Migrating Collected Samples from V2.0 to V2.1+

[#1]

(2.1+ here refers to version 2.1 and later versions.)

Version 2.1+ is provided as a new applicance with a new, empty database. You need to type in your information on the Manage page (service provider contact info, email server and addresses, VC servers, etc.). To migrate your collected samples, follow these steps:

1. Export an On Demand Extraction Report from V2
2. On the Migrate page of V2.1+, upload this report

Go to the report page and browse or export a report to confirm that the migration was successful.

Duplicate Records

If, when you try to import, you get an error message about invalid or duplicate records, you might run this Unix-type command against your import file:

sort < data.csv | uniq -d

If anything comes out, you have duplicate records. To remove the duplicates:

sort < data.csv | uniq > data-no-dups.csv

Zip Files

You can import from csv or zipped csv files. Zipping can save upload time.

[rputzler]

How do you migrate from versions prior to 2.0 to 2.1? 

[dbriccetti]

I believe Version 1 data also imports successfully the same way (Migrate page).

[rputzler]

I found that the exports from V1 did not work, but taking the collections (/opt/vmware/cloudusagemetering/collector/db) directly off the OS did.  I did have to re-compress them with better higher compression enabled because V2.1 has a max filesize limit on the upload of around 7MB.

[dbriccetti]

Thanks for that info. What would be a reasonable upload file size limit?