
52 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide
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Pre-migration requirements
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If you are migrating from a pre-12.2.X release on a 32-bit Linux server to Network Advisor 12.4.0 on
a 64-bit Linux server (32-bit compatible), complete the following steps.
1. Install and migrate to Network Advisor 12.2.X, 12.3.X, or 12.4.X on the 32-bit Linux server
(refer to
“Supported migration paths” on page 47).
2. Back up the server using Options > Server Backup on the 32-bit Linux server.
3. Install Network Advisor 12.2.X, 12.3.X, or 12.4.X on the 64-bit Linux server (32-bit compatible).
4. Select SMC > Restore to restore the backup on the 32-bit Linux server.
5. Install Network Advisor 12.4.0 on the 64-bit Linux server (32-bit compatible).
Perform seamless migration to Network Advisor 12.4.0 (refer to “Migrating data” on page 54).
If you are migrating from a pre-12.2.0 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).
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 14 on page 47 for the release migration path).
1. Install Network Advisor 12.2.X on your new machine (refer to “Installation” on page 1) and
migrate your data (“Migrating data” on page 54) using the network path.
2. Install Network Advisor 12.4.0 on your new machine (refer to “Data Migration” on page 45)
and migrate your data (“Migrating data” on page 54).
If you are migrating from a Network Advisor 12.2.X release on a 32-bit server to Network Advisor
12.4.0 on a 64-bit server, complete the following steps.
1. Back up the Network Advisor 12.2.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 12.2.X on your new 64-bit machine (refer to “Installation” on page 1).
3. Restore the server backup 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 12.4.0 on the 64-bit Windows server (refer to “Data Migration” on
page 45) and migrate your data (“Migrating data” on page 54).
If you are migrating from a 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 5 on page 2.
If you are migrating from a pre-12.0.X release, you must first migrate to Network Advisor 12.0.X on
your current server (refer to Table 14 on page 47 for the release migration path).
1. Install Network Advisor 12.2.X on your current machine (refer to “Installation” on page 1) and
migrate your data (“Migrating data” on page 54).
2. Install Network Advisor 12.4.0 on your new machine (refer to “Data Migration” on page 45)
and migrate your data (“Migrating data” on page 54).
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