Migrate Pre-installed Linux Backup Server to CentOS 7.4

Important! The Linux Migration Tool is available only from Arcserve UDP v6.5 Update 4 or higher version.

Linux Migration tool (Linux_migration.ps1) is a new feature introduced from Arcserve UDP v6.5 Update 4 that lets you migrate the pre-installed Linux Backup Server of the Arcserve Appliance from the previous version of CentOS such as CentOS 6.6 to CentOS 7.4.

Follow these steps:

  1. Log into Arcserve Appliance using the credentials of administrator.
  2. Upgrade the previous versions of Arcserve UDP in Arcserve Appliance and Linux Backup Server to Arcserve UDP v6.5 Update 4 or higher version. Also, upgrade Linux Agent on Linux Backup Server to the version similar to the version of Arcserve UDP console
  3. Download the Linux-BackupSvr.zip from the link (the MD5 for this download is 0A51C1020CB8EA569B9DCEAF7BF226E0) and extract the files to the local drive. For example, if you extract the files to drive X, the path is displayed as below.
  5. Open the PowerShell command line and enter the following command to change the directory path to the folder that includes Linux_migration.ps1 file:
  6. cd C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\bin\Appliance\
  7. Run the following command to execute the migration:
  8. Linux_migration.ps1 –path X:\Linux-BackupSvr
  9. Note: X:\Linux-BackupSvr is the path where the files from Linux-BackupSvr.zip are extracted to your local drive.
  10. The command line displays the progress of the migration process.
  11. After the migration process is completed successfully, the old Linux backup server is powered off and the name of old Linux backup server is modified to Linux-BackupSvr-CentOS<version number>-<hhmm>. The import of new Linux Backup Server (CentOS 7.4) is completed and the name is modified as Linux-BackupSvr in the Hyper-V manager successfully.
  12. Update the Linux backup server from the Arcserve UDP Console.
  13. After the migration of Linux Backup Server to CentOS 7.4, all the Linux backup server settings such as Linux backup plans, Linux nodes, and Linux jobs are migrated and configured in the Arcserve Appliance Console successfully.