What is the best way to move multiple DMA Configs to different hardware?

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I have multiple DMA configs all using different DMA versions. They each represent a different test setup.
How do I move these to new hardware?

Marieke Goethals [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] Selected answer as best 19th July 2023

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Hi Mieke,

A possible option (which I was able to test) is to perform a backup of the existing configs that you have on your old PC/server and restore them on the new DMA Config. This implies that you will need to create a new config for each DMA version that you have in your old PC/server.

Things to keep in mind:

  • The DMA ID that will be used in the new server/PC must be the same as the old server/PC
  • Since you will probably use a new DataMiner installer in the new server/PC, switching to (or installing) an older DMA version might not work as expected. Please keep in mind this in case you are dealing with old DataMiner configs
  • When taking the backup of your existing DMA configs, if possible try to take a Configuration Backup (without database). In this way you will not need to worry about the database configuration in the new PC/server
Marieke Goethals [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] Selected answer as best 19th July 2023
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This is an untested procedure, but I think this should work:

  • Install a blank DataMiner on the new system
  • enable advanced settings for the Skyline Taskbar Utility
  • enable configs
  • wait for the configs to be enabled
  • stop DataMiner on the new system
  • stop Skyline Taskbar Utility on the new system
  • Copy everything from the old C:\Skyline DataMiner Configs to the same folder on the new system, overwrite as needed to also overwrite the blank system
  • backup and copy all database files/configurations to the new system
  • reboot the new system
Michiel Vanthuyne [SLC] [DevOps Enabler] Answered question 25th January 2021