To move an existing Linux MediaAgent hosted on an Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2 instance to another AWS EC2 instance, you can use the AWS MediaAgent Refresh workflow.
Before You Begin
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The source and the destination AWS EC2 instances must meet the following requirements:
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The instance must be a Nitro Instance.
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EC2 Instance must be a managed instance and meet the Systems Manager prerequisites to allow the workflow to use AWS Systems Manager Service.
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To use an access key and secret key authentication, obtain a key pair (Access Key ID and Secret Access Key) from the Security Credentials section on your Amazon EC2 website.
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For users who do not have administrator permissions, you must set the following permissions in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) user policy.
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You must move the deduplication database, index cache and other required data to a non-root EBS volume.
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Make sure that the destination MediaAgent does not contain any disk library.
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Make sure that the CommCell user that you use for workflow execution has the following permissions:
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Install Client permission
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MediaAgent Management permission on the source MediaAgent
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Procedure
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From the CommCell Browser, go to Workflows.
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Download the workflow AWS MediaAgent Refresh from the Commvault Store by following the instructions in Download Workflows from Commvault Store.
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Right-click AWS MediaAgent Refresh, and click All Tasks > Deploy to deploy the workflow.
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Right-click AWS MediaAgent Refresh again, and click All Tasks > Execute to run the workflow.
The AWS MediaAgent Refresh Options dialog box appears.
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In Run workflow on, select the workflow engine to execute the workflow.
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If you select Any, the workflow engine with the latest deployed version of the workflow is used.
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Click OK.
The AWS MediaAgent Refresh box appears.
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From the MediaAgent list, select the MediaAgent that you want to move.
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In the MediaAgent Region box, enter the AWS Region Code of the EC2 Instance that hosts the MediaAgent.
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From the AWS Credential list, select the saved Amazon Web Service credential that is associated with the EC2 Instance that hosts the MediaAgent.
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From the Client Group list, select the client computer group that is associated with the MediaAgent and that has network routes configured.
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In the CommCell Username box, enter the username of the CommCell user.
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In the CommCell Password box, enter the password of the above CommCell user.
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Select the Override Instance Type option to allow override of the instance type of the new AWS EC2 instance.
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From the Instance Type list, select the instance type that you want to override.
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Click OK.