Data migration of an existing MS Windows CMS to a new Insight Software 6.0 system

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Step 3: Re
-
enter
ing
vCenter credentials on the target CMS
For Insight Control virtual machine management, if the source CMS version is less than 6.0, then the
vCenter Server credentials must be re
-
en
tered. To enter the vCenter Server credentials,
log
into
the
CMS console, select
Options

VMware vCenter Settings
. Each of the ESX hosts must be present in
only one vCenter Server. The credentials of all the vCenter Servers must be entered to continue
manag
ing the ESX hosts.
Step 4: Manually
run
the migration CRA task on the target CMS
The import process created a special CRA tool and task
,
which needs to be loaded and run.
Perform
the following steps:
1.
Copy the
HPSIMCRAQuery.xml
and
HPSIMCRATask.xml
files fr
om the target
CMS <HP
SIM installdir>
\
config
\
migration
\
CRA directory to the
<installdir>
\
setup directory
2.
Open a command prompt on the target CMS
.
a.
Navigate to
Start

Run
.
b.
Type
cmd
,
and click
OK
. The command prompt window will appear.
3.
In the command pr
ompt window
,
execute
the
mxconfigrefresh
command:
mxconfigrefresh
4.
A new
t
ask called
HPSIMMigrCRATask
appear
s
in the HP SIM GUI under
Tasks and
Logs

View
All Scheduled Tasks
.
5.
Edit the task,
and then
provide proper credentials
.
V
alidate the configuration
, a
nd
then run it
to reset configuration on the managed systems such as SNMP trap or WBEM indication
destinations.
Note:
I
f the target CMS had been previously discovered by the source CMS that
record will be removed,
and the
original CMS record will remain in
tact
.
The original CMS record
will be renamed
to that of the target
and the IP
addresses will be updated
.
Step 5: Run
ning
daily system identification on the target CMS
Run the
daily system identification
task to ensure data is up to date in the target CMS
.
1.
In the CMS console,
navigate to
Task and
Logs

View All Scheduled Tasks
.
2.
Select the
Daily System Identification task
.
3.
Click
R
un
.
Step 6: Run
ning
daily data collection just for the CMS
1.
In the left search pane, enter the name of the CMS
,
and
then
press
Enter
. The CMS system
page details
appear
.
2.
Select
Options

Data Collection
.
3.
Click
Run
.