VCS Migration (appliance to VM)

[Anthony Thomson]

Hello,

Is there an easy way to migrate the configuration of a VCS appliance to a VM?  Can you restore from a backup of the appliance?

I know how to migrate the licenses already, but I'm not sure about the configuration itself.  I'd really rather not do it by hand if possible.

Thanks.

[Patrick Sparkman · Accepted solution]

You can use the backup/restore feature of the VCS located under the Maintenance menu to copy your configuration and data to one server to another.  Refer to the "Backing Up and Restoring VCS Data" section of the VCS Admin Guide on pg 296.  Be sure to take note of the limitations, such as both servers must run the same software version and contain the same option keys, among other things to note.

Also, from your initial description, it sounds as if you've already purchased the needed migration part numbers (R-VMVCS-C-M-K9 or R-VMVCS-E-M-K9) to obtain new virtual VCS licenses, if not, refer to this thread: vcsvcse-license-migration-hardware-vm.

[Anthony Thomson]

Thanks Patrick.  I knew I read it somewhere, but I thought it was a forum posting, and I could not find it.

[nattawut.b]

Hi Patrick, 

I have 1 pair of VCS-E/VCS-C HW.

Does 1 x R-VMVCS-C-M-K9 and 1x R-VMVCS-E-M-K9  migration order will be sufficient to  allow migrate and deployment in clustering ?

Thanks & Best Regards, 

Natta

[Patrick Sparkman]

You need one for each hardware appliance you want to migrate to virtual, so for a two peer cluster of a VCS-C and E, you need quantity two of each.

[nattawut.b]

Currently, I have only 1 of VCS-E and VCS-C. 

Does it mean that I need to buy  another set of virtual vcs software

R-VMVCS-CTRL-K9 or
R-VMVCS-EXPWY-K9

Thanks 

Natt

[Patrick Sparkman]

If you only have 1 VCS-C/E, you'll need purchase new a virtual VCS-C/E to create a cluster with the appliances you're migrating to virtual.  You'll need 1 each of R-VMVCS-CTRL-K9 and R-VMVCS-EXPWY-K9, so your VCS-C/E clusters will consist of the following:

VCS-C:

R-VMVCS-C-M-K9 and R-VMVCS-CTRL-K9

VCS-E: 

R-VMVCS-E-M-K9 and R-VMVCS-EXPWY-K9