HP Systems Insight Manager 6.0 Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows

The installation or upgrade status of Systems Insight Manager and selected components are logged in the
Systems Insight Manager.log and silentstatus.xml files. Both files are created in the root of the system
drive.
Data migration
The data migration tool is a command line interface tool that you can use to migrate configuration data from
an installation of Systems Insight Manager 5.3.x or later to a new installation of HP SIM 6.0 running on
another CMS. The process leverages both an export and import tool to migrate the data. For example, you
can use this tool to migrate a Systems Insight Manager 6.0 system on a 32-bit operating system to a HP SIM
6.0 installation running on a 64-bit Windows operating system. Configuration data includes user settings,
discovered systems and their credentials, as well as additional customizations made to Systems Insight
Manager. You can use the migration tool to move the data from a working Systems Insight Manager
installation to a new system, or to backup and restore an Systems Insight Manager installation. Another
common use is to avoid an “in place” upgrade, this allows you to keep an older version of Systems Insight
Manager in an available and operational state as a source system and install a new version on a different
server and import the data. This tool only supports Windows operating system with a Microsoft SQL Server
local or remote database and can only be run by an operating system administrator.
IMPORTANT: It is not recommended to run both the source and target Systems Insight Manager servers at
the same time, tasks such as discovery or deployments can run from both CMSs.
Complete the following procedure to migrate configuration data.
Exporting data from a CMS
1. Before data can be exported, the following requirements must be met:
• Determine if enough disk space is available on the CMS. This is dependent on how much data is
contained in the database.
• The source server has HP Insight Control Suite 3.0 or later installed, which includes Systems Insight
Manager 5.3.x or later.
• Ensure there are no running discovery, identification or deployment tasks by viewing the task list
in Systems Insight Manager GUI. Stop the Systems Insight Manager service and all other HP Insight
Control software. The mxexport command must only run after all tasks and jobs such as,
discovery tasks or scheduled tasks, are completed.
2. To export your data, enter the following CLI command:
mxexport [–f<filename.zip>] [-p password]
• -f is optional. If you do not pass the filename, a Products.zip file is created in
[HPSIM]\data\configdata-export.
• -p is mandatory. Specify the password as part of the command or you will be prompted to enter
the password. The password must be a minimum of 8 characters. This password is used to encrypt
the exported file for security reasons. The password you enter here will be required to import the
data.
If a component (also know as Essentials or a plug-in) fails to export its data, the export operation is not
aborted. The data migration tool continues to execute the remaining components.
Importing data from a CMS
1. Before data can be imported, the following requirements must be met:
• All operating system and database level user credentials on source CMS must be created on target
CMS.
• Target CMS must have HP Insight Software 6.0 or later installed.
• The CMS must be a clean installation and have no prior configurations.
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