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

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

Manager services” on page 326.

5. Delete the fmserver folder on Host2.

The default from the Fabric Manager server installation on Host2 is:

<installdir>\server\server\fmserver

6. Delete the databases folder on Host2.

The default from the Fabric Manager server installation on Host2 is:

<installdir>\server\db\SYBSsa9\databases

7. Copy t h e fmserver folder from the Fabric Manager server installation on Host1 to the same

location on Host2.

The default location is <installdir>\server\server\fmserver.

8. Copy the databases folder from the Fabric Manager server installation on Host1 to the same

location on Host2

The default location is <installdir>\server\db\SYBSsa9\databases.

9. Delete all files displayed under the log folder within the fmserver folder.

The default location is <installdir>\server\server\fmserver\log\*

10. Optional (only if you still want to access the old Fabric Manager server): Start the Fabric

Manager services on Host1 using the Server Management Console.

11. Start the Fabric Manager services on Host2 using the Server Management Console.

NOTE

After copying the Fabric Manager server installation from Host1 to Host2 and confirming that it

is working as expected on Host2, you might want to uninstall the Fabric Manager server

installation from Host1 so that your switches are polled by only one Fabric Manager server.

Upgrading the Fabric Manager server installation on Host2

1. Follow the steps in “Copying a Fabric Manager server installation” on page 29 to keep the

same version of Fabric Manager server on Host2.

2. Upgrade the Fabric Manager server version on Host2 as directed in “Fabric Manager server

installation” on page 16.

NOTE

Do not install a newer version of Fabric Manager on Host2 and then overwrite those files by

copying old files from Host1.