Linux to Windows server migration

Linux to Windows server migration

The following instructions will help you migrate the ServiceDesk Plus MSP from Windows to Linux Server


1. Goto the installation folder. [The default installation folder is Drive:/AdventNet/ME/ServiceDesk/. The installation folder will now be referred as SDPMSP-Home.

# cd [SDPMSP-Home]/bin

2. Invoke the backUpData.sh script

# sh backUpData.sh

3. This will take a backup of the existing configuration and the backup data will be stored under [SDP-Home]/backup/BackUp_Version_MONdd_yyyy_hh_mm/BackUp_Version_MONdd_yyyy_hh_mm.data

An example would be

Drive:/AdventNet/ME/ServiceDesk/BackUp_5501_AUG15_2006_17_32/BackUp_sdp_5501_AUG15_2006_17_32.data

4. The backup will now be created under [SDPMSP-Home]\backup. Copy the following folders and replace it in the same location of the another server. Fileattachments, inlineimages, custom, archive under [SDPMSP-Home].

5. To restore the backed up data, Go to [SDPMSP-Home]\bin directory and execute restoredata.bat. Choose the backup file while prompted. See example below:

cmd> [SDPMSP-Home]\bin
cmd> restoreData.bat


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