Configuring the New Appliance

If you are migrating data to an existing appliance, it is recommended to delete all existing data on that appliance before performing a data migration to it.

1. Log in to the new appliance through the CLI as a root user, using either a serial console or a remote SSH connection.
2. Enable data migration on the new appliance by running the following command:
   > set data migration

   The appliance prompts you to enter the IP address of the other appliance.

3. Enter the IP address (for example, 10.0.20.31).
   The appliance prompts you to identify the direction of the data migration:

   Select the sense of the data migration
   0) Do not setup data migration
   1) This Appliance -> 10.0.20.31
   2) 10.0.20.31 -> This Appliance
   			 

4. Enter 2.
   The appliance warns you that changes have not been saved.
5. Save the changes to apply the new configuration and restart the software by running the following command:
   > save

   The appliance processes the changes, displaying the steps as they occur, and then informs you when it is done processing changes.

   Note:

   If you have multiple IP addresses, you are prompted to select the IP address to use for High Availability.

   Data migration now begins. The data migration process includes five phases, all of which are internal and do not require interaction:

   1. Migration of the configuration database.
   2. Initial migration of the BFQ files.
   3. Migration of the parsed database tables.
   4. Verification of the migrated BFQ files.
   5. Final synchronization of the BFQ files, to capture recent modifications during migration processing.
      Note: During migration, the source appliance continues to collect logs. The disk capacity is limited to the lower of the two appliances. The maximum rate of incoming logs is limited to the source appliance because logs are received by the source appliance.