48 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide
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Pre-migration requirements
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Pre-migration requirements
Before you install Network Advisor, make sure you meet the following pre-migration requirements.
•Make sure all system requirements have been met prior to installation. For specific system
requirements, refer to “System requirements” on page 1.
•Check for and install the latest Java patches for your operating system. For the current
supported JRE version for Network Advisor and Web Tools, refer to the Release Notes. For the
web site listing patch information, go to
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html.
•Make sure that you fully back up your current Management application data on your
management server.
•Make sure you close all instances of the application before migrating.
•Make sure to install Network Advisor on the same system as your current Management
application.
•If you are migrating within the same release or you are migrating from Professional to Licensed
software, make sure to partially uninstall (refer to “Uninstallation” on page 61) the application.
•Partial data migration is not supported from pre-12.0.0 releases. If you are migrating data from
a partially uninstalled source, complete the following steps:
1. Re-install your current Network Advisor version on the same machine and migrate the
partially uninstalled data.
If your current release is pre-11.3.X, you must migrate to Network Advisor 11.3.0 or later.
Refer to Tabl e 13 on page 45 for the release migration path.
2. Install Network Advisor 12.1 (refer to “Installation” on page 1) on the same machine and
migrate your data (refer to “Migrating data” on page 52).

Pre-migration requirements when migrating from

one server to another

If you are migrating from Network Advisor 12.0.X, 12.1.X, 12.2.X, or 12.3.X on a 32-bit Windows
server to Network Advisor 12.3.1 on a 64-bit Windows server, complete the following steps.
1. Take server backup for 12.0.X, 12.1.X, 12.2.X, or 12.3.X using Options > Server Backup on the
32-bit Windows server.
2. Install Network Advisor 12.0.X, 12.1.X, 12.2.X, or 12.3.X on the 64-bit Windows server.
3. Select SMC > Restore tab to restore the backup taken on the 32-bit Windows server.
4. Install Network Advisor 12.3.1 on the 64-bit Windows server.
Perform seamless migration to Network Advisor 12.3.1 (refer to “Migrating data” on page 52).
If you are migrating from a pre-12.0.X release on a 32-bit Windows server to Network Advisor
12.3.1 on a 64-bit Windows server, complete the following steps.
1. Install and migrate to Network Advisor 12.0.X, 12.1.X, 12.2.X, or 12.3.X in the same machine
(refer to “Supported migration paths” on page 45).
2. Take server backup using Options > Server Backup on the 32-bit Windows server.
3. Install the same version (12.0.X, 12.1.X, 12.2.X, or 12.3.X) on the 64-bit Windows server.