TMS 5.4.4 moving from Win Server 2008R2 Standard SP1 to Windows Server 2016

[Vigorus]

Cisco TMS is currently in the following configuration:
VM: Intel®Xeon®CPUE5-2695 v4@2.10Ghz 2.10Ghz RAM 4GB, 64-bit
Win Server 2008R2 Standard SP1
SQL Server 2008 R2 (local)
TMSPE_1.2
TMS 5.4.4

Is it possible to run Cisco TMS 5.4.4 on Windows Server 2016?
Please help me to describe the exact process of switching to Windows Server 2016.

[Wayne DeNardi]

The process to upgrade will differ depending on where your SQL Database is - whether you have it on the same server, or whether it is on a separate SQL Server.

But, the basic steps would be:

• Back up SQL database
• Turn old TMS Server off
• Set up new TMS Server (including restore of SQL database if hosted on same box)
• Point new TMS Server at SQL database (if it's a different box)
• Upgrade TMS (and TMSPE) to a current software version.

I'd also strongly suggest you look at upgrading from TMS 15.4 to a more recent release such as TMS 15.10 to support modern devices and Windows/SQL versions.

[Vigorus]

Am I right understood that we have to update TMS in any case and it's impossible to move old TMS Version 5.4.4 from Win Server 2008 to Win Server 2016?

[Wayne DeNardi]

TMS 15.4 isn't officially supported on Windows 2016, but it may install OK, but, as you'll be building a new server anyway, building it with the latest version of TMS at the same time is highly recommended rather than messing around with older versions.