OpenManage Enterprise 4.0.x User's Guide

Migrate a profile

A deployed or autodeployed profile can be migrated from an existing target device or service tag to an identical target device or service tag.

Prerequisites

To perform any tasks on OpenManage Enterprise, you must have the necessary user privileges. See Role and scope-based access.

About this task

When a migration is successful, the profile target assignment reflects the new target. If the migration is from a target device to an undiscovered service tag, then the state of the profile is changed to Assigned.

Migrating a profile moves settings that the profile defined (including deployed virtual identities) from the source to the target.
You can force the migration of a profile even if the source device cannot be contacted. In this case, the user must ensure that there are no virtual identity conflicts.
True target-specific attributes are not reclaimed from the 'source' server as part of migration. Therefore, the same inventory details can be present on two servers post migration.

Steps

On the Configuration > Profiles screen, select a profile and click Migrate to activate the Migrate Profile wizard.
On the Selection dialog:
1. From the Select source profile drop-down, select the profile that you want to migrate.
2. Click Select Target and from the Job target dialog box, select a target device and click Ok.
3. If needed, select the Force the migration even if the source device cannot be contacted check box.
  
  NOTE:You must ensure that there are no virtual identity conflicts.
4. Click Next.
On the Schedule screen, select from one of the following:
1. Select Update Now to migrate the profile settings immediately to the target.
2. Select a Date and Time to schedule the migration.
Click Finish.

Results

A job is created to migrate the settings of a profile to the new target device. You can view the status of the job on the Monitor > Jobs screen.

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