Faronics Core Migration Guide

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Last modified: November, 2009

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Faronics Core Migration User Guide

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Contents

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Preface

This document explains the process of migrating the data from Faronics Core Console 2.x to Faronics Core 3.x.

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Important Information Technical Support Definition of Terms

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Important Information

This section contains important information about your Faronics Product.

About Faronics

Faronics delivers market-leading solutions that help manage, simplify, and secure complex IT environments. Our products ensure 100% machine availability, and have dramatically impacted the day-to-day lives of thousands of information technology professionals. Fueled by a

market-centric focus, Faronics’ technology innovations benefit educational institutions, health care facilities, libraries, government organizations, and corporations.

Product Documentation

The following documents form the Faronics Core documentation set:

• Faronics Core User Guide — This document guides you how to use the product.

• Faronics Core Release Notes — This document lists the new features and known issues and closed issues.

• Faronics Core readme.txt — This document will guide you through the installation process. • Faronics Core Migration Guide— This document will guide you through the migration

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Technical Support

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Technical Support

Every effort has been made to design this software for ease of use and to be problem free. If problems are encountered, contact Technical Support:

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 800-943-6422 or 604-637-3333 Hours: 7:00am to 5:00pm (Pacific Time)

Contact Information

• Web: www.faronics.com

• Email: [email protected]

• Phone: 800-943-6422 or 604-637-3333 • Fax: 800-943-6488 or 604-637-8188 • Hours: 7:00am to 5:00pm (Pacific Time) •

Faronics Corporation (Headquaters) 1400 - 609 Granville Street

PO Box 10362 Pacific Centre Vancouver, BC V7Y 1G5

Canada

Faronics Technologies USA Inc. 100, W. San Fernando St. Suite 465 San Jose, CA, 95113 USA

Faronics EMEA

8 The Courtyard, Eastern Road, Bracknell, Berkshire

RG12 2XB, Europe

Faronics Pte Ltd

20 Cecil Street #104-01 Equity Way 049705, Singapore Address:

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Preface

Definition of Terms

Term Definition

Core Console The user interface used to manage and monitor Core Servers and workstations.

Core Database The database stores the workstation list.

Core Agent The Core Agent, that is installed on the workstation, enables communication between the workstation and the Core Server.

Core Server The management of workstations, processing of tasks and communication between Core Console and workstations is done by the Core Server. Faronics Core

3.x (FC3)

Faronics Core consists of the Core Server, Core Console, Core Database and the Core Agent.

Loadin A Product Loadin is a software library that adds new product-specific functionality to Faronics Core.

MAC A Media Access Control address (MAC address) or Ethernet Hardware Address (EHA), hardware address, adapter address or physical address is a quasi-unique identifier assigned to most network adapters or network interface cards (NICs) by the manufacturer for identification. If assigned by the manufacturer, a MAC address usually encodes the manufacturer's registered identification number.

UAC User Account Control (UAC) is a technology and security infrastructure introduced with Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system. It aims to improve the security of Microsoft Windows by limiting application software to standard user privileges until an administrator authorizes an increase in privilege level.

Wake-on-LAN Wake-on-LAN (WOL) is an Ethernet computer networking standard that allows a computer to be turned on or woken up remotely by a network message.

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Introduction

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Introduction

This chapter introduces the migration process and the Migration Tool.

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Migration Overview Migration Steps Migration Tool

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Introduction

Migration Overview

Faronics Core Console 2.x and Faronics Core 3.x have different architectural designs. Therefore, installing Faronics Core 3.x will not upgrade Faronics Core Console 2.x installation on your system. Faronics Core 3.x will be installed separately on the same system. Faronics Core 3.x can also be installed on a different system.

Following are the components of Faronics Core Console 2.x and Faronics Core 3.x.

Faronics Core Console 2.x

Faronics Core Console 2.x has the following components:

• Faronics Core Console — The user interface used to manage and monitor workstations. The management of workstations, processing of tasks and communication with workstations is done by Faronics Core Console.

