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ThischapterprovidesinstructionsonmigrationofanexistingphysicalorvirtualADMappliancetoavirtual
appliancesuppliedbyVMware.Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
 “Overview”onpage 47
 “PreliminaryProcedures”onpage 48
 “DataRestoration”onpage 49
 “Post‐MigrationSteps”onpage 50
Overview
Additionaldocumentationasdescribedbelowisavailableathttp://downloads.vmware.com/
Supported Migration
AppliancemigrationissupportedfromADM6.0.x.Upgradeearlierversionstothelatest6.0.xversionbyusing
theproceduresdescribedinthe“UpgradingADM”onpage 43.
Licenses
YouneedanewlicensetouseADMaftermigratingtoanewappliance.ObtainthelicensefromyourVMware
Salesrepresentative.Moreinformationisprovidedin“Licenses”onpage 13.
System Architecture
Detaileddescriptionsareprovidedin“SystemArchitecture”onpage 9.Migrationstepsdifferfordifferent
appliancesetups:
 Single‐Box
 Distributed
 Distributedwithremotedatabase
Migrating to a New Appliance
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NOTEPartoftheupgradeproceduretoADM6.0.xcanincludeupgradingcustomfingerprintscreatedin
earlierversion.AdditionalinformationonfingerprintsisavailableintheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscovery
ManagerFingerprintDevelopersGuide.
IMPORTANTThenewvirtualappliancesolutionsfeatureseparatevirtualappliancecomponentsfor
Collectors,Database,andtheAggregator.Initialsetupanddatarestorationisthereforeperformed
separatelyforeachcomponent.