DSView™ 4 Management Software Transition Technical Bulletin
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1 DSView™ 3 to DSView™ 4 Data Transition Introduction The DSView™ 4 management software transition guide enables you to migrate data configured in DSView™ 3 management software to DSView 4 software. In this document, DSView 3 software refers to DSView 3 software versions 3.7.2 or 3.7.3. If your DSView 3 software version is lower than 3.7.2.0, then you will need to upgrade to version 3.7.2.x before you begin.
2 Technical Bulletin different subnets or they must have operating system firewall rules blocking traffic to and from each other’s IP. Without satisfying this prerequisite, the DSView 4 software servers will detect a license usage violation and one or both systems will become disabled. If this occurs, turn off one of the two systems or block IP traffic between then and then restart the DSView 4 software service.
3 Large (>7000 Target Devices) Medium (1000-7000 Target Devices) 1gbps/10gbps LAN 10mbps/100mbps/1gbps(recommended) Local or remote database LAN Local or remote database Small (<1000 Target Devices) 10mbps/100mbps LAN Local database Transition Process NOTE: In order to safely upgrade to the DSView 4 software, and to provide a roll-back path in case of upgrade failures, perform each of the following steps.
4 Technical Bulletin 2. Click Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window will open. 3. Check the checkbox to the left of the Database Replication task and then click Run Now. Back up the DSView 3 Software Manually create a backup of your hub and each spoke server. The backup includes the database, plug-ins, firmware, appliance templates and system properties. Two methods are available: • From a command line in an MS-DOS window.
5 4. Click Browse and use the Save As dialog box to specify a directory and name for the backup file. Click Save when you are finished. 5. Click Backup. The DSView 3software system backup files are saved. 6. Click Close to close the DSView 3 Backup/Restore Utility dialog box. Back up the Power Manager plug-in Database NOTE: The following steps are required if using the power manager capabilities within the DSView software.
6 Technical Bulletin If a backup file already exists in the specified directory and the Use date and time for file naming option is not enabled, the existing backup file will be overwritten when the new backup file is created. 7. Click Finish. Install DSView 4 Software NOTE: If the DSView 4 software will be installed on the same server that DSView 3 software was previously installed on, make sure that you back up the DSView 3 server and then uninstall the DSView 3 software.
7 To export the data: 1. Launch the migration utility a. From a Windows server, click Start - All Programs - Emerson DSView 4 - Data Migration Utility. 2. From the command line, enter ./DataMig.sh 3. Select the server type a. On the Export tab in Windows, select the Server Type from the drop-down menu. b. From the command line, choose option number two. 4. Choosing Hub will export the DSView 3 software database or the PMP database. 5. Choosing Spoke will export the PMP database.
8 Technical Bulletin b. From the command line, enter ./DataMig.sh and choose option number one to import the data. 2. For the Target DataBase IP, enter the server IP address of the DSView 4 software hub server. This can be either the local server IP address or a remote IP address.
9 2. Accept the SSL security warning (This warning occurs since the DSView software uses a self-generated and self-signed SSL certificate. Consult the DSView Installer/User Guide for the steps to replace this self-signed certificate with one provided by your corporate CA.). 3. From the DSView 4 software server, go to Start - All Programs - Emerson - DSView 4 Software or from a remote system, browse to https://IPAddress of DSView 4 Server/dsview. 4. Click Continue to this website. 5.
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