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Requirements
- The existing and new installation must run the same major version of Bright Cluster Manager.
- These instructions will work for Bright 7.3 and < 8.2
Steps
Export the existing cmd configuration:# service cmd stop; cmd -x /tmp/current-config.xml
Import the configs to the new installation:# service cmd stop; cmd -i /tmp/current-config.xml; service cmd start
- For versions greater than 8.2, XMLhas been replaced with JSON
Export the existing cmd configuration:# service cmd stop; cmd -x json:/tmp/current-config
Import the configs to the new installation:# service cmd stop; cmd -i json:/tmp/current-config; service cmd start
Please note that CMD and licenses are tied to the headnodes device MAC address configuration. The following may wish to be adjusted prior to the import on the new headnode.
Example:
# pwd
/tmp/current-config/device
# cat headnode.json | grep mac
"mac": "FA:16:3E:42:A0:A9",This answer explains how users can be migrated.