Hi, I have an old PRTG station that is running an old version of PRTG (v8.1).
Is possible to upgrade it without problem?
Otherwise, I would like to change the hardware, so I would like to install a brand new pc with the latest version of PRTG and I would like to know If is possible to migrate data from the old machine to the new.
Thanks
Luca
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Hi Luca,
Thank you very much for your support ticket. Updating such an old PRTG installation is very tricky, and may not be successful. So I would definitely leave the old installation "untouched".
I would perform one try to migrate only the configuration file and historic data to the new machine. So:
- Install a new PRTG version on a new machine.
- Stop all PRTG services, both on old and new installation
- Only copy the "PRTG Configuration.dat" and "Monitoring Database"-subfolder from the old to the new installation (overwriting the according objects on the new installatio).
- Restart all PRTG Services.
If this then does not bring up the new PRTG installation successfully, with all objects and data from the old one, please create a new setup from scratch with assistance of Auto-Discovery, etc..
best regards.
Jul, 2016 - Permalink
Hi, thank you very much for the reply.
It works perfectly, yes, some sensors to adjust but everything goes well!
Jul, 2016 - Permalink
Hi Luca,
Thank you very much for your support ticket. Updating such an old PRTG installation is very tricky, and may not be successful. So I would definitely leave the old installation "untouched".
I would perform one try to migrate only the configuration file and historic data to the new machine. So:
If this then does not bring up the new PRTG installation successfully, with all objects and data from the old one, please create a new setup from scratch with assistance of Auto-Discovery, etc..
best regards.
Jul, 2016 - Permalink