Data migration of an existing Microsoft Windows CMS to a new Insight Software 6.2 system

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Solution
You can
import
only
Systems Insight Manager
data, or export only HP SIM data. To do this
,
navigate
to the installation directory and locate t
he config
\
migration folder. Delete (or move to a new location)
all
XML files except
hpsim_migrate.xml
on
both the source and target CMS systems.
Scenario
4
:
Invalid drive specification
error message
V
erify the following
:
1.
Ensure
SQL service account is
configured to run as a domain user or administrator user
.
2.
Ensure on
target CMS
,
permissions are set on folder
<HPSIM installation directory>
\
Systems
Insight Manager
\
data
\
configdata
-
import
to
full control for authenticated users
.
3.
Ensure all the steps are fo
llowed as specified at
Step 2:
Configuring a remote database access for
the import operation to the target CMS
.
Scenario 5
: Power Management data not exported
To
minimize any power consumption history loss after migration, ensure that you have completed a
full power
-
data collection for all systems immediately prior to the migration. Power data collection can
be initiated using the Refresh Data option on the Power/T
hermal data reports page for a selected
group of systems.
If you attempt to execute the
mxexport
command on a system on which power management has not
been enabled or has not collected any power history data, the following warning message
appears
:
Warning!
Plugin ipm encountered problems during export. Its data is not
exported.
Suggested action
:
No action required.
Scenario 6: Import failure : gWLM service fails to stop
When does this happen
?
The gWLM property
com.hp.gwlm.security.virtualLocalHostName=
SIMvirtualserverIP
in
~
\
Virtual
Server Environment
\
conf
\
gwlmagent.properties
has
incorrect
SIMvirtualserverIP
IP Address, where
SIMvirtualserverIP
is
Cluster IP
also known as
MSCS cluster virtual server IP address
.
Error observed during this scenario
1.
I
mpor
t fails on the target machine with
console
error
:
Extracting the zip file c:
\
export.zip
Service is running for plugin gwlm
02 Sep 2010 15:37:58,510 INFO
[HPSIM_DEBUG] [CLIUtil
-
5] Service is
running for
plugin gwlm
WARNING! Service is running for the
following plug
-
ins: GWLM.
Please stop all services and restart the import function..
02 Sep 2010 15:38:02,408 INFO
[HPSIM_DEBUG] [MigrationManager
-
5]
Import Failed.
..