R81.10 SmartEvent Hardware migration

[Herold]

Hi,

I'm planning  to migrate a dedicated R81.10 SmartEvent Server to a new hardware running the same R81.10. My plan is to use Advanced Upgrade:  ./migrate_server export -v R81.10 -skip_upgrade_ tools_check [-l | -x] /<Full path>/<name of exported file>

But sk110173 mentioned that "The SmartEvent database is not migrated during an advanced upgrade." and recommend using $RTDIR/bin/eva_db_backup.csh 

Is Advanced Upgrade method enough for this R81.10 migration or is sk110173 procedure still required?

Thanks,

[the_rock]

Last time I did this, yes, we had to follow the sk you mentioned and TAC also verified the same.

Best,

Andy

[PhoneBoy]

SmartEvent indexes are not included in the migration tools output.
Those must either be rebuilt (as a result of copying the old logs and reindexing them) OR backed up using the tool mentioned in sk110173.

[Herold]

If ./migrate_server  export -l  is used, wouldn't it copy the old logs? 

[PhoneBoy]

Logs, yes, SmartEvent indexes, no.
Note unless you have a very small number of logs, it is recommended to move the logs separately.