• Database — The database stores the workstation list and information about the workstation. • Core Agent — The Core Agent, that is installed on the workstation, enables communication

between Faronics Core Console and workstations.

Faronics Core 3.x (FC3)

Faronics Core has the following components:

• Core Console (UI Tier) — The user interface used to manage and monitor Core Servers and workstations. A single instance of Core Console can connect to multiple Core Servers. • Core Server (Logic Tier) — The management of workstations, processing of tasks and communication between Core Console and workstations is done by the Core Server.

• Core Database (Data Tier) — The database stores the workstation list and information about the workstation.

• Core Agent — The Core Agent, that is installed on the workstation, enables communication between the workstation and the Core Server.

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Migration Steps

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Migration Steps

Faronics Core 3.x is a significant architectural improvement of the existing Faronics Core Console 2.x platform to deliver enhanced security and greater scalability. Due to the improvements which now leverage a multi-tier architecture, upgrading to the Faronics Core 3.x will require a migration process that follows the basic steps outlined below:

1. Install Faronics Core 3.x. Refer to the Faronics Core User Guide available at

http://www.faronics.com/library for more information.

2. Install the updated product loadins to Faronics Core 3.x. Refer to the specific product loadins available at http://www.faronics.com/library for more information.

3. Install or upgrade the updated Core Agent to the client workstations. Refer to the Faronics Core User Guide available at http://www.faronics.com/library for more information. 4. Install the updated product agents to the client workstations. Refer to the specific product

loadins available at http://www.faronics.com/library for more information.

5. Migrate the Faronics Core Console 2.x tasks to Faronics Core 3.x. This is explained in this document. This step is optional.

6. Migrate the workstation event data from Faronics Core Console 2.x database to the Faronics Core 3.0 database (Core Database). This is explained in this document. This step is optional. The above process remains the same regardless of if the Faronics Core Console 2.x data is being migrated on an existing server or being setup on an entirely new hardware. In the event that Faronics Core 3.x is being configured on new hardware, either the Core Database (FC3) must be configured on the same SQL instance as the existing Faronics Core Console 2.x database, or the Faronics Core Console 2.x database must be moved to the new SQL instance where Core Database (FC3) will be installed.

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Migration Tool

To aid in the migration process, Faronics has provided a migration tool that can be used to migrate the workstation event data and other non-event based user data to Faronics Core 3.x. This tool is not localized and will display all output in English. The tool is located in the following location:

C:\Program Files\Faronics\Faronics Core 3\Console\Faronics Core Migration Tool

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C:\Program Files (x86)\Faronics\Faronics Core 3\Console\Faronics Core Migration Tool

The Migration tool can move the following data: • Non-event user data:

— Scheduled Tasks (Faronics Core Console 2.x tasks as well as Product Loadin tasks) — Custom Workstation Groups

— Reports

• Workstation Event Data for all products.

Prior to launching the tool, all instances of Core Console and the Core Server must be shut down. Instructions on using the utility can be found in the Database Event Migration and Migrate the Core Console Tasks, Reports, Groups, and Filters sections of this document.

If migration tool is used on a computer with only Core Console installed, only the Reports are migrated.

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Migration

This chapter describes the migration process.

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Faronics Core Installation

Installing updated Core Agent and Product Agents Database Event Migration

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Faronics Core Installation

Installing Faronics Core 3.x

Faronics Core 3.x can be installed on either a new server or on the existing Faronics Core Console 2.x system. For larger deployments it is recommended to use a new server to deploy Faronics Core 3.x as this will provide the most flexibility.

(Refer to the Faronics Core User Guide available at http://www.faronics.com/library for more information.)

Configuring the Core Database

After installation, it is recommended that the following changes be implemented on the database used by the Core Server:

1. Launch the SQL Server Management Studio.

2. Select the Database Properties of the database to be altered. 3. Click the Files node on the left side of the properties dialog.

