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Distributed with remote database
I The new virtual appliance solutions feature separate virtual appliance components for
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Collectors, Database, and the Aggregator. Initial setup and data restoration is therefore performed
separately for each component.
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