Brocade Network Advisor Migration Guide v11.1x (53-1002321-01, May 2011)
Table Of Contents
- Brocade Network Advisor
- In this guide
- Feature support
- Network Advisor packages
- Management server and client ports
- System requirements
- Migration paths
- Pre-migration requirements
- Installing the application
- Cross operating system migration
- DCFM migration
- Network Advisor migration
- Network Advisor 11.0.X to 11.1.X command mapping
- Cross flavor migration
- Unsupported server migration
- Configuring an explicit server IP address
- IPv6 troubleshooting
- Syslog troubleshooting
- Uninstallation
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Network Advisor migration
Network Advisor Professional migration
You can only migrate from Professional software to Trial or Licensed Version software within the same release. If you
have not installed the application, refer to “Installing the application” on page 24.
Use Table 26 to migrate data from Network Advisor Professional software.
Migrating from Professional to Professional
Use the following procedure to migrate from Professional software to Professional software.
1. Click Next on the Welcome screen.
2. Choose one of the following options:
• If data is detected on your system, one of the following screens display:
A message displays. Click Yes on the message and click Next on the Partial Data Migration screen. Go
to step 10.
The Copy Data and Settings screen displays. To migrate data from the previous version installed
(automatically detected), select Yes, from DCFM or Network Advisor in the following location. Continue
with step 3.
• If data is not detected, the Copy Data and Settings screen displays. Complete the following steps.
a. Select Yes, from Network Advisor installed in this machine or on network and click Browse to browse to
the installation directory.
b. Click Next on the Copy Data and Settings screen. Continue with step 3.
3. Click Start on the Data Migration screen.
Data migration may take several minutes.
4. Click Next on the Data Migration screen.
5. Select Network Advisor - Professional on the Installation Type screen and click Next.
6. Select Internal FTP Server or External FTP Server on the FTP Server screen and click Next.
The default selection reflects the previous Professional edition configuration.
If port 21 is busy, a message displays. Click OK to close the message and continue. Once the Management
application is configured make sure port 21 is free and restart the Server to start the FTP service.
NOTE
If you select to use an FTP Server which is not configured on the same machine as Network Advisor, the
Firmware Repository feature will not be available.
TABLE 26 Professional migration paths
Current Software Release To Software Release Migration Procedures
Professional 11.X.X Professional 11.1.X To migrate from Professional 11.X.X to Professional 11.1.X, refer to “Migrating
from Professional to Professional” on page 45.
Professional 11.X.X Trial 11.1.X To migrate from Professional 11.X.X to Trial 11.1.X, refer to “Migrating from
Professional to Trial” on page 48.
Professional 11.X.X Licensed Version 11.1.X To migrate from Professional 11.X.X to Licensed Version 11.1.X, refer to
“Migrating from Professional to Licensed Version” on page 52.