Migrate Arcserve UDP Console Using ConsoleMigration.exe

On the Arcserve Appliance, you can migrate the Arcserve UDP Console to another Appliance using ConsoleMigration.exe. From Arcserve UDP v6.5 Update 2 onwards, you can migrate the Arcserve UDP Console between any two Arcserve UDP consoles, even when not belonging to Appliance.

Use ConsoleMigration.exe for BackupDB and RecoverDB. The following screenshot displays the usage of ConsoleMigration.exe:

To complete the migration process, follow these steps:

  1. On old Arcserve UDP Console, perform backup for the Arcserve UDP database.

    2. The DB_Migration folder is created successfully.

  2. On the new Arcserve UDP Console, copy the DB_Migration folder to the following path:

    3. <UDP_Home> \Management\BIN\Appliance\

  3. If the new Arcserve UDP Console is Arcserve Appliance then change hostname and reboot the system and finish the Appliance configuration using Appliance wizard.

    4. Note: If the Arcserve UDP Console is not an Arcserve Appliance, skip this step.

  4. On the new Arcserve UDP Console, perform the steps mentioned in the screen below to recover the Arcserve UDP Console database. When the database recovery process is completed, the nodes are updated for new Arcserve UDP Console. If any nodes are failed to get updated, the disconnected nodes are recorded in the DisconnectedNodesInfo-<mm-dd-yyyy>.txt file under the path C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Management\BIN\Appliance\logs. You can manually update the disconnected nodes from the new Arcserve UDP Console.

    5. Note: In Arcserve UDP Console, if any site other than Local Site exists, follow the steps mentioned in NewRegistrationText.txt file to register the site again.

You have completed migration of Arcserve Appliance Console to the new Arcserve UDP Console successfully.

You can use this tool to perform console migration for Arcserve UDP Console connected with remote SQL database. After the migration is complete, the migrated Arcserve UDP Console is configured to connect with the same remote SQL database.

Note: From Arcserve UDP v6.5 Update 4 onwards, -force option is introduced in ConsoleMigration.exe command to force the recovery backup database file migration to the target console under the following conditions:

  1. When you want to perform console migration between two consoles where the source console uses SQL Server Enterprise edition and the target console uses SQL Server Express edition. In this case, the minimum required Database size of the source UDP console is 4000 MB.
  2. When you want to perform console migration from a console that uses an advanced version of SQL Server database to a console that uses an older version of SQL Server database. For example, migrating from a console using SQL Server 2016 to a console using SQL Server 2014.