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Adding FSA server / relocation of tasks to new server

DillonConsultin
Level 3
We have an Enterprise Vault 8 SP3 installation with one SQL server, one FSA server and one MSA server. We have added a second FSA server to help resolve load and timing issues of existing tasks on the one FSA. Are there any specific instructions, notes, whitepapers etc on how to take existing tasks from one FSA server and move them to another....or I assume having to recreate them.

Looking for ideas, gotchas.
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Liam_Finn1
Level 6
Employee Accredited Certified
If you are just going to move the tasks and not the existing indexes and vault then all you need to do is stop the tasks, remove the targets and then on the new server setup FSA from scratch


If however you wish to move the indexes and vault data it gets a little more complex.
You need to do is make these changes in SQL EnterpriseVaultDirectory:
update the StorageServiceEntryID listing in table VaultStoreEntry to point to the new EV server for the VaultStore, 
update the IndexRootPathEntryID listing in table IndexVolume for the correct index FolderName to point to the new server's EV indexing location,
and copy/move the correct index folder from the old server's indexing service path to the new server's indexing path.

Doing a synchronization of mailbox from the task, while dtrace is running and before making the other changes, is the easiest way to identify the folder name; if there is more than one index on the 'old' server and not all are going to be moved.

Deleting the task from the old EV server and recreating on the new EV server is much easier than trying to update the directory database entries for the task configuration.

Seeing as you are on EV8 SP3 and if you want to move tasks, indexes and vault data from one server to another you now have the option of the Move Vault feature. This will allow you to create and add your new EV server Delete the old tasks and targets from the old server, recreate them on the new server with a new index location and new vault then using the Move Vault feature you can move the vault from the old server to the new while the old is still online then when the move is complete delete the old vault