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50 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide

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Pre-migration requirements

4. Select SMC > Restore tab to restore the backup taken on the 32-bit Linux server.

5. Install Network Advisor 12.3.1 on the 64-bit Linux server (32-bit compatible).

Perform seamless migration to Network Advisor 12.3.1 (refer to “Migrating data” on page 52).

If you are migrating from a pre-12.0.0 release on one server to another server, complete the

following steps. Migrating using this procedure requires that the server versions are the same

(32-bit to 32-bit OR 64--bit to 64-bit).

NOTE

If you are migrating from a pre-11.3.0 release, you must first migrate to Network Advisor 12.0.X on

the current server (refer to Table 13 on page 45 for the release migration path).

1. Install Network Advisor 12.0.X on your new machine (refer to “Installation” on page 1) and

migrate your data (“Migrating data” on page 52) using the network path.

2. Install Network Advisor 12.3.1 on your new machine (refer to “Data Migration” on page 43) and

migrate your data (“Migrating data” on page 52).

If you are migrating from a Network Advisor 12.0.X release on a 32-bit server to Network Advisor

12.3.1 on a 64-bit server, complete the following steps.

1. Back up the Network Advisor 12.0.X server data on your current 32-bit machine. For

instructions, refer to “Configuring backup” in the Brocade Network Advisor User Manual or

online help.

2. Install Network Advisor 12.0.X on your new 64-bit machine (refer to “Installation” on page 1).

3. Restore the server back up from your original 32-bit machine. For instructions, refer to

“Restoring data” in the Brocade Network Advisor User Manual or online help.

4. Install Network Advisor 12.3.1 on the 64-bit Windows server (refer to “Data Migration” on

page 43) and migrate your data (“Migrating data” on page 52).

If you are migrating from Windows server that is no longer supported to a supported Windows

server, complete the following steps. For a list of supported operating system servers, refer to

Table 4 on page 2.

NOTE

If you are migrating from a pre-11.3.0 release, you must first migrate to Network Advisor 11.3.0 on

your current server (refer to Table 13 on page 45 for the release migration path).

1. Install Network Advisor 12.0.X on your current machine (refer to “Installation” on page 1) and

migrate your data (“Migrating data” on page 52).

2. Install Network Advisor 12.3.1 on your new machine (refer to “Data Migration” on page 43) and

migrate your data (“Migrating data” on page 52).