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Upgrade EV 11.0.1 to EV 12 by using Migration Wizard

mtcruiser
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I need to upgrade my ev system from ev11/w2008 to ev12/w2012 (a new hardware) .  Veritas tech support instructed me to use Ev11 to Ev12 migration wizard to complete this migration.  The traditional way is to MIGRATE ev11/w2008 to ev11/2012 first, then upgrade from ev11 to ev12 on the new hardware.

I could not find much feedback about using the ev11toev12migrationwizard. Did anyone have experiences of using ev11 to ev12 migration wizard before ? Was it reliable ? Was there a back out plan in case it failed ?

Thanks for your help !! 

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VirgilDobos
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Hi mate,

Sure, the configurator is pretty reliable. Just make sure you install 12.0 on the new server, then upgrade to the latest in-place as the configurator doesn't support 12.1.

https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000107844

In case you face any problems, you can simply start over from the current server until you fix the problem. Alternatively, you can use the manual migration method.

https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000081331

--Virgil

Thanks for your reply.

If upgrade goes thru..

1. Will all setup/configuration ( target group, schedule, permission, retention, service acct ...) be transferred to the new EV12 server?

2. EV12 will have "new host name".  What setup will make all EV clients start contacting EV12 server instead going back to the old EV11 server?  

3. Do I need to do anything to SQL server (no name change here)?

If upgrade fails ..

1. Can I go back to EV11 and keep using old EV11 server like nothing happen before ?

2. Is there a cut over point ? Once I pass that point, I have no way to turn back and need to get the issue fixed.

THanks,