Separating the CommServe from a CommServe-MediaAgent Computer

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If you have the CommServe and MediaAgent installed together, you can separate the CommServe from a MediaAgent computer with or without a File system Agent. For example, you do this to move the CommServe to a more powerful computer or to relocate both the CommServe and MediaAgent to two separate computers.

Note

An additional MediaAgent license is required to perform this operation.

Procedure

  1. Prepare the existing CommServe-MediaAgent computer.

  2. Set up a new MediaAgent on the second instance of the existing CommServe-MediaAgent computer.

    1. Enable multi-instance installation on the existing CommServe-MediaAgent computer.

    2. Install a new MediaAgent.

    3. Perform post installation operations on the new MediaAgent

  3. Perform post migration operations on the new MediaAgent.

  4. Uninstall the CommServe Software from Instance001 of the CommServe-MediaAgent computer.

  5. Change the hostname of the existing CommServe-MediaAgent computer.

  6. Establish a new CommServe computer.

  7. Change the client computer name of the MediaAgent that is available in the second instance.

  8. Delete the CommServer Client MediaAgent package entry.