Moving Administration Server to another device

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If you need to use Administration Server on a new device, you can move it in one of the following ways:

To move Administration Server to a new device:

  1. On the previous device, create a backup of Administration Server data.

    To do this, you can run the data backup task through Administration Console or run the klbackup utility.

    If you use SQL Server as a DBMS for Administration Server, you can migrate the data from SQL Server to MySQL or MariaDB DBMS. To do this, run the klbackup utility in interactive mode to create a data backup. Enable the Migrate to MySQL/MariaDB format option in the Backup settings window of the Backup and restore wizard. Kaspersky Security Center will create a backup compatible with MySQL and MariaDB. After that, you can restore the data from the backup into MySQL or MariaDB.

    You can also enable the Migrate to Azure format option to if you want to migrate the data from SQL Server to Azure SQL DBMS.

  2. On the previous device, disconnect Administration Server from the network.
  3. Select a new device on which to install the Administration Server. Make sure that the hardware and software on the selected device meet the requirements for Administration Server, Administration Console, and Network Agent. Also, check that ports used on Administration Server are available.
  4. Assign the same address to the new device. The new Administration Server can be assigned the NetBIOS name, FQDN, or static IP address (depending on which of them was set when Network Agents were deployed).
  5. On the new device, install the database management system (DBMS) that the Administration Server will use.

    When you select a DBMS, consider the number of devices covered by the Administration Server.

  6. Run the installation of the Administration Server on the new device.
  7. During the Administration Server installation, configure the database server connection settings.

    In the Connection settings window, the Microsoft SQL Server settings are specified. The SQL Server instance name and the Database name fields are filled in.

    Example of the Connection settings window for Microsoft SQL Server

    Depending on where you need to locate the database server, do one of the following:

    • Move the database server to the new device
    • Keep the database server on the previous device
  8. After the installation is complete, recover Administration Server data on the new device by using the klbackup utility.

    If you use SQL Server as a DBMS on the previous and new devices, note that the version of SQL Server installed on the new device must be the same or later than the version of SQL Server installed on the previous device. Otherwise, you cannot recover Administration Server data on the new device.

  9. Open Administration Console and connect to the Administration Server.
  10. Verify that all the manage devices are connected to the Administration Server.
  11. Uninstall the Administration Server and the database server from the previous device.

You can also use Kaspersky Security Center Web Console to move Administration Server and a database server to another device.

See also:

Changing the Administration Server for client devices

Network Agent policy settings

Installation of Kaspersky Security Center

Backup copying and restoration of Administration Server data

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