Moving existing VC database to VC server with new name

[sleepnow]

Hi, we're looking to move an existing Virtual Center database over to a new server with a different name. Both VC and the database live on the same server. My plan was to do the following:

• Old server: VMVC1

• New server: VMVC

1. Install SQL on to the new server VMVC

2. Backup the VC database from VMVC1 / restore to the new server VMVC

3. Install Virtual Center on VMVC pointing to the database.

Is this likely to work? What is the best way to accomlish this?

Thanks

[sleepnow]

No reply, so went ahead and tried it and it worked. Had to reconnect ESX nodes as they were being managed by the old server, but other than that, it was pain free.

[Ken_Cline]

Thanks for posting your findings for the benefit of others!

Ken Cline

Technical Director, Virtualization

Wells Landers

VMware Communities User Moderator

[infinitiguy]

just out of curiousity.. is there a link to the recommended way to back up a virtual center server? I just realized that I don't think I have my VC database backing up. Is it just a standard sql dump? Will that capture all my configs?

[sleepnow]

Just do a normal SQL backup of the database, that contains all your configs - at least as far as virtual center is concerned.