topic Moving HP Sim 5.X in Server Management - Systems Insight Manager

Moving HP Sim 5.X

CanSteve — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:12:12 GMT

Have an existing win 2K3 server running HP Sim 5.3 SP1 with a remote database on SQL 2005 server. Decomissioning the host SIM server so I need to move this and the remote database. Have detached and re-attached the database to the new SQL server, when I am prompted to point to an existing database installing SIM on another win2K3 server I keep getting an error that default or sqlexpress are not valid instances and to change the name. How do I get Sim from a fresh install to look at a remote database already in place on a SQL server in the same domain.

Re: Moving HP Sim 5.X

Adrian Clint — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:01:22 GMT

What you are doing is lot similar to a backup and restore.
http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/misc/hpsim-helpfiles/hpsim-backingupWindows-52.pdf

Re: Moving HP Sim 5.X

fred Passeron — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:02:59 GMT

hi,

please take a look at the followeing doc, it will help you a bit :

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/c-products/servers/management/hpsim/HowToSQL2005-sp2-MoveHPSIM53.pdf

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/c-products/servers/management/hpsim/hpsim_52_migratingNewSystem.pdf

hope it helps

fred

Re: Moving HP Sim 5.X

IT Network Administrato — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:36:51 GMT

I am attempting to do the exact same thing. We have a BL460c Blade running HP ICE with HP SIM 5.3 SP1 and I need to move it to another server. I also need to move the database from one SQL 2005 server to another.

Have you been able to get it to work?