System migration

Use a system migration to copy the configuration of one PME system to another PME system on a different computer. System migrations are performed manually with the Configuration Manager tool.

NOTE: System migration only applies to Standalone Serves and Application Servers. There is no migration for Engineering Clients.

Migrating a configuration from an old system to a new system using Configuration Manager is accomplished in six steps and must be done in the following order:

• Step 1 – Prepare both systems
• Step 2 - Transfer the Configuration
• Step 3 - Initialize the Configuration
• Step 4 - Manually Recreate Customizations
• Step 5 - Service the System
• Step 6 - Perform a Post-migration System Check

See Estimated task time for SBS upgrades for information on the expected upgrade time.

 

NOTE: The old PME system can keep running while the configuration is migrated. However, you might experience some performance degradation if two systems are working with the devices.