4. Edit the following settings:

• Set the database (FaronicsCore.mdf) to grow in 100mb increments as required. • Do not alter the Autogrowth settings for the log file (FaronicsCore.ldf).

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Faronics Core Migration Guide • Change the initial size of the database to 100mb larger than the existing

FaronicsEnterpriseDatabase used for Faronics Core Console 2.x.

Installing the updated product loadin on Faronics Core 3.x.

A Product Loadin should be installed and updated as per the instructions in the Loadin user guide. Once installed, further steps may be required to complete the update process and enable full control of the products in Faronics Core 3.x.

(Refer to the specific Product Loadins available at http://www.faronics.com/library for more information.)

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Installing updated Core Agent and Product Agents

Push from Core Console (FC3)

To perform a push to a client workstation from the Core Console (FC3) follows the procedure below:

1. Browse and select the workstation listed in the Discovered Workstations node of the Core Console (FC3).

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Faronics Core Migration Guide 2. Select the workstation to push the installation to and right-click to select Install Faronics Core

Agent.

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4. Enter the credentials that will be used to perform the remote installation. It is recommended to use domain credentials. Click OK to begin the installation.

5. During installation, the task progress will be displayed in the Tasks node of the Core Console (FC3). When installation is complete, check task history to determine if the installation was successful.

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Manual Deployment

The Core Agent can be deployed manually by copying the installation package to the local system and executing the MSI installer package following the prompts provided on screen. The process of creating the Core Agent is described in Appendix A, Creating the Core Agent.

Push using 3rd Party Tools

The Faronics Core Agent is packaged as a standard MSI file that can be pushed using any 3rd party management utility. The process of creating the core agent for deployment is detailed in

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Database Event Migration

In most cases, administrators will not need to move the database between Faronics Core Console 2.x and Faronics Core 3.x. The majority of the database is made up of status tables that reflect the current state of the workstations and these are rebuilt as workstations report into the new Faronics Core 3.x installation. In the event that there is a need to preserve the historical event data between the Faronics Core Console 2.x and Faronics Core 3.x installations the process below will allow administrators to do so.

The process is as follows:

1. Backup the Faronics Core Console 2.x database. This is explained in Backing up Faronics Core Console 2.x Database.

2. Restore the Faronics Core Console 2.4 database into the instance of SQL in use by the Core Database (FC3). This is explained in Restoring the Faronics Core Console 2.x database into Faronics Core 3.x (Core Database).

3. Migration of the historical event data to the new database. This step is explained in this section. There are two methods for the migration of the data; either using the Faronics Core Migration Tool, or manually by using the SQL command.

Event Migration Using the Migration Tool

To migrate the data using the Migration tool run the following commands: NET STOP FaronicsCoreEventReceiver

NET STOP FaronicsCoreService

NET STOP "Faronics Core 3 Event Receiver"

C:\Program Files\Faronics\Faronics Core3\Console\Faronics Core Migration tool\FaronicsCoreMigrationTool.exe /t

NET START FaronicsCoreEventReceiver NET START FaronicsCoreService

NET START "Faronics Core 3 Event Receiver"

This command will transfer the event data for all workstations between the Core Console 2.4 database and the Faronics Core 3.0 database. If required, you can select to only move the data for the workstations that are currently managed by Faronics Core 3.0 by specifying the /m switch at runtime as below:

NET STOP FaronicsCoreEventReceiver NET STOP FaronicsCoreService

C:\Program Files\Faronics\Faronics Core3\Console\Faronics Core Migration tool\FaronicsCoreMigrationTool.exe /t /m

This utility assumes that both databases are in the same instance. If they are not, the Faronics Core Console 2.x database must be moved to the same SQL instance as the Core Database (FC3).

