Chapter 4. Step 1: Preparing the Older Server Instance for Migration

Chapter 4. Step 1: Preparing the Older Server Instance for Migration

Before migrating a Certificate System instance, back up the Certificate System instance. When the backup process is complete, then make sure that the old Certificate System, Directory Server, and Administration Server instances have been stopped.

For commercial backup programs, do the following:

  1. Stop all server instances running in the Certificate System, including all Certificate System subsystems; the Directory Server, including all internal databases; and the Administration Server instances on the local machine.

  2. Run the commercial backup facility to back up all data associated with the old Certificate System installation.

For the Certificate System backup facilities, do the following:

NOTE

Back up utilities are not included on Certificate System versions 7.2 and later, but are available on previous versions of Certificate System.

  1. Run the Certificate System backup facility to back up all data associated with this old installation based upon the version information below.

    • Certificate Management System 4.1, 4.2, 4.2 (SP 2), or 4.5

      For instructions to back up a Certificate Management System 4.1, 4.2, 4.2 (SP 2), or 4.5 instance, see the Certificate Management System 4.x Certificate Management System Command-Line Tools Guide. This information is located in the server_root/manual/en/cert/tools/backup.htm file.

    • iPlanet Certificate Management System 4.7

      For instructions to back up an iPlanet Certificate Management System 4.7 instance, refer to the documentation provided with the product.

    • Netscape Certificate Management System 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, or 7.0 and Red Hat Certificate System 7.1

      For instructions to back up a versions 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7.0, or 7.1, see chapter 8, "Backing Up and Restoring Data," in the Certificate Management System 6.x Certificate Management System Command-Line Tools Guide.

  2. Stop all server instances running in the Certificate System, including all Certificate System subsystems; the Directory Server, including all internal databases; and the Administration Server instances on the local machine.

Additionally, RA subsystems in older versions of Certificate System cannot be migrated to Certificate System 7.2. No upgrade path exists for the Registration Authority (RA) subsystem because this subsystem is no longer supported. To preserve the data in the RA subsystem, flush all data in RA request queues by processing it on the CA subsystem. Then stop the RA subsystem and database so that no further data can be gathered by it.

  1. Stop the RA instance. 

    cd /usr/netscape/servers/cert-ra

./stop-cert

  2. Stop the corresponding RA internal database instance. 

    cd /usr/netscape/servers/slapd-ra-db

./stop-slapd