Moving Instances - Revision history

Dweuthen at 16:44, 23 March 2017

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Ltalaschus: /* Adjusting Archive Store Paths */

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Adjusting Archive Store Paths

Dweuthen at 11:11, 17 November 2014

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Dweuthen at 09:55, 17 November 2014

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Dweuthen at 09:40, 17 November 2014

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Dweuthen at 09:38, 17 November 2014

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Dweuthen: Dweuthen moved page Instance Management - Moving an Instance to Moving Instances without leaving a redirect

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Dweuthen moved page Instance Management - Moving an Instance to Moving Instances without leaving a redirect

Ltalaschus at 07:46, 12 November 2014

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Ltalaschus at 10:10, 11 November 2014

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Ltalaschus at 09:58, 11 November 2014

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 To move an instance to a different location follow these steps:
-* [[Management Console#Logging On|Log on]] to the Management Console.
+* [[Management Console - Logging On|Log on]] to the Management Console.
 * Click on ''General'' > ''Instances''.
 * Select the instance to move and stop it.
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 <p class="mswarning">'''Important notice:''' Adjust the path of the archive store that is set to ''current'' state after all other archive store paths have been correctly adjusted. Otherwise duplicates may get created.</p>
-* [[Management Console#Logging On|Log on]] to the Management Console.
+* [[Management Console - Logging On|Log on]] to the Management Console.
 * Click on ''General'' > ''Instances''.
 * Open the instance details by double-clicking on an instance in the list.

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 If relative paths, starting with swung dash (~) sign, have been used to point to archive store locations, moving an instance usually does not require adjustments of archive store paths. In case archive stores have been created using absolute paths, manual adjustment of the paths as described below is needed after moving an instance.
-<p class="mswarning">'''Important notice:''' Adjust the paths of the archive store that is set to ''current'' state after all other archive store paths have been correctly adjusted. Otherwise duplicates may get created.</p>
+<p class="mswarning">'''Important notice:''' Adjust the path of the archive store that is set to ''current'' state after all other archive store paths have been correctly adjusted. Otherwise duplicates may get created.</p>
 * [[Management Console#Logging On|Log on]] to the Management Console.

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 == Adjusting Archive Store Paths ==
-MailStore Service Provider Edition uses relative paths to point to archive store locations that are below the base directory of an instance. Thus moving an instance usually does imply an adjustment of archive store paths. In case archive stores have been created outside of the base directory, manual adjustments of archive store paths is needed after moving an instance. Follow the steps below to adjust the paths:
+If relative paths, starting with swung dash (~) sign, have been used to point to archive store locations, moving an instance usually does not require adjustments of archive store paths. In case archive stores have been created using absolute paths, manual adjustment of the paths as described below is needed after moving an instance.
 * [[Management Console#Logging On|Log on]] to the Management Console.

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 [[File:Ms_spe_move_instance_01.png|center]]
 * Locate the ''Base Directory'' of the instance in your preferred file manager (i.e. Windows Explorer) and move the directory to the new location. This can be any location to which the current instance host has access, or, in case it is planed to migrate to another instance host, that is accessible by the new instance host.
-*: '''Hint:''' It is not sufficient to just change the ''Base Directory'' in the ''Instance Configuration'', as this will not move the instance data automatically.
+*: '''Please note:''' It is not sufficient to just change the ''Base Directory'' in the ''Instance Configuration'', as this will not move the instance data automatically.
 * Change the ''Base Directory'' in the ''Instance Configuration'' to the new location.
 *:[[File:Ms_spe_move_instance_02.png|center]]

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 * [[Management Console#Logging On|Log on]] to the Management Console.
 * Click on ''General'' > ''Instances''.
-* Select the instance to move.
+* Select the instance to move and stop it.
 * Click on ''Configure...'' to open the ''Instance Configuration''.
 [[File:Ms_spe_move_instance_01.png|center]]

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 * Select the instance to move.
 * Stop the instance.
-* Open the ''Instance Configuration''.
+* Click on ''Configure...'' to open the ''Instance Configuration''.
 [[File:Ms_spe_move_instance_01.png|center]]
-* Move the ''Base Directory'' of the Instance with your preferred file explorer to the new location. It is not sufficient just to change the ''Base Directory'' in the ''Instance Configuration''. This will not move the instance automatically. You are able to move the ''Base Directory'' to a different ''Instance Host'' or to a storage, that is accessible from a different ''Instance Host'' if you want that instance being run on a different ''Instance Host''.
+* Locate the ''Base Directory'' of the instance in your preferred file manager (i.e. Windows Explorer) and move the directory to the new location. This can be any location to which the current instance host has access, or, in case it is planed to migrate to another instance host, that is accessible by the new instance host.
-*: '''Hint:''' If you need a minimal downtime of the instance, you could stop all archiving processes, create a backup of the instance with VSS, and store the backup in the new location. Then you just have to change the path instead of waiting for the transfer process.
+*: '''Hint:''' It is not sufficient to just change the ''Base Directory'' in the ''Instance Configuration'', as this will not move the instance data automatically.
-* Change the ''Base Directory'' in the ''Instance Configuration'' if you just have changed the location on the same ''Instance Host''.
+* Change the ''Base Directory'' in the ''Instance Configuration'' to the new location.
-[[File:Ms_spe_move_instance_02.png|center]]
+*:[[File:Ms_spe_move_instance_02.png|center]]
-* If you want the instance being run on a different ''Instance Host'', change the ''Instance Host'' and the ''Base Directory'', if it has changed.
+* ''Optional:'' If the instance should also be move to a different instance host, change the value of the ''Instance Host'' field as well.
-[[File:Ms_spe_move_instance_03.png|center]]
+*:[[File:Ms_spe_move_instance_03.png|center]]
-* Close the ''Instance Configuration''.
+* Click ''OK'' to save the changes.
 * Start the instance.
-* Doubleclick on the instance and navigate to the ''Archive Stores'' tab.
+* Open the instance details by double-clicking on an instance in the list.
-* Verify that all stores are loaded correctly.
+* Navigate to the ''Archive Stores'' tab to verify that all archives stores have been loaded successfully. If some archive stores failed to load, proceed with the following section to adjust archive store paths.
-[[File:Ms_spe_move_instance_04.png|600px|center]]
-* If an archive store is in an error state, because the path could not be found, follow these steps:
+== Adjusting Archive Store Paths ==
-** Remember the current ''Requested State'' of the archive store.
+MailStore Service Provider Edition uses relative paths to point to archive store locations that are below the base directory of an instance. Thus moving an instance usually does imply an adjustment of archive store paths. In case archive stores have been created outside of the base directory, manual adjustments of archive store paths is needed after moving an instance. Follow the steps below to adjust the paths:
 ** Set the ''Requested State'' to ''disabled''.
-** Select the ''Set Path'' command of the archive store.
+* [[Management Console#Logging On|Log on]] to the Management Console.
-** Change the path to the new path. You either can enter the full absolute path, or you can enter a relative path from the instance's ''Data'' directory, by appending a ''~'' in front of the archive store directory.
+* Click on ''General'' > ''Instances''.
-** Set the ''Requested State'' of the store back to the previous state.
+* Open the instance details by double-clicking on an instance in the list.
-[[File:Ms_spe_move_instance_05.png|600px|center]]
+* Click on the ''Archive Stores'' tab.
-* Restart your archiving profiles if you have paused them.
+* Remember the current ''Requested State'' of the archive store.

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		+	* Restart your archiving profiles.