Migrate Pre-installed Linux Backup Server to CentOS 7.4
Migrate Pre-installed Linux Backup Server to CentOS
7.4
Important!
The Linux Migration Tool is available only in Arcserve UDP v6.5 Update
4.
Linux Migration tool (Linux_migration.ps1) is a new feature introduced from Arc-
serve UDP v6.5 Update 4 that lets you migrate the pre-installed Linux Backup
Server of the Arcserve UDP Appliance from previous version of CentOS such as
CentOS 6.6 to CentOS 7.4.
Follow these steps:
1. Log into Arcserve UDP Appliance using the credentials of administrator.
2. Upgrade the previous versions of Arcserve UDP in Arcserve Appliance and
Linux Backup Server to Arcserve UDP v6.5 Update 4.
3. Download the
Linux-BackupSvr.zip
from the
(the MD5 for this download
is
0A51C1020CB8EA569B9DCEAF7BF226E0
) and extract the files to the local
drive. For example, if you extract the files to drive X, the path is displayed
as below.
4. Open the PowerShell command line and enter the following command to
change the directory path to the folder that includes Linux_migration.ps1
file:
cd C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\bin\Appliance\
5. Run the following command to execute the migration:
Linux_migration.ps1 –path X:\Linux-BackupSvr
Note:
X:\Linux-BackupSvr
is the path where the files from
Linux-BackupSvr.zip
are extracted to your local drive.
The command line displays the progress of the migration process.
After the migration process is completed successfully, the old Linux backup
server is powered off and the name of old Linux backup server is modified to
Linux-BackupSvr-CentOS<version number>-<hhmm>
. The import of new Linux
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