Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide v6.1.0 (53-10000610-02, June 2008)

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How to copy an installation from server to server

18. Select the size of the SAN that Fabric Manager will be managing (Table 4 on page 14 lists the

polling rates for each SAN size).

19. Click Next.

When the Fabric Manager installation finishes, the Install Complete dialog box displays.

20. Click Done to exit the installation wizard.

How to copy an installation from server to server

This section provides information on how to copy a Fabric Manager server installation from one

server to another keeping the same version.

If you are using an external FTP server (located on the Fabric Manager server), you must copy the

firmware files. For more information, see “Firmware access when changing the FTP server” on

page 215.

Before you start the copy, ensure that the following conditions exist:

• Host1 and Host2 are running the same type of operating system.

• Host2 will be running the same version of Fabric Manager that was running on Host1.

• Host2 will have the same Fabric Manager license as on Host1.

Fabric Manager installation on Host2 will be in the same drive and directory as Host1 (for example,

C:\FabricManager).

If an external executable is used in a call home configuration on Host1, then it will be located on

the same drive and directory on Host2.

Fabric Manager server will use the same ports on Host2 that are used on Host1.

If the Web server port number on Host1 is already in use on Host2, use the Server Management

Console on Host2 to change the Web Server port number after installation, as described in “Web

Server port numbers” on page 334.

The user will enter the Host2 name/IP address when connecting from the Fabric Manager client.

Copying a Fabric Manager server installation

1. Perform a fresh install of Fabric Manager server on Host2 in the same drive and directory as

on Host1 and with the same license level. See “Fabric Manager server installation” on page 16

for installation information.

You can specify XX for the authentication method, switch/domain name, Web server port

number, and starting port number, because these are all overwritten by the remainder of this

procedure.

2. Stop the Fabric Manager client on Host1.

3. Stop the Fabric Manager services on Host1.

You can stop the services using the Server Management Console, as described in “Fabric

Manager services” on page 326.

4. Stop the Fabric Manager services on Host2.