Efcm And Fabric Manager Migration Paths; Pre-Migration Requirements; Pre-Migration Requirements When Migrating From; One Server To Another - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B Installation Manual

EFCM and Fabric Manager migration paths

You cannot migrate directly from EFCM or Fabric Manager to Network Advisor 12.0.0. To migrate
from EFCM or Fabric Manager, you must first migrate to DCFM 10.3.X, then migrate to Network
Advisor 11.1.X, then migrate to Network Advisor 12.0.0. For more information about migrating from
EFCM or Fabric Manager to DCFM 10.3.X, contact your customer representative.

Pre-migration requirements

Before you install Network Advisor, make sure you meet the following pre-migration requirements.
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Pre-migration requirements when migrating from one server to another
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Make sure all system requirements have been met prior to installation. For specific system
requirements, refer to "System requirements"
Check for and install the latest Java patches for your operating system. Network Advisor
requires Oracle JRE 1.7.0_09. For the website listing patch information, go to
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html.
Make sure that you fully back up your current Management application data on your
management server.
Make sure you close all instances of the application before migrating.
Make sure to install Network Advisor on the same system as your current Management
application.
If you are migrating within the same release or you are migrating from Professional to Licensed
software, make sure to partially uninstall (refer to
Partial data migration is not supported from pre-12.0.0 releases. If you are migrating data from
a partially uninstalled source, complete the following steps:
1. Re-install your current Network Advisor version on the same machine and migrate the
partially uninstalled data.
2. Install Network Advisor 12.0 (refer to
migrate your data (refer to
If you are migrating from a pre-12.0.0 release on a 32-bit Windows server to Network Advisor
12.0.0 on a 64-bit Windows server, complete the following steps.
NOTE
If you are migrating from DCFM 10.4.X or Network Advisor 11.0.X on a 32-bit server, first
migrate to Network Advisor 11.1.X on a 32-bit server, then migrate to Network Advisor 12.0 on
a 64-bit server by completing the following steps.
1. Open the Server Management Console from the Start menu on the 32-bit server.
2. Click Stop to stop all services.
3. Using Windows Explorer, browse to the 32-bit Network Advisor directory.
4. Right-click the 32-bit Network Advisor directory and select Sharing and Security.
Pre-migration requirements
on page 1.
"Uninstallation"
"Installation" on page 1) on the same machine and
"Migrating data" on page 48).
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