To move an existing Cisco Prime Network Registrar installation to a new machine on the same platform:
Step 1
Stop the server agent on the old machine.
•
Windows
—
Local:
net stop nwreglocal
;
Regional:
net stop nwregregion
•
Linux
—
Local:
◦
RHEL/CentOS 6.x
—
/etc/init.d/nwreglocal stop
◦
RHEL/CentOS 7.x
—
systemctl stop nwreglocal
•
Linux
—
Regional:
◦
RHEL/CentOS 6.x
—
/etc/init.d/nwregregion stop
◦
RHEL/CentOS 7.x
—
systemctl stop nwregregion
Step 2
Zip up the data directory on the old machine.
Step 3
Copy the zip file over to the same location on the new machine and unzip the file.
Step 4
Install Cisco Prime Network Registrar on the new machine (on Linux, use the -a option). The installation will detect an
upgrade and will do so based on the copied data.
This procedure preserves your original data on the old machine.
Step 5
Login to the web UI and navigate to the
List Licenses
page under the
Administration
menu.
Step 6
Edit the regional server information as necessary. Ensure that the regional server information provided is where you
would like to register your new machine.
Step 7
Click the
Register
button to register with the regional server.
Moving a Regional Cluster to a New Machine
License management is done from the regional cluster when Cisco Prime Network Registrar is installed. The
regional server is installed first and all licenses are loaded in the regional server. When the local cluster is
installed, it registers with the regional server to obtain its license.
When you want to move a regional cluster to a new machine, you need to back up the data on the old regional
cluster and copy the data to the same location on the new machine.
When the regional server goes down or is taken out of service, the local cluster is not aware of this action.
If the outage lasts for less than 24 hours, it results in no impact on the functioning of the local clusters.
However, if the regional cluster is not restored for more than 24 hours, the local cluster will get warning
messages that the local cluster is not properly licensed (in the web UI, CLI, or SDK). This does not impact
the operation of the local clusters and the local clusters continue to work and service requests.
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