Product Version: 9.1
Last Modified: 13 September 2019
To migrate NAKIVO Backup & Replication to a new VMware virtual appliance (VA), follow the procedures below.
Full Solution VA
- Download a new VA with NAKIVO Backup & Replication.
- Deploy the VA and shut it down.
- Make sure that no backup or recovery jobs are running on the old VA.
Detach all repositories.
- Export the system configuration from the old VA.
- Shut down the old VA.
- Disconnect an onboard repository disk from the new VA.
- Locate the new VA in the vSphere Client.
- Go to Manage > Settings > VM Hardware and click Edit.
Select Hard Disk 2 and remove it.
Hard disk 1 is system one. Do not remove it.
- Disconnect Onboard repository disks from the old VA:
- Locate the old VA in the vSphere Client.
- Go to Manage > Settings > VM Hardware and click Edit.
Select disks to remove from the VA.
Do not select Delete files from datastore. If you do, the data will be lost.Click OK.
- Connect the onboard repository disks to the new VA:
- Locate the new VA on the vSphere Client.
- Go to Manage > Settings > VM Hardware and click Edit.
- Select an Existing Hard Disk from the New device drop-down list.
- Select the datastore and folder with the same name as the old VA.
- Select a .vmdk file to add. The disk files with repositories have an underscore and number suffix:
'_1
'. For example,NAKIVO 6.2 VA on Ubuntu 18.04_1.vmdk
- Click OK.
- Power on the new VA.
- Import the system configuration to the new VA.
Full Solution without Repository VA
- Deploy Full Solution without Repository VA and power it on.
- Export the system configuration from the old VA and power it off.
- Import the system configuration into the new VA.
- Remove the old VA.
Transporter VA
- Deploy the new Transporter VA and power it on.
- Check an IP address of the new VA.
- Add the new Transporter to NAKIVO Backup & Replication.
- Edit the Backup Repositories configuration and change Assigned Transporter to a new one (if needed).
- Remove the old Transporter from the product.
- Shut down and remove the old Transporter VA.
Transporter with Repository VA
- Deploy the VA and shut it down.
- Shutdown the old VA.
- Disconnect the onboard repository disk from the new VA:
- Locate the new VA in the vSphere Client.
- Go to Manage > Settings > VM Hardware and click Edit.
Select Hard Disk 2 and remove it.
Hard disk 1 is the system one. Do not remove Hard disk 1.
- Disconnect onboard repository disks from the old VA:
- Locate the old VA in the vSphere Client.
- Go to Manage > Settings > VM Hardware and click Edit.
Select disks to remove from the VA.
Warning
Do not select Delete files from datastore. If you do, the data will be lost.
Click OK.
- Connect the onboard repository disks to the new VA:
- Locate the new VA in the vSphere Client.
- Go to Manage > Settings > VM Hardware and click Edit.
- Select an Existing Hard Disk from the New device drop-down list.
- Select the datastore and folder with the same name as the old VA.
- Select a .vmdk file to add. The disk files with repositories have an underscore and number suffix:
'_1
'. For example,NAKIVO 6.2 VA on Ubuntu 18.04_1.vmdk
- Click OK.
- Power on the new VA.
- Edit the Backup Repositories configuration and change Assigned Transporter to a new one (if needed).
- Remove the old Transporter from the product.
- Shut down and remove the old Transporter VA.
Multi-Tenant Director VA
- Deploy a new multi-tenant Director VA and power it on.
- Export the system configuration from the old multi-tenant instance and power it off.
- Import the system configuration into the new multi-tenant instance.
Remove the old multi-tenant Director VA.