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Chapter

Data Migration

In this chapter

•Upgrading the license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

•Supported migration paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

•Pre-migration requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

•Migrating data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

•Cross flavor migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

•Migration rollback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Upgrading the license

The quickest and simplest method of moving from one package to another is to enter the new

license information on the Network Advisor License dialog box. The following tables list the

available upgrade paths:

1. Select Help > License.

The Network Advisor License dialog box displays.

2. Browse to the license file (.xml) and click Update.

3. Click OK on the Network Advisor License dialog box.

4. Click OK on the message.

The Client closes after updating the license successfully. Restart the Server from the Server

Management Console for the changes to take effect.

5. Open the application (double-click the desktop icon or open from the Start menu).

The Log In dialog box displays.

TABLE 8 SAN upgrade paths

Current software release To software release

SAN Professional Plus Licensed SAN Enterprise Licensed

SAN Enterprise Trial SAN Enterprise Licensed