Data migration of an existing Microsoft Windows CMS to a new Insight Software 6.3 system

Introduction
The Insight Software data migration tools (DMT) provide an easy mechanism to migrate an existing Insight
Software central management server (CMS) from one system environment to another. These tools are
designed to relocate a CMS to a new hosted environment when there is a need to change the underlying
hardware or operating system of the CMS, without losing any of the customized data located on the CMS. The
data migrated to the target CMS environment includes the configuration information such as system
credentials, tasks, collections, licenses, and addresses for supplemental management servers, plus
management database information which includes discovered systems, performance data, and profiles
Migration involves export and import operations. First, the export operation runs on the source CMS, which
generates a large compressed zip file containing configuration data from the existing CMS database. Then, the
import operation decompresses this data and imports it on the new, or target, CMS. The target CMS can be
hosted either on a new system in the infrastructure or on the same system.
From 6.2 releases, data migration supports the Highly Available MSCS Cluster CMS. Steps for Non-Cluster
CMS and Cluster CMS are documented in the same white paper. By default all the steps in the document are
applicable for both, unless explicitly mentioned as Non-Cluster CMS or Cluster CMS.
Note:
HP recommends that a separate server be used for the target CMS. However, you
can use the same server as the source and target CMS when new hardware is not
available; the target CMS must not be a cluster CMS, and the OS needs to be
reinstalled from a 32-bit version to a 64-bit version. You must have a unique
hostname and IP for the target CMS(if it is a cluster).
The migration utility does not copy any program executables or OS level configurations. For example, an OS
username and password is not copied by the migration utility. Therefore, Insight Software v6.3 must be
installed on the target CMS before performing the import. Any existing Insight Software configuration data on
the target CMS is overwritten with source CMS information when the data is imported.
Scenarios where the migration utility applies when moving from an older SQL server version or Windows
Server® version to a newer version include:
• Moving from a 32-bit operating system installation to a 64-bit operating system installation on a new
hardware system.
• Moving from an older 64-bit system to a newer and faster 64-bit system.
• Moving from a 32-bit operating system installation to a 64-bit operating system installation on the same
hardware system.
• Moving from a 32-bit operating system installation to a new 32-bit operating system installation on a new
hardware system.