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3MakethenecessarychangesintheActiveprobeconfigurationscreenundertheManage>Systemmenu
oftheADMconsoletoreflectthenewcollectorappliance.TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscovery
ManagerUser’sGuide.
Distributed Solution with Remote Database
Thesestepsapplytodistributedsolutionswitharemotedatabase.Performthefollowingstepsonall
appliancesinthefollowingorder:Collectors,WinApe,database,Aggregator.
Collectors
RepeatthefollowingstepsforeachCollectorappliance:
1LogintotheCollectorvirtualappliance.
2Restorethecustomdiscoveryandconfigurationfilesasdescribedin“RestoringtheCustomDiscovery
andConfigurationFiles”onpage 37.
WinApe
RepeatthefollowingstepsforeachWindowsappliance:
1LogintotheWinApeappliance.
2 BackuptheWinApemigrationfilesasdescribedin“BackingUpWinApeMigrationFiles”onpage 46.
3RestoretheWinApemigrationfilesasdescribedin“RestoringWinApeMigrationFiles”onpage 47
Database
1Logintothedatabasevirtualappliance.
2RestoretheADMdatabaseasdescribedin“RestoringanADMEnvironmentbyUsingaProductSupport
Packageonpage 36.
Aggregator
1LogintotheAggregatorvirtualappliance.
2MakethenecessarychangesintheActiveprobeconfigurationscreenundertheManage>Systemmenu
oftheADMconsoletoreflectthenewcollectorappliance.TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscovery
ManagerUser’sGuide.
Post-Migration Steps
BeforeyoulogintotheADMconsole:
Clearthecacheofyourbrowsertopreventthepossibleappearanceofincorrectinformationinthedisplays,
applicationerrors,andothererrormessageswhenopeningtheADM.
YoucannowbeginusingtheADM.
NOTEADMdefaultgroupsdoesnotgetrefreshedduringtheupgrade.TheManagementchapterofthe
VMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerUser’sGuideprovidesmoreinformationongroups
administration.