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Manual Migration of Database Events

Once the database is restored, the following SQL statement can be used to move the historic log event data from one database to the other (if you do not want to move the data using the Faronics Core Migration Tool). This command assumes both databases exist in the same instance of SQL and that the appropriate rights exist to move the data between both databases.

insert into FaronicsCore.dbo.tbl_LogEvents

(MachineId, ActionEventId, ProductId, LogTime, ExtraDataGuid)

(select MachineId, ActionEventId, ProductId, LogTime, ExtraDataGuid from FaronicsEnterpriseDatabase.dbo.tbl_LogEvents)

DBCC DBREINDEX(tbl_logEvents)

insert into FaronicsCore.dbo.tbl_LogExtraData (ExtraDataGuid, XMLData)

(select ExtraDataGuid, XMLData from

FaronicsEnterpriseDatabase.dbo.tbl_LogExtraData) DBCC DBREINDEX(tbl_logExtraData)

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Migrate the Core Console Tasks, Reports, Groups, and Filters

Faronics Migration Tool has the ability to export the existing groups, tasks, reports, and filters from Faronics Core Console 2.x. When run on the Faronics Core Console 2.x, it will generate a ZIP file that can be transferred to the Core Server (FC3) and imported.

To Export the data run the following commands on the Core Console 2.4 Server:

C:\Program Files\Faronics\Faronics Core3\Console\Faronics Core Migration tool\FaronicsCoreMigrationTool.exe /e data.zip

To import the data copy the file created during the export into the C:\Program

Files\Faronics\Faronics Core3\Console\Faronics Core Migration tool folder and run the following commands:

C:\Program Files\Faronics\Faronics Core3\Console\Faronics Core Migration tool\FaronicsCoreMigrationTool.exe /i data.zip

It is recommended that the computer running the Core Server (FC3) be rebooted once the import is complete.

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Appendix A

Creating the Core Agent

Creating an updated Core Agent MSI installer is only required in the event that the software is deployed using a 3rd party utility. In the event that the software is deployed using a 3rd party tool, follow the steps listed below to generate an updated install package.

1. Right-click on the server node in the Core Console (FC3) and select Create Core Agent Installer.

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Appendix A Creating the Core Agent

2. In the dialog displayed, ensure that the name of the Core Server (FC3) is correct and the appropriate port is listed. If the workstation is to be a Wake-On-LAN Relay ensure that the

Workstation will act as a Wake-on-LAN (WOL) Relay option is selected.

3. Click OK.

4. Save the Core Agent installer package in an accessible location on the hard disk.

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Appendix B

Moving the Core Console 2.4 database

There are two steps involved in moving the Faronics Core Console 2.x database to Faronics Core 3.x (Core Database):

1. Backing up Faronics Core Console 2.x Database

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Appendix B Moving the Core Console 2.4 database

Backing up Faronics Core Console 2.x Database

Before beginning the update process, it is recommended that the database be backed up for recovery purposes. The following process details the process of backing up the database using the Microsoft SQL Server Management studio.

1. Launch the SQL Server Management Studio

2. Expand the databases node to show the Faronics Enterprise Database.

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Faronics Core Migration Guide 4. In the Wizard that appears, ensure that the database is correct and that the backup type is

listed as FULL. In the Destination field, make note of the path and file name being used to back up the database.

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6. When the backup is successful, click OK in the notification dialog.

7. Close the SQL Server Management studio.

8. Browse to the location where the backup was saved.

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Restoring the Faronics Core Console 2.x database into Faronics

Core 3.x (Core Database)

Complete the following steps to restore the database backed up in the previous section: 1. Launch the SQL Server Management Studio.

2. On the Databases node, right-click and select Restore Database. . .

3. In the Restore Database wizard, select the option to restore From Device and then click on the selection button.

4. In the file selection dialog, select the backup of the Faronics Enterprise Database (backup that was taken as explained in the previous section) by clicking the Add button.

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Faronics Core Migration Guide 6. Once you are back to the Restore Database wizard click on the To Database option in the

destination for restore and select FaronicsEnterpriseDatabase.

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8. Once the restore is complete the database will be displayed in the Management Studio along with the existing databases for Faronics Core 3.x.