Top 10 Critical Changes to Audit in Your IT Infrastructure
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How to migrate NetWrix File Server Change Reporter or NetWrix SQL Server Change Reporter to another server

All solutions / SQL Server Change Reporter

QUESTION:
How to migrate NetWrix File Server Change Reporter or NetWrix SQL Server Change Reporter to another server

ANSWER:
To migrate
NetWrix File Server Change Reporter or NetWrix SQL Server Change Reporter from one server to another, follow the steps bellow:

  1. Install the product on a new server and enter the license data
  2. On the server where the product was installed earlier, navigate to:
    - in Windows 2003 Local Disk (C:) à Documents and Settings à All Users à Application Date
    - in Windows Vista or later Local Disk (C:) à ProgramData
  3. Copy the NetWrix folder to a new server to the corresponding directory:
    - in Windows 2003 Local Disk (C:) à Documents and Settings à All Users à Application Date
    - in Windows Vista or later Local Disk (C:) à ProgramData
  4. If the Audit Archive has not been moved from its default location earlier, skip this step. If you have moved the Audit Archive to another location, copy its folder to a new server to the same directory as it was stored before.
    The default location for the Audit Archive:
    - in Windows 2003 Local Disk (C:) à Documents and Settings à All Users à Application Data àNetWrix à Management Console à Data
    - in Windows Vista or later Local Disk (C:) à ProgramData à NetWrix à Management Console à Data
  5. Export registry keys:
        a) On the server where the product was installed earlier, launch “regedit” via the command line and navigate to
             - for a 32-bit Operating System HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE à SOFTWARE à NetWrix
             - for a 64-bit Operating System HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE à SOFTWARE à Wow6432Node à NetWrix

        b) Right-click NetWrix and select Export.

        c) In the Export Registry File dialog, select a file for export or create a new one.

        d) Copy the file with exported registry keys to a new server and double-click it to launch registry merging.

  6. On the server where the product was installed earlier, navigate to the product installation folder and copy all XML and TXT files to the installation folder on a new server.  
  7. Apply the migration changes:
         a) Launch NetWrix Enterprise Management Console and open the product configuration settings page.
         b) Make any change in the settings and save it, e.g. select the Enable network traffic compression box.
         c) Undo the change and save the settings again, e.g. clear the Enable network traffic compression box.
             Note: this set of steps must be performed for each product’s configuration settings.  
  8. The product migration to a new server will be saved successfully.